My family is a big time hockey player.
When we moved to Florida I was at first quite devastated. We were used to cold days most of the year. Our pond would freeze and the boys would skate and practice drills. It was easy to find rinks and hockey teams for the boys. Well after moving to Tampa, Florida I thought the hockey part of our lives would be tougher. Turns out that even though Florida is a warm state, there is hockey there. First, the Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey team is kick butt. They have won the cup recently and did a two year in a row stint. The games are always reasonably priced as well. My family and I make it a mission to see at least a few games during playoff season. Since Tampa is a large city finding ice rinks isn’t hard either. I have two sons and they are both on two teams. There is a lot of driving and practicing. But my family really loves it. It is nice having a cold sport despite being in a hot state. I hate the high heat and humidity. It is bearable when sitting in a cold rink I have to say. Most of the year it is way too hot to be outside. I crank the household AC and pray for the next time I get to be in an ice rink. The winter season in my opinion isn’t cold enough or long enough. But I haven’t gotten used to the heat yet. That might be the kicker.