It was time for action.

The Casco Bay Kings – your new hockey team in Maine – hadn’t won a game all season.

So on Saturday, February 7 you decided something had to change to get the team back on track.   You needed something to change the mood and turn the season around.  A motivator to get your friends pumped up, playing harder to earn a Big W.

Your solution?  A playlist with three awesome songs:

“Animal,” by Maroon Five.  Centuries, by Fall Out Boy.  And your favorite, “Shell Shocked” (from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack) featuring Kill the Noise and Kadsonik.

You called your playlist “Hockey Pumps.”

Sunday morning was game day.  You fired up the songs and played them to your team in the locker room over the bluetooth speaker Grammy and I bought you for Christmas.  It was a big hit!  Your teammates told you how much they “loved this song” (Shell Shocked).

Your Dad said you were all smiles before you hit the ice.

The Kings played together really well, with intensity throughout.  There was a different spirit compared to the previous games.  At the end of it, the streak was broken and you had earned your first Win.  Finally, you had the big W.

After the game your coach told you, “Camden you need to bring it to the rest of the games.”

I love this story because it shows your energy, enthusiasm and competitiveness.  And because it reminds me how music has played a major role in my life (since I was 10 years old).  That love for music was passed onto your Dad who made playlists of his own – like you’re doing now.  He and I have always talked about the latest song or album and have gone to many concerts together – – we still do!

It’s so cool how this tradition has been passed down to a new generation – you.