Camp Coming Up!

I'm back in Colorado, but I leave here in less than a week for Boise! Main camp for the Idaho Junior Steelheads starts on Friday and goes throughout the weekend. I'm so ready to get the season going. I'm in good shape, and I'm feeling confident. This season is going to be a lot of fun, and I'm ready to get to work! Unfortunately, I have to miss the first day of camp because I signed up to work a youth hockey camp here in Vail this week before I knew when main camp was. My coach has told me it's not a big deal that I'm missing the first day, but there will be a few Division I and Division III scouts coming to Boise for the camp, so it's a good thing I will be able to be on the ice every day this week, working the camp. I can get my hockey legs back a little bit before I head to Boise on Friday night. I've been working hard off the ice--running, lifting, stick handling--but I haven't been able to get on the ice as much as I would like recently. I think this is a good and bad thing because I will be hungry to get back out on the ice to practice every day when I get to Boise, but I might not be in tip-top hockey shape yet for main camp. It's understandable that I won't be in my best hockey shape yet--and I don't think I will be the only one--because it's the early season, and, as I've said before, I tried to let myself get away from hockey a little bit this summer after such a grueling season. But I'm feeling refreshed and hungry to get the season rolling. It's also definitely tough to mimic the actual intensity of a game in the summer when I'm basically skating in adult leagues and by myself at stick and puck sessions. But my hockey legs will come back fast. I know I will do great next weekend because I've worked hard this summer and because I'm truly excited to get things going again.