My son played hockey for a while and seemed to enjoy. My X wasn't behind it because it was not a sport that he knew or could help him with. He is no longer playing due to lack of support from the X and the financial hardship it would have been, that really is an expensive sport!!! But I really enjoyed watching him play, and going ice skating with him occasionally.
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." Jon Kabat-Zinn
