The Tikkanen
Pest
I totally agree. Instead of getting frustrated or bummed out about it I'm just going to deal with each injury and try and prevent it from happening again. Getting my skates punched and better pants are half of it. I've stopped diving for pucks and don't look to initiate contact as much. I think alot of it is just that I'm not used to it. I went from nothing to playing pretty hard 2-3X per week so it will take me some time.
Thanks for your incite.
I think as we get older you really have to experiment more and you cannot get away from the game from long periods. Once a week, minimum. There really is no reason we can't keep playing at the same level with all that is available to us now.