SMJHL plug and future SHL plug Sammy Blaze was invited to speak at the Harvard Institute for the Blind Kids recently, and it went pretty well.

The speech was mostly about the dangers of playing the game of hockey as a blind man, where you have to rely on your teammates to kind of tell you where the net is, how to skate, how to hit the puck and such. Turns out Sammy Blaze is quite the motivational speaker, as he spits out the words eloquently. He was a bit of a nervous wreck prior to the speaking engagement, as he knows the blind people have higher senses. Not only is their hearing much improved, their sense of smell is very intimidating. Blaze had just come from a Detroit Falcons practice and didn't have time to shower.

The speech lasted about 20 minutes, but Blaze could tell that the next important blind hockey player was in the room, and perhaps his speech pushed him in the right direction.