> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Best Hockey Story I Ever Heard on a Tuesday - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/the-best-hockey-story-i-ever-heard-on-a-tuesday/ - Published: 2014-11-07T17:54:57.000Z - Updated: 2014-11-07T17:54:57.000Z - Description: Professional good guy and father to at least thirty children @mennoknight graces us with his presence and this fantastic true* story he was a primary witness to. - Author: Jason Orach - Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 I spent a summer/fall working for the WHL's most storied franchise, the Kamloops Blazers. When I was a kid in high school, they called it the Montreal of the WHL because the team had been so good for so long. When I worked there, they were more like the Montreal of 1998\. I'm saying they were bad. It was a very eventful summer. I spent most of my time watching training camp. I was impressed by Devan Dubnyk's intelligence and height, Ray Macias' speed (and his hot mom), and Eric Christensen's ability to be a complete butthole to everyone around him. It was a very eventful time for the Blazers. It was the year the story broke about a front office person being caught embezzling funds from the team. [This website has a great recap of it](http://gdrinnan.blogspot.ca/2008/01/getting-here-from-there-fall-of.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), and Drinnan is just great in general, so read his story. So, that happened, I got to travel with the team a bit, it was just a whole lot of good memories all wrapped up into one. But what I'll remember the most was Rob Skrlac. I got to work at the alumni golf tournament with real stars - Mark Recchi was there, Shane Doan was there. I showed up to work around oh, let's say 8 to man the registration table. The tourney was supposed to start at 10\. The first guy up? Robby Skrlac. This guy was the enforcer during the glory days of Iginla-Doan-Regehr-etc. He was massive. He was also super early. "Hey, I'm here to golf." "Uh, Rob, you're two hours early." "Well, I had nothing to do." "Well, you can't start yet." "OK, I guess I'll go sleep more." And he went to his Honda Accord and had a nap. He showed up at 10, on the dot,saying the same thing. "Hey, I'm here to golf." Yeah Rob, I know. I followed his career closely because when you meet a guy who is known for pounding heads in and he doesn't pound your head in you are now friends. He had been toiling in the Devils farm system for a few years by this point. The next season he got called up for an eight game stint. He even scored a goal. I still have the clipping on my fridge. His quote was: "I was just standing in front, trying to fight Garnet (Exelby) and I guess it hit me." Guys like this are what hockey's about to me. I'm a grumpy old dad. Give me 20 Skrlac-type success stories a year and shove your corsi up your butt. The end. *\* Likely 100% false*