Message #942205

[BerkeleyNat]

   I started playing pick-up hockey back when two things happened around the same time (mindfact) - we got the Caps, and Tucker Road ice rink opened.  We'd play on ponds in the Oxon Hill area if it got cold enough, else we'd get a group together and rent the ice at Tucker Road for an hour.  Nobody wanted to change shifts when it was so expensive to play.

Most fun sport I've ever played.   However, wrecked my shoulder playing at Tucker Road, when I should have been studying for an accounting exam the next day.      Another ride in the always stylish Co. 21 Cadillac ambulance, however.

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  Great story Tom. I actually hurt my knee back in 98, which pretty much led me to give up the game. Playing hockey wasn't paying the bills. The league in Hagerstown is non-checking. The next level up is a checking league.