The Final Skate
A Video Documentary by Sebastian Janik
The Final Skate
A Video Documentary by Sebastian Janik
This is a story about loss.
From childhood Anthony Cusanelli, Max Meyer and Anthony Ciurro have been hockey players. It is how they have defined themselves and how they have introduced themselves. Now in 2022, that chapter of their lives is coming to an end. After persevering through COVID-19 season shutdowns all three 5th-year seniors entered this season knowing it would be their last. In this documentary, each player explains what the game of hockey has meant to them and what life after competitive hockey will be like. For many people what defines them can simply be the thing that they spend the most time doing or what they are most passionate about. For these three graduating seniors that thing and that passion has been ice hockey. Countless hours have been spent training and practicing on and off the ice since they were young enough to stand on two skate blades. But now that sense of direction and that certitude of what they will be doing from September to March in the future will be gone. Replaced by office workspaces and the world that exists outside of the frozen ice rinks that have shaped who they are today.
This is a story about loss.
The loss of a routine, structure, and identity.
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