“The Lobby Is Louder Than the Locker Room”

There’s a second dressing room in minor hockey. It doesn’t have stalls. It doesn’t have a coach.
It doesn’t have structure. It has coffee cups.
It has folded arms. It has side glances and half-whispers that aren’t actually whispers. It’s the lobby. And some nights… The lobby is louder than the locker room. And when that happens —
culture doesn’t stand a chance.