Over the weekend Todd and his siblings all played in the 1st Annual Shuley Cup hockey tournament in Boston. If you know the Parkins you should know that they're into hockey. Urban legend has it that Scott was on skates before he could walk and all three of them have been known to cart around huge duffel bags of gear that reek as only hockey gear can reek. And they're so indoctrinated that they don't even notice anymore.
Todd has played hockey on and off the entire time that I've known him and I know that a good game of hockey, especially one he's actually played in, makes him very happy. Recently it's been harder for him to find opportunities to play, so when Melissa, who is the only one of the siblings to have played continuously from childhood to today, mentioned that her team might be short of players for a tournament in Atlantic City, Todd jumped at the chance to fill in. And that sort of rekindled a recent interest playing more, nicely coinciding with the 1st Annual Shuley Cup, organized by Melissa and her hockey cohorts. We ended up having to ask to deduct a vacation day off of next year to make it and it was totally worth it. I didn't even play and I wouldn't have missed it for anything.
It turned out to be a super exciting tournament. Todd and Melissa were on one team and Scott was on a different team, but they ended up being the two teams that made it to the finals. All of the games with the siblings were particularly exciting for me and all three of them played well. Todd and Scott both scored goals for their teams and they managed not to flatten each other or permanently damage anyone else.
Shuley did an excellent job or organizing the tournament, complete with tee shirts and a variety of awards. Todd's "Denny Mark Award" for 'clutch performance player' is now a stable of the dining room table. I will try to find a more appropriate place for it, but for now I can't deprive Todd of saying "Hi, Denny!" all the time and making his head bobble.
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