Junior Hockey

Nicholas is working on making his dreams come true!  When we started the college discussions with him, much to our surprise he told us he wanted to play junior hockey for two years first before starting college.  His dream is to eventually play college hockey while working on a criminal justice degree.  It was all new to us but we really wanted to make that happen for him...but we also wanted him to be realistic and have a plan.

So together we came up with two plans....Plan A (his junior hockey dream) and Plan B (straight to college).  Nicholas got right to work and started emailing a bunch of coaches of the junior hockey teams he was interested in all over New England.  He also applied to a great community college nearby as a solid acceptance as well as a few 4-year state schools.  If he is lucky enough to play hockey the next two years, he will start taking a few on-line core classes with that local community college.

And much to our surprise...quite a few of those coaches returned his messages and expressed interest!  He already has one local team very interested in him and he's going to practice with another local team today!

And most exciting...the past few days he's been in Vermont practicing with a junior hockey team.  It seemed to go very well and they were quite impressed with him.  The best part about their program is they commit a lot of their players to colleges all over the country.

Whatever comes of this...I have to say I am so beyond proud of him by taking charge of his future and making it happen.  Oh...and he also made honor roll this term!  Who knew The Boy had so much motivation???  : )   When it comes to hockey...he has a TON!!!