I told the coach what he said, that he didn’t want to score a goal. The coaches first reaction was to say that after he scores his first, he’ll be hooked. The coach, even though he is a volunteer because his son plays on the team, was a professional player in NHL, CHL and in Russia. He’s not a typical gruff or scary, coach, he is very patient so I was hoping he had come across this before. But I guess that is unrealistic.
The opportunity for goals was there for him this weekend. The game they played was a blow out something like 20-2.
When you sign up for a team, you have a moral obligation to your teammates to play your best. In hockey that means trying to score. Otherwise he has to quit the team. This may sound harsh, but I would be angry at a teammate who was not playing his best.
