“The most important day in hockey is tomorrow. Tomorrow, you tackle what went wrong today. Tomorrow, you improve. Every day, every tomorrow, you get better.” Was I getting through? I couldn’t tell through the sweat-stained wreckage. But if I got them believing in tomorrow, they would spend their entire lives reaching for their futures. “Everything you need is already inside of you. You know where we need to be, and when we get home, we bring our game up. So let’s get going. We’ve got work to do tomorrow.” Finally, they smiled.
