Excerpt from the TSN article which reports on Team Canada’s visit to CFB Petawawa for some team bonding. It was set up by Senators owner Eugene Melnyk…..hopefully it will have better results than it has had on the Ottawa Senators!!!!
For blueliner PK Subban, playing in front of 21,273 fans at the Bell Centre as a rookie one day should be a nerve-racking experience.
Or perhaps not – at least not after taking the ‘Jump of Fear.’
The Montreal Canadiens’ blueline prospect took part with his teammates in a special team-building exercise at CFB Petawawa on Tuesday as Team Canada began preparations for the World Junior Hockey Championship.
And the key exercise of the day was something that could make any civilian a bit wobbly in the knees – a simulated parachute jump from more than 30 feet in the air.
“It’s not something that you’re used to doing,” Subban told TSN. “I’ve done something like that before, but at 33 feet that say it’s the Jump of Fear. When I first hooked up I was like, ‘This is easy.’ But once you get up there and look down, I kind of debated whether I should take my harness off and go back down. But it was too late when I got up there – Johnny T (John Tavares) and the boys were shouting, ‘You gotta go! You gotta go!’ and I had to jump.”
Of course, there was also pressure on the Belleville Bulls defenceman as a returning player from last year’s roster.
“I had to show the young guys what I’m capable of doing and that I had the heart and the grit,” he said with an ear-to-ear grin. “I’m just glad I’m in one piece, though.”
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Hmmm…team building and confidence boosting? Two concepts that are completely foreign to Guy Carbonneau.
Rocket,
Gheeez!!! Even when we’re talking about a completely different hockey situation/organization, you bring up Carbo……LOL!!!
Let it go!! Let it go!!!!……;)
Well, let me explain Habster…
Indirectly, I was giving kudos… I think that this was a brilliant move by Quinn and the Team Canada coaching staff. Putting a diverse group in a stressful situation completely different from their ‘day job’ is a great way to do team building in a short period of time.
I am just saying that a professional career coach has valuable experience and tools at his disposal vs. a former player who stubbornly coaches according to his gut.
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