Wanted: Finishers -- Those Who Go ALL THE WAY

Seems like there is a trend going on out there in hockey playoff land -- one team plays the full 60 minutes, and the other team pulls up short. I can't remember a time in the playoffs, including the NCAA's and the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where a team has done something totally dramatic in that LAST FEW SECONDS.

Exhibit A:

Game 7 Carolina vs. New Jersey

Officiating Crew:
Referees - Paul Devorski (#10) and Kevin Pollock (#33)
Linesmen -- Jean Morin (#97) and Brian Murphy (#93 - USA Boy!)


This all reminds of a story of the Moorhead Spuds H.S. hockey team. I learned that when Terry Cullen was the coach of the team, they were ADAMANT about finishing drills. You never gave up on a drill in practice.

Why finish all the time?

(A) Practice makes PERMANENT

(B) Excellence is a Habit.

I think about that all the time...are you finishing your exercise workouts, or do you quit? Do you do drills all the way to the end, or do you quit? Do you follow an extreme nutrition and ftness regiment, or do you quit? How you do those things is how you do everything.

Be a finisher. Go the full 60 minutes. Practice like you play. Do the opposite of the 2009 USA World Sr.'s team [read here]. Do what the 1980 Olympic Team did.