@mitchlafon@GinoHard_ Ref came off the boards so the player could either go outside or cut inside. Ref maintains his lane because if he changes lanes and gets in the way, not good. This isn't a great look, but the player here should know the Ref will maintain his lane, provided his head is up...
When my parents sent me to yeshiva in Ottawa, they hoped I’d become a Talmud scholar.
At 14, I had different plans.
I loved hockey.
The problem? Yeshiva didn’t leave much time for it.
So my friends and I snuck out at night, played for hours, and returned exhausted.
You can imagine how that went.
Tired days. Fun nights. My academics? Not exactly thriving.
Becoming a rabbi wasn’t on my radar.
Then, one summer, I wanted to travel. I reached out to Chabad Shliach Rabbi Ramy Banin in Venice.
“Can I help with tourists and the community?”
My plan? Help a little. Tour a lot.
Instead, something unexpected happened.
On my first morning, a man three times my age approached me.
“Tell me about G-d,” he asked.
One question led to another.
Soon, I was spending 16+ hours a day helping Jewish tourists connect to Judaism.
Three weeks later, I hadn’t seen a single landmark.
But I had discovered something greater: The most beautiful sight is the face of someone who’s been helped.
That summer, I was drafted into the Rebbe’s army—an army of ambassadors spreading across the world to inspire and uplift others.
Years later, I took this inspiration and moved to Rostov to continue the mission.
This time, in a country that loves hockey as much as Canada.
So I formed a Jewish hockey team.
One day, an elderly man from our minyan mentioned his son, Misha, played hockey but wouldn’t step foot in a shul.
A lightbulb went off.
“Hockey doesn’t have to distract from Torah. It can be a tool.”
Misha came for a game.
Then another.
Then, one day, he walked into shul.
He wasn’t a spectator anymore. He was part of the team.
This is the Rebbe’s message.
Judaism isn’t separate from life. It elevates life.
Your passions. Your work. Even your hobbies.
They’re not distractions. They’re your tools to uplift the world.
This Shabbat as we mark 75 years since the Rebbe assumed the mantle of leadership of Chabad, let’s take this lesson to heart.
Find your hockey. Use it to uplift the world.
Shabbat shalom from Rostov
@BMonzoRadio Slippery slope when you introduce kicking as a legal means to score in a game where men have knives attached to their feet. You can kick the puck in other areas of the ice, but net front, where play is slower and players are in closer proximity to each other, not a good idea.
@ToughCallPod Puck in the crease, he made a play on the puck. Did not change speed or his lane before making contact and no extension when making contact. Don't see a call there.