Mr. Hutchinson-Gretzsky

For those of you that don't know, Michael is playing hockey this summer. His friend (and our Mattress Gallery partner) Kale invited him to join the summer league team that he's been playing on for a few years. Michael's first game was this past Tuesday night.
I have to be honest, at first I wasn't very enthusiastic about Mike playing because I was concerned that he would find himself out of his league. I know that he played hours upon hours of homeschool "farm" hockey - but I also was aware of the fact that these men that he would be playing with/against probably had years and years of league play. League play with coaches, practices, positioning, plays, etc - (not to mention playing with equipment on)

Michael did great. He let the guys on his team know that this form of hockey was a bit new to him - and they were great with giving him pointers and helping him find positioning on the ice.
By the end of his first game, he looked like he'd been playing with these guys for a long time - a natural. He even is tied in team points for the assist that he got!

I'll try to add a pic of him that I took at home while he was making sure his equipment fit right.
(I've always had a thing for hockey players - he's cute!....even when he comes out of the dressing room sweaty and stinky!)