To be successful in hockey you have be able to have a good perception, situation recognition, cue identification, diagnosis, and also be able to anticipate what will probably happen next.

This is described as "Hockey Sense” and can be attributed to either a team, block, unit, or individual player.

For the most part in hockey, coaches and players attempt to play a game that demands a high level of understanding in a manner that can be compared to a game of shinny or for that fact; sand castle building.

Hockey is badly played when it is nothing more than a haphazard combination of skating skills, puck handling, passing, shooting, checking, without reference to intelligence, strategy, cue identification, and interskill bonding.

If  facts and concepts are assembled and presented in a clear, open-hearted way: then reality, as I want it, is defined and denial becomes impossible.