It's not so awesome, actually....

[monster]

When you have a very determined 10 year old who decided to take up hockey in January despite not being a strong skater, who has worked very hard to be good enough to play on a team, has attended a checking clinic and a draft skate and is all excited about finding he is good enough and that teams will be announced in a couple of days .....and then you find out that they changed the practice day without telling anyone.

They apparently did notice that there was a "typo" on the website some time last week (a couple of months after registration happened), and it said Wednesdays when it should have said Thursdays ....and so they "fixed" that. But they didn't announce the "fix" or change the printout on the office door, or the official start date, which is still a Weds (14th)

It particularly sucks when said 10yo is also on a soccer team. Which practices on Thursdays. And his dad is a coach and there are only 9 kids (7 players + 2 subs), so dropping out would hurt others. And of course NOW it's too late to move practice. Weeks ago, that could have been a possibility.

Maybe he could attend soccer games but no practice. Well yes, but he will need a ride there and if his dad is still coaching he cannot provide that... Being new to hockey and this being the season checking is introduced/allowed, no hockey coach worth his salt or mother worth theirs would allow him to play games without attending practice.

So it seems we have a choice between having paid out $300+ for a sport the boy loves and desperately wants to do but cannot, or letting down the team in the boys other favorite sport -the team he has been with for 6 years -and still paying $100 for that.

If karma works, then we're all destined for glory because no way have any of us been bad enough to date to deserve this shit.