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Personal Narrative: Preparing To Try-Out For My First AAA Team

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Preparing To Try-Out For My First AAA Team My palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms were heavy, as my dad tried to make awkward conversation with me as he drove. We were on our way to the Kettler Capitals Iceplex, the very new looking arena where the Washington Capitals practiced. The rink is far to begin with, down in Arlington Virginia, and the fact it was a dark and rainy Tuesday night did us no favors. The grueling stop and go traffic extended our ride to over an hour, good thing we left much earlier than we had to. The ice slot was set for 7:30, so I wanted to be there a little before 7 in order to have plenty of time to get dressed and get through my pre-game/practice rituals with ease. At 7:30 I would be on the ice trying out for my first AAA hockey team, The Washington Little Caps, the best team in the DMV. Of course, due to the intensely large amount of traffic, we got there later than I had hoped. We sped through the parking lot and up the ramped section to climb to the top of the parking garage, because oddly enough, the rink is on top of a six story parking lot. We pulled up to …show more content…

I slowly opened the door and as I walked in I could feel a few heads turn and look at me. The room was dimly lit, with dark walls, much unlike the rest of the ice rink, as the rest was very well lit and bright. I scanned the room for a seat, and I found a small one between two guys I didn't know. I actually didn't know a single kid in the room. The nerves began to set in, deeper than before. As I put my gear on I looked around the room at the different bags the kids had, to see if they already had Little Caps bags or if they had bags from other AAA teams. Unfortunately, most of the kids already had Little Caps or bags from other AAA teams, indicating that they were pretty good at hockey, which meant a lot of competition for getting on this

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