In four weeks we will take to the ice as Team CLE for the very first time. I can't wait. I can't wait to see you guys, meet the new members, step on the ice, and play some games. I miss you. As wonderful as maternity leave is, it does make for a long off season.
The inception of Team CLE is a logical next step in adult women's hockey in NEO. I am sad to see the Twisters come to an end, but take many things from that experience. I found my friends, met interesting people at different stages of life, and benefited from the leadership of many.
Before we get too far as Team CLE I want to talk a bit about the Twisters and Ice Hawks. I'd love to hear how you guys stumbled onto your respective teams, or your favorite part of being on those teams. Also, I have a ton of info from Abby about the Twisters that I will share soon so we have a record of our roots. I know, I know, I'm too sentimental. I can see you all rolling your eyes.
Anyway, the Twisters embraced me in 2011 when I was a hockey player without a team, and was looking to make friends. I found the team through Kristen, who I had reconnected with at a Mercyhurst hockey reunion in Erie in early 2011. We hadn't seen each other since 2005 and neither of us was playing hockey. Between March and July Kristen somehow got an in with Jimmy's summer group, and got me in as well. I met the Twisters that were playing summer hockey - Rhonda, Hillary, Chuck, Katie, Abby, Ann, Missy, possibly Allie and of course Coach Jimmy. I decided to join the Twisters.
I went to Kent State Ice Arena in the fall and met the team. We had pizza before going on the ice, introduced ourselves, toyed with the idea of Nationals, and Abby shared that Katie was going to assist her in managing. And we all know what happened next. We didn't make it to Nationals that year, but made it in 2014. After founding the team in the mid nineties and managing it until 2012, Abby passed the torch to Katie.
So tell me, here or on FB, how did you become a Twister or an Ice Hawk?
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