Right Attitude

I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my delayed flight to Las Vegas right now, and I have a lot of things on my mind. First off, I'm really excited for this weekend. I think it's a great opportunity for me, and it can't hurt me at all. I'm going to get in some games, hopefully see a lot of ice, and play in front of a lot of Division 3 college scouts. I know it's not my goal to play Division 3, but it can't hurt to be seen by more people. After practice, Coach said to make a good team, it takes everybody making sacrifices, and he singled me out and told the team that I'm making a sacrifice and going to play for the Steelheads in Vegas this weekend. I don't know if I would call it a sacrifice, but I definitely think I have the right attitude about the position I'm in right now. Another kid on the Mustangs was being sent down to play for Boise, and he sort of had a negative attitude about the whole thing. Today, he told me he wasn't going. And next thing I know, he's cut. It's pretty obvious the coaches don't like to hear kids complaining.

Coach talked to me after practice and said the kids who have done what he's asked have flourished, and the kids who have negative attitudes are probably gone. He sent another kid down to a WSHL team earlier in the year, and now he's back on the Mustangs playing on the first line. I have to look at this as an opportunity for me. He said if he didn't care about me, he would bring me to Topeka and have me sit in the stands. I know he cares about me because he's opened this opportunity for me, and I think it will be good for me to get in some games, and I'll be playing on a good team. I'm excited. I have to go in there and play confident, and I know I will do great. I feel, now, like I've started to hit my groove a little more. I can feel my game starting to come out of me, and I feel more confident in myself every day. Our first game is tomorrow at 1 in the afternoon. Wish me luck this weekend, and I'll be back home in the CO in a few days!