At The Drop Of A Puck

Ever since I was 5 years old…

I have been a hockey fan as long as I can remember.

I’m the first one in my family. First gen. I used to get captivated by NHL games after my dad was done watching NCAA basketball. The speed, power, grit and grace of hockey is so fun to watch.

I’ve played hockey myself off and on for most of my life, too. It’s added up to decades both on the ice and in the roller hockey rink.

I’ve lived it. Broken bones, chipped teeth, scrapes and scraps, spitting up blood and getting back out there because it’s your shift.

That’s why for me it was SO FUN to watch the USA take gold this past weekend.

Following USA hockey since Lillehammer in ‘94, we’ve always been the underdog. Always. Russia or Canada are on top of the podium in rotating fashion, like clockwork. I’ve read about 1980, I’ve watched the movies and TV documentaries, I even scored a 1980 Lake Placid beanie (brought to you by Olvaltine) at at thrift store, and wear it during games for the mojo (I decided not to wear it this time…).

But that was before my time.

Hockey is a crazy sport. It is so fast, the puck is so small, and sometimes it just doesn’t “bounce your way” as we say. That’s what I saw Sunday.

Canada had no business losing that game.

They were faster, smarter, gelled more tightly together, had more shots, more possession time, all of the stats that correlate with a win.

But the puck didn’t bounce their way.

Now they’re back to regular everyday life (as NHL superstars), and have to mentally put the Olympics to bed, and get back to the late-season playoff push. You know, their 9 to 5 that actually pays the bills.

Mind over matter

To move on from a painful loss, you have to grieve it, learn from it, and then bury it.

We do this with loved ones and pets… we should do this with financial losses too. Even the ones that are 100% at-fault boneheaded mistakes. When the net is wide open and you hit the post. When a sure-thing stock plummets. When the puck bounces over your stick. When you change careers late in the game. When you reach your stick for the puck and hit a mouthful of chiclets instead.

Grieve.

Learn.

Bury.

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_{Not financial advice.}