You don't always leave it all on the ice when involved in hockey and sometimes the good far outweighs the bad when it comes to what's taken away from the rink.

Longtime teacher, principal, hockey player, coach and official Donald Clark said there are many life skills young players can learn while playing hockey.

He said among the skills they learn are co-operation, teamwork and supporting one another.

"They can also learn about following team guidelines and discipline, so, I think there's quite a bit of the transference of skills from being involved with sports that can be turned-over into real life," said Clark.

"There are, of course, a lot of times with sports that emotions can get heavily involved. Sometimes in real life it's better to sit back and evaluate all your options but when

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