The Ordinals had their last practice of the season last night at Lasker rink, which sits at the northern edge of Central Park. We’ve had five or six of these practices over the fall season and I made it to two of them — hauling my gear out of Sky Rink is never a proposition [...]
17Mar06
Playing Outside
13Mar06
At least it was fun…
Saturday was another loosing hockey night. Both teams lost to some large margins — Tigers shut out 0-6 and Ordinals nearly shut out with 1-8. The upside was that the games were at least a good time. The Ordinals played the Wizards, and they are always good for a fun game. What made the game [...]
5Mar06
A Losing Night
Last night was not a good one for the teams I play on. The Ordinals went up against the Sled Dogs, the lowest ranked team in our division and one that we should’ve beaten. It was clear, however, that three weeks off — and being snowed out of our practice Thursday at Lasker — took [...]
3Mar06
Going to the Outgames
Wow! I’m going to Montreal for the 1st World Outgames! I got the news this past Sunday from the captain of the NYCGHA’s Wizards. I don’t play for the Wizards, instead I play against them on the Ordinals. But, I’ve known the Wizards’ captain, Johannes, since a bit before I joined the NYCGHA back in [...]
June 18-20, 2004 the New York City Gay Hockey Association hosted gay and gay-friendly hockey players from all over the world for the fourth Chelsea Challenge. Jeff captained the Red Devils, which went on to win Gold in the developmental division. Below are some pictures, and you can see more on the NYCGHA website.
Jeff played in the NYCGHA’s Chelsea Challenge Tournament, in late June. Gay hockey players from across the North America (and even one from Spain) came to NYC to play. Jeff’s team — Team Red — made it to the semifinals before being eliminated by Team Blue. Here is the Team Red’s photo (Jeff is standing [...]
The quest to become a hockey player started back in Fall 2001. At the time, I was keeping a sporadic diary of how it was going learning how to skate and then learning how to actually play the game. It’s appropriate that the first entry of the new blog has the history of those classes. [...]
