Getting The Call
In the parlance of big-time hockey, "getting the call" is a rich term. A player gets the call up to the big team. It is the public reward for years of hard, quiet work. It's the call up to the big league, the big time. A player can "get the call" to represent his or her country in international play. Or a player "gets the call" to the hall of fame. Invariably, a young player or a rehabilitated player or an unorthodox talent is pictured "still waiting for the call." Getting the call means a player goes from the many on the outside to the few on the inside. Mitch and James rinkside today But getting the call can happen for the rest of us hockey players, too. "Guys, thanks for thinking of me and giving me a call," said Rick, as we sat over lunch today at Campus Earl's, the Oilers-Wings game on the monitors above us, Saturday's first of three games in the University of Alberta's pond hockey tournament b...