Saturday, I got a call from my hockey teammate Carl. He asked me if i was supposed to be carpooling with another teammate, Mike (Mike and I live pretty close and he hitched a ride to the last game with me). Anyway, since I didn’t hear back from Mike, I told Carl "I guess that’s not gonna happen"-or something like that. Carl takes a few breaths and then tells me that Mike DIED earlier that same day. I was in complete shock… and still am.

They don’t know all the details but i was just told that he was playing volley ball Saturday morning and had some sort of seizure and died. It’s very shocking and sad.

So, driving to yesterday’s game was a little strange knowing that just the week before I was doing the ride there with Mike. Just before the game started Sunday, the rink owner was there and made an announcement about our teammate and they did "the moment of silence" thing. Another teammate spoke some kind words and was hoping the rest of us might say something. Tough stuff… I opted not to talk…i was having a hard enough time keeping my contacts in by this point.

None of us really had our heads in the game and we got smashed 6 to 0… Mike would have probably said something like "It’s good to know that some things haven’t changed"… 

I wasn’t really sure how to begin this post but I’m sad to say the "categories" are under "Hockey, Friends, and Death"… I hope to never mix any of those again any time soon.

I found a post from a few years ago with a photo of me and Mike. He was too young to go and will be missed.

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