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This is my favourite time of year. Everything seems more alive. The birds are singing in the trees (often when I'm getting back from a gig), the sun is shining, everything is turning green and people can be seen huddled in groups, whether it be in their homes, public drinking establishments or Future Shop TV departments. These people often wear oversized shirts with someone else's name on the back, spouting statistics and shooting percentages, and boasting of their 'top 10' of all time...

That's right folks. It's playoff season!!!

National pride aside...cough cough.... gold gedal...cough cough...this is a time for everyone to put their personal differences aside and let their (chosen) hockey team do the talking for them. This usually includes large amounts of beer and wings and will inevitably end up with one group jumping for joy and the other sinking into their drink with mumbles of this season being a 'building year' and so it 'didn't matter anyway'. If you add betting into the mix you add a whole new dimension of humiliation, from buying a round of drinks to shaving your chest and having to wear my aunt's summer dress because I don't care what you say, that was NOT a goal and it should never have gone into overtime in the....uhhh...where was I?

We should fight wars this way. Each country comes up with their best and brightest to represent their nation and when an issue of war or international policy comes up, you have a best of 7 to decide who wins. – although if that were the case we would still remain Canada but Toronto would be split up into many different Countries...but I digress.

I'm a huge hockey fan, currently cheering for Colorado. While watching highlights and score updates I often hear talk of team 'momentum' and how it can carry a team forward to greater things. This momentum can be seen on the ice where players seem to 'click' and energy levels are way up. They move faster, hit harder and score more.

Hockey is a lot like life in the entertainment industry...

There is a lot of travel and late nights.

Every time you play, it's in a different place.

Most of the hard work is done BEFORE you play.

The hits hurt most when you don't see them coming.

team momentum is everything.

One bad play and you can get a golie pad upside your head...

Keep your head up!

Go Avalanche!!!!