Then three-year-old Elin Guenther dragged her skates as she made her way into her first ice hockey practice. Guenther didn’t like anything about it. Everything from practice, to being on a team, Guenther despised. It wasn’t until she got the hang of passing the puck around and blocking shots that she truly grew to appreciate it. After she played in her first real game, her motivation for the sport finally developed. Now Guenther has been playing for 12 years.  “It was our first game of the season where I started to learn to love it,” Guenther said. “I got a breakaway, which is just where you’re skating on the ice and everybody else is behind you, and I scored. It was my first goal in [co-ed]  hockey.” To read more, click the link in bio. #storybymyasmith #photobyzacrussell #socialbyaddynewman