Let me tell you people something…you have no idea the journey it took these young women, these young men, and their families to have these moments in Milan.
The path to becoming a hockey player at this level is an amazing journey not only for the players, but for their families.
The cold mornings in the rinks at early hours.
The missed events other kids are participating in during school years.
The travel.
The hurt and setbacks.
The amazing dedication it takes for kids in America to get to this level in this sport is truly beyond challenging.
When I was watching Robert this weekend in Denver as a six year-old the thoughts of my son Chris at that age overtook me. The evolution of the hockey player is both physically and mentally amazing.
It is a journey which requires a passion beyond description.
Every young person on both of these Team USAs’ grew up watching Miracle. Every one of them I can assure you has this scene screared into their hockey souls. I’m a sixty-nine year-old man with Stage 4 cancer and it still gives me a rush watching this scene. It’s a scene about being an American. It’s a scene about dreaming big and then going out with a group around you… you’ve come to love as teammates and getting it done.
It’s what we should be as Americans instead of all the bullshit petty cultural nonsense which seems to obsess us as a nation daily.
Jack Hughes and Megan Keller and to all of your teammates…thank you and God Bless America for it is one of the truly great things about sport in that it reminds us we are all Americans and despite the issues we face as a country today this is still the best country in the world in which to live.
Mike J