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Feeling Old, Reason Du Jour
Something new to make me feel old. The retirement of NHL goaltender Olaf Kolzig.
Olie the goalie arrived as a backup in Washington right about the same time I discovered ice hockey and, by extension, the Capitals. We were six months apart in age and had similar interests, so we talked a lot at Caps practices. (We won't get into how many autographs I have from him.) I did a couple of portraits of him in various Caps gear and went to see him when he sent to the minors. When he became a 'star' player, he didn't always stop to give autographs after practice (too many people out there) but always had time to stop and talk to me. I haven't seen him since the Capitals moved their practice facility to Virginia, and last year he had a falling out with the Capitals and played last season with Tampa. Now he's retiring. Seventeen years of hockey, always with Olie the goalie in the picture.
It'll be way different watching hockey this season. I'm already greatly diminshed in my interest and the absence of Olie won't help.
Olie the goalie arrived as a backup in Washington right about the same time I discovered ice hockey and, by extension, the Capitals. We were six months apart in age and had similar interests, so we talked a lot at Caps practices. (We won't get into how many autographs I have from him.) I did a couple of portraits of him in various Caps gear and went to see him when he sent to the minors. When he became a 'star' player, he didn't always stop to give autographs after practice (too many people out there) but always had time to stop and talk to me. I haven't seen him since the Capitals moved their practice facility to Virginia, and last year he had a falling out with the Capitals and played last season with Tampa. Now he's retiring. Seventeen years of hockey, always with Olie the goalie in the picture.
It'll be way different watching hockey this season. I'm already greatly diminshed in my interest and the absence of Olie won't help.