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A Coach’s Christmas

Present Brock’s

By Mike Piquette low on money (benefits of being a Blog
student), however, I know you really
oaching youth sports can bring like your Tim Horton’s so I hope this
Cmany rewarding experiences. will help. You can have your next
My involvement in hockey over the Tim’s on me.
years has, for the most part, been a You were my best coach growing By Brock McBride
very positive experience. While a up and I still have fine memories of
coach can never please everyone, I playing hockey on your team. You “The Gift of Life”
have made many friends and shared are one of the few people that made a ecember was upon us and my wife Melissa had our Christmas
many happy memories with players strong impact in my life and I respect Dtree up for a week already. I came home from the rink one day
and parents over the years. I last that tremendously. Hopefully I will and it was already set up. Usually I try to hold her off until December
stood behind the bench in the 2013- be able to repay that one day in the but was unsuccessful this year. She’s sneaky. It was fun for Melissa
14 season, coaching an unbelievable future. (By coaching)
great group of kids and parents at the and our daughter this year because Maely was able to put bulbs and
Midget B level. (See Cornwall Tire Best Regards other ornaments on the tree. With the ability to put them on the tree
Team of the Month, page 3) Vincent also came the ability to take them off which caused the decorating to
take longer than normal according to Melissa.
Why am I writing this, you may Vinny played on a Bantam team
ask? Before Christmas my wife I coached in the 2008/09 season. Our team has been up and down on what has been a roller coaster
and I arrived home and found a Today he is 21 and entering his season. We will need to start winning more games if we want to make
Christmas card in the mail box, in it fourth year of university. His card the playoffs. Our GM felt he needed to make a change as a result of
was the following note: and comments were certainly a the team’s poor performance so he released one of our players. It’s
highlight of Christmas 2016 for me.
“Hey Mike, I’m in town for the tough to see that happen to someone but at the end of the day it’s a
holidays and I just thought I would People often ask volunteer coaches, business.
“Why do it?”
come drop this off for you and your We found out early in the season that Melissa was pregnant for
wife in case you didn’t answer your A thoughtful Christmas Card from
door. I know it’s not much but I’m a past player can become one reason. our second child. As she is roughly 18 weeks along, we had an
appointment for an ultrasound scheduled. It was Melissa’s idea that
we get the doctor to write the gender on a piece of paper and put it in
Brought to you by Cornwall Regional Physiotherapy an envelope which we would put in the Christmas tree for us to open
Rookie of the Month on Christmas.

This seemed like a great idea and I lasted about four hours with the
Parker Sauve envelope in the tree before my curiosity got the best of me. I could

not wait the two days until Christmas. I will give her credit, she was
Parker is the lone goalie for the Char-Lan Novice
Rep 2015-16 team. Already, the young net- fine waiting to find out the gender, but I cracked. We are having a
minder has gained a lot of experience playing boy ...and the planning for the long gruelling road to the 2038 Winter
between the pipes, as he has played three years Olympics begins.
of spring hockey with the Own the Ice Colts
and a year with the Cornwall Colts Minor Christmas felt extra special this year because Maely understood
Hockey Association. Tim McCuaig, coach what was going on and was able to open her gifts. Although Melissa
of the Novice Rep team, describes Parker as a and I miss home and family during the holiday season we tried to
pleasure to coach. “He is a great listener and
follow our family traditions and have them here with just the three of
is a huge reason why the team is having such
a great season,” states McCuaig. Currently, the us.
team has a 9-1-1 record, with Parker boasting a Our team left at
1.80 GAA.
3pm on Christmas
Parker, a Grade 3 student at École élémentaire
catholique Marie-Tanguay, explains that he enjoys playing goalie because it’s fun Day for a five day
and he likes to make good saves, just like his favourite NHL player, Carey Price. road trip ending with
During the summer months, Parker plays lacrosse with the Cornwall Celtics. a game in Vienna on

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