The (Hockey) Life & Times of Bob(by).

Last weekend was Hockey Weekend Across America, more specially on Friday was 'Wear Your Favorite Jersey Day.' 

Seeing people posting pics made me look through my closet looking at all my jerseys over the years. Posting jersey upon jersey on Instagram me decide that I should make a blog that was kind of a retrospective of basically all my years playing hockey.

What can I say? I was feeling festive.

Let the journey of mediocrity begin!!!

1) Team: Franklin Park Panthers, Mite, Green Team:
Home Rink: Franklin Park Ice Arena
League: NWHL
Why #24?: Bob Probert

2) Team: Chicago Blues, Peewee (2nd Year), Bronze / Bantam (1st Year), Silver:
Home Rink: The Edge Ice Arena
League: NIHL
Why #19?: Joe Sakic

3) Team: Chicago Blues, Bantam (2nd Year), Gold:
Home Rink: The Edge Ice Arena
League: NIHL
Why #44?: Chris Pronger
Patches: American Flags for 9/11 & NIHL State Tournament

4) Team: Fenwick High School, JV & Varsity:
Home Rink(s): Addison Ice Arena, Ridgeland Commons, All Seasons Ice Rink, Darien Sportsplex
League(s): CCHL, Metro West, ISHL
Why #2?: Al MacInnis
Patches: 75th Anniversary of Fenwick High School

5) Team: ISHL All-Star Game:
Home Rink: Darien Sportsplex
League: ISHL
Why #19?: Randomness

6) Team: UIC Hockey Club, Freshman Year:
Home Rink: All over. Literally.
League: ACHA, DII, Club
Why #3?: Pretend girlfriend's favorite number. Yeah, seriously.

6) Team: UIC Hockey Club, SophomoreYear:
Home Rink: All over. Literally.
League: ACHA, DII, Club
Why #33?: It was the only XXL they bought. For the goalie. Again, yes, really.

6) Team: UIC Hockey Club, Junior Year:
Home Rink: All over. Literally.
League: ACHA, DII, Club
Why #18?: Random.

7) Team: Fighting Hellfish, C2
Home Rink: Johnny's IceHouse East.
League: JAL
Why #3?: Grown to like it.

8) Team: Strange Brew, C
Home Rink: Johnny's IceHouse East.
League: JAL
Why #3?: Grown to like it.

8) Team: Strange Brew, C
Home Rink: Johnny's IceHouse East/West.
League: JAL (Men's League)
Why #3?: Grown to like it.

So, there goes my journey through hockey memory lane. This blog will get updated time to time with more pictures and filling in the various timelines.

I need to look for some of my past jerseys. For example, my Squirt (1st and 2nd year), and Peewee (2nd Year) jerseys from Franklin Park.