This is part of a series of articles about student-athletes’ pre-game rituals. Read them all here.
Pete Moore ’25. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
A hockey game for Peter Moore ‘25 starts the night before. He always makes sure he goes to the gym for an hour and a half to stretch and shoot pucks. He then follows up the night by doing normatecs, which area recovering compression system that goes on his legs. “If my legs are not too sore, I switch things up and do yoga and meditations” Peter explains. He makes sure all his homework is done and goes to bed around 10 pm.
“In the morning, usually, the team has a stretch at 9:30 before our 10:30 brunch. So, I’ll get up at nine, shower, get ready for the gym, try to get as loose as possible in the gym, drink as much water as I can, try to get hydrated. I then go to brunch, and my goal is to eat five plates of food with 1 cup of milk. I try to stay off my phone, and socialize with everyone as much as I can, and then I go to my bed to read my book and fall asleep for an hour. Right when I wake up, I go straight into the shower—cold shower, to get the blood flowing—and hop in my suit right after. We have a pre-game meal around 3-4 hours before the game, so I only eat one plate, and of course, a cup of milk.’’
‘’When I arrive at the rink, I go upstairs to the balcony that overlooks the Olympic Oval, and I sit there with my teammate, Charles Pigeon ‘26, and we take in the view. We just think about how grateful we are to play at a place like the Olympic center. Then I go downstairs, change and tape my stick, and then I’ll usually just mess around for 30-40 minutes before we have our team warm up. I love to dominate and get my body dialed in the Ball Game that the team plays before our warmup. After warmups, I sprint around the 1980 rink with Ryan Racine ‘25. I then sit down on the same chair as always, number 11, to do breathing exercise and get my mind locked in. I follow it up by doing 9 push-ups with Charles and hit a crazy loud handshake. I hop in the locker room and get geared up for the big game.’’
