It's not so bad for me, I only have P in hocky (and not this year, he'd rather ski). My sister has boys who are a year apart, so every other year she lives at the rink-- one practices after the other, 3 - 5 days a week with skating practice on the days they don't have hockey, plus games. I do understand the "hockey mom" mentality.

I've taught my sister how to knit. In fact, I've just started a class for knitting for the hockey "moms" and soccer "moms" and ice skating "moms" (mom in quotation because just as often it's the dads sitting in the stands trying to find something to occupy themselves while their little darling learns how to be well rounded.)