Brian Burke's Recap Of Pro Hockey In The 70s Will Have You Ready To Rip A Pack Of Darts At Your Next Beer League Game
Fuck, man. Hockey used to be so much cooler before the nerds came in and ruined everything with their "training routines" and their "nutrition programs" and all the advanced analytics that come with it.
We've all seen Slap Shot. We've all heard the stories before. But I just wish I could WandaVision our way back to how things used to be every time I hear another story like this. Just have someone snap us right back to that reality of rye on rocks post-praccy, cigs in the locker room between periods, and having so much beer on the bus that you have to leave some of the equipment behind at the rink to lighten the load.
And this just furthers my belief that beer league hockey is the purest form of hockey there is. It might not be the "best". It might be filled with a bunch of guys who haven't even thought about backchecking since 2008. But in its purest form, beer league hockey is what the sport is all about. The way the game is supposed to be played. The boys are buzzed and the boys are buzzing. No kale smoothies allowed.