Your teammate with LESS SKILLS gets to play MORE MINUTES because they have this

Just because you have MORE skill doesn’t mean you automatically become the point leader and first line star of the team

In fact, skilled players find it TOUGHER AND TOUGHER to let their skill show in games

Because as hockey gets serious in Junior and College, you need to be able to deliver EVERY WEEKEND if you want to be seen as irreplaceable on the team

And that creates pressure which limits your skill