| Have you always considered yourselves to | | | | always nice to see parents staying |
| be a hockey family, but now your sons | | | | involved by helping other families in |
| and daughters have grown up and left the | | | | areas where they were once helped |
| game behind? Do you find yourself | | | | themselves! |
| missing that early morning rush, the | | | | Billeting will also allow you and your |
| need to prepare a good breakfast that | | | | family to retain close ties with the |
| will give them a good start for their | | | | hockey community as a whole. If you can |
| game, and above all the tense and | | | | believe it, there are people out there |
| excited atmosphere that seems to spread | | | | today who can say that Sidney Crosby |
| through the house before a tournament or | | | | stayed with them for a weekend during a |
| game? | | | | minor hockey tournament before coming |
| One way that you can keep the thrill of | | | | into his own in the big leagues! To be |
| the game alive in your house is to | | | | sure, the chance to billet a future |
| volunteer to billet youngsters who are | | | | genuine hockey super star or even NHL |
| still involved in the game. Billeting is | | | | player is rare, but every kid that plays |
| a time honoured tradition among hockey | | | | does have this dream to some degree, and |
| parents, who know all too well how | | | | their enthusiasm can be very catching. |
| expensive hockey can be. Travelling from | | | | In addition, the young players you |
| town to town for games can really add up | | | | billet will bring an atmosphere of |
| if a team is forced to pay for | | | | excitement into your home that you may |
| accommodations, and billets are always | | | | have forgotten about after your own kids |
| needed. Consider the following: | | | | hung up their skates or moved out. There |
| Every year, thousands of parents and | | | | is really nothing like the pre-game |
| grandparents make the competitive hockey | | | | breakfast, talking about the game over a |
| dreams of minor hockey players come true | | | | dinner, and about the activity of the |
| by providing them with a place to stay | | | | next day. If you find that you are |
| while they are out of town. For many | | | | missing all of the subtle blessings that |
| youngsters, these trips would be | | | | being involved in ice hockey has to |
| financially impossible without a place | | | | offer, billeting might just be the way |
| to stay free of charge! If you are or | | | | to get back in touch! For more |
| were a hockey family, you know the | | | | information on this article or a youth |
| importance that billeting volunteers | | | | hockey tournament, visit CHEHockey. |
| played in your own lifestyle. It is | | | | |