Oct 01, 2004 08:30
last night before practice had a chance to go anywhere, the coaches received news that andrei, a player on the mens side passed away earlier that day. needless to say both teams were told, and practice didnt happen. its going to be really hard this weekend for us (we leave today for 2 away games in red deer)... no one knows the cause of death yet, his roommate (another mens player) found him in his room.
this is one of those times where you feel so many different emotions and none of them really have the chance to block out the other that may seem less important to the situation.. but all of them just rush in instead. tyler is taking it the hardest, he got to know him the best. its all very surreal.. at the sake of sounding cliche, he was the happiest kid I think Ive ever met. maybe a little absent minded, but always always smiling. I can honestly say that he was personally working harder for that team than many of the other players. however, I feel sorry for the teams who have to face us this weekend.
we went out as a group last night after things settled at the field. it was alright.. heh, and the coaches didnt mind if we drank. we're going to send his parents his wolves jacket with our names embroidered on it, and this weekend as a temporary memorial we're each taping around the middle of our left cleat, and having his name on it. something to our uniform will be altered later on. anyways, wish us luck this weekend.
r.i.p andrei