Rebel Glory Quotes

“I couldn’t understand why he had such an attitude. Most teachers did their best to help hockey players because most of the players wanted education and hockey, and doing both was tough without support from the teachers.

Anyway, my first two years in junior hockey had shown me there were better things to be afraid of than someone like this, attitude or not.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“We were down three goals by the end of the first period, something Coach Blair did not find amusing.

“Three to nothing!” he shouted as we filed into the dressing room at the end of the period. “Three to nothing! This game is worth four points and all of you are skating like ballerinas out there!”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“Four or five cockroaches exploded from the inside of his shin pad, scurrying in all directions on the ice. Cockroaches. Those big, black ugly bugs so gross they make beetles look cuddly.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“Jason rammed his pants down to his ankles. I couldn’t believe it. We were down 1-0 less than 10 seconds into the game. In the same time, my partner was down to his red long johns and his hockey socks.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“Jason was still on the blue eye, grabbing at the nylon belt that held up his hockey pants. Great. Two guys around us and swooping down on our goalie, and Jason is still undressing.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“It all seemed to happen at once. Jason threw his sweater toward me. It flew into my face like a blanket in the wind. I pulled it away from my eyes to see the Hurricane right winger move in on the puck and sweep past Jason.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“Only two months had passed since I had been traded to play defense for the Red Deer Rebels. In that time, I had learned to expect great hockey moves from Jason. I had watched him stickhandle while sliding on his knees. I had admired the way he hip-checked guys from out of nowhere. And I had been dazzled once to see him score with two guys wrapped around his shoulders. In my 25 games since joining this team in January, I had learned to expect nearly anything from #33.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory