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Astra Groskaufmanis

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Outside of inhaling Zamboni fumes as a hockey mom, Astra Groskaufmanis is a human resources professional in Ottawa. Her humour memoir, "Offside by a Mile – Confessions of a Hockey Mom" has recently been published (FrisenPress, 2015). Her writing has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, the Momoir Project, Minor Hockey News, and the YummyMummyClub. She is a weekly contributor to HockeyNow’s online magazine. Her short story, “The Angels of Hockey” was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul – O Canada: The Wonders of Winter (November 2013). You can find her poking fun at herself, motherhood, and minor hockey on her blog, The Dustbunny Chronicles. Astra lives with her husband, and their three children, in Manotick, Ontario ...more

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A Dear John Letter to my Hockey Blanket

There are two things a hockey mom is not often seen without: one is her cup of coffee and the other is her hockey blanket. She is so done with that coffee before the game even starts, but the hockey blanket? Now that is a long-term relationship.


I should know. I’m one of those hockey moms who has been in a long-term relationship with her hockey blanket. I remember I first introduced my hockey blank

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