A leader of men. Appointed to keep grown men in line. In sports no man has more control than the captain. A coach can lose a team, a superstar's opinion can, at time, hold little value in the locker room. the captain is appointed by the team as someone who shows he does the little things that make the team move. He yells, helps, guides and does everything. With the loss of peter forsberg that flyers lose their captain. (in my opinion they lost their real captain when #25 retired, but thats for another time) no other man on this flyers team shows more heart, grit and leadership ability that number 24 sami kapenen. He is not the biggest guy (5'9" 181 lbs)or the best scorer (scored 12 goals the past two years), but he the heart of this team. Hell, even in the pre game skate around he is the one who gathers the pucks in the net and dishes them back to the rest of the team ( as shown below)
the gather:
the dish:
no other incident makes me more sure than in the 03-04 playoffs. his heart was going when his brain was not all there. in overtime of the 6th game of the playoffs v. the maple leafs and the flyers tied sami gets smashed and thus knocked silly. to avoid having too many men on the ice sami struggled to get back to the bench and did. as he got off the ice the flyer that hopped on the ice to replace him, mark recchi, scored the game winner. contribute where and when you can.
Some say that mike richards jersey was destined to dawn the coveted C, until then my vote goes to sami.
ed note: sorry about all the hockey posts, but i love it and sami!!
ps. he also played for the late hartford whalers. how cool is that!?!?!
1 comment:
excellent post dude.
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