Welcome to the Hog Blog!

Welcome to the Hog Blog! 

I’m the captain of a rec league hockey team – the Puck Hogs - that plays in the Bronze League at Skatetown Roseville, in Roseville, California.  You can find out more about the goings on of our team at our main site, http://www.puckhogs.net .  

The Summer of 2007 is our first season as a team, and this is my first season as a team captain.  So far, it’s been a fun ride because I’ve been lucky to play with great teammates, but this is an entirely new situation for me.  I set up this blog as a place for me to opine and vent about all things hockey – whether it be related to the team I play on, my development as a player, or just about hockey in general.  Instead of writing on the main team website, I thought it would be better to keep my opinions on a separate blog, since these are my opinions only, and not necessarily those of my team. 

About me personally:  I’m in my early 30s.  I’m originally from Canada, and although I’ve been a hockey fan for years, I only started playing ice hockey when I came to California in 2004.  I did a couple of Learn to Play programs at our local rink (yes, I did the program twice!) and then joined a new team in the Summer of 2005, called the Foothill Flyers.  This summer, I left the Flyers and a few of us at the rink joined up with some new players to our arena and created the Puck Hogs.

I welcome your comments on this site, since I can never have enough hockey talk!