i know how it goes, man.  The one tournament I yelled "If you aren't gonna fucking play, get the fuck off the rink"  'cause we couldnt' do shit. i didnt know it at the time, but the one guy on our team is one of the best players down there.  Wouldn't know it thoug hwith the way he was playing.    I wanted to leave, but it was a tournmant and I was getting my money's worth.  There were countless times when people'd do stupid shit at stick time.  It basically boiled down to getting on the rink when the good players were out there and getting off when the shitty kids got on.  But that sucks, too, 'cause then the ice time is limited.  I remember when I wasn't the greatest skater, it wasn't that fun 'cause I never got the puck.  And then when I got better, I still rarely got the puck so it was hard to do anything.  Ah well.

Most people would tell you to just play better and be a one man wrecking crew.  Oh yeah, my 3rd season, my team was fucking terrible.. first game I could have gotten a breakaway but the best player wasn't looking or listening, i yelled "Middle!" while no one was near me  for the clear breakaway.  We lost the first 2 games, I think, only had maybe 3 good players but really only me and the best player, and I wasn't that great.  Then we got the fucking puck hog guy who made it even worse even though we started winning.. who the fuck cares if you never get the fucking puck even when wide fucking open.