Hello goaliegrrl,
My name is Jake. I am 20 years old and have been playing goal (on-ice-only) for about 15 years.
I play Jr. C in a little farm community called Glanbrook, in Ontario. (We have won the provincial championships, 3 years in a row) I know what most people think about Jr. C, It's just a bunch of goons. To me, however, that is the most ingnorant statement I have ever heard. My team's philosophy is one of discipline and defense. You can put my team up against any Jr. B or Jr.A (tear 2) in our area and we will run them out of the rink. Anyway, I'm getting side tracked here.
My nick name is "Jocco" (pronounced jock, with and O at the end). This was given to me by an accident. When I attended the All-Star game for my league, we had a dinner and guest speaker before the game. They gave us little plaques and shirts for attending and callded us up by our name to receive them. My name is Jacob but some how on the program it was written "Jocco". I don't even think Jocco is a real name. Well the other reps from my team thought it was just a ROAR! Sure, they got all of their names right but of course they had to screw up mine. Well needless to say that was good luck because I played the game of my life. I don't say that lighly either. I could't get scored on. I palyed half of the game. I went in when the score was 4-1 for the other team. The final was 6-5(over time) for my team. They squeaked one by me with 13 seconds left. Damn it, I almost had it.
I ended up getting the MVP for my team and since then the name has stuck.
My interests are hockey, hockey, and oh, did I mention hockey. Occaisionally I'll play golf, but I'm not very good, their isn't enough contact in it for me.
Anyway that's me, hope I was interesting.

[This message has been edited by JAKE (edited July 15, 1999).]