Two weeks of my summer this year were devoted to helping coach the Predators’ hockey schools. They were two of the most rewarding weeks of my life and they’ve got me again considering my coaching certification. Great kids and some great staffers with whom to work.

Hockey at the Sommet Center. February 2010. Photo © Elly.

Victor Hedman. 2009 World Junior Championship. I served as a Team Lead for Team Services – managing game pucks, ensuring teams had Gatorade, etc.

Dealing for Tanguay. 20 July 2008. Scotiabank Place. One of the highlights of a very busy, and consequently very long, first round.

Posing for custom hockey cards with thanks to Upper Deck. 21 July 2008. A few minutes after stopping Danny Kristo in the corridor and welcoming him to the family.

Elly. Shoveling. 2008 Gatineau.

The Ottawa region is about 30 cm away from having experienced its heaviest snowfall on record. We were in Vancouver for most of the week/weekend, and so missed out on the most recent storm, but had to dig out our windows (such that they wouldn’t crack under any possible pressure or absorb too much moisture from melting snow).

Gregory Stewart, Ryan White, Max Pacioretty. 2007 Canadiens Development Camp.

To the 3rd degree. After 2004 Maho Bay, St. John, USVI. Don’t forget to reapply your sunscreen.

NYE bonfire. Our wedding trip. 2004 Reykjavik, Iceland.

Our wedding trip. 2004 Akureyri, Iceland. Photo © my mother.

One Volkswagen, Two Rainbows. 2003 Victoria.