A Jedi might consider a hockey puck an excellent exercise in concentration. Small. Fast. Unlikely to wait while you finish explaining the Force. Imagine trying to offer it the usual advice about patience, only to find it halfway down the ice before the sentence was over. There is a simpler plan for January 23, 2027: put Evansville Thunderbolts Star Wars Night at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, on the calendar and let hockey supply its own answers.

The listed event runs from 6:00pm to approximately 9:30pm Central time. In our imaginary Jedi’s notebook, that would leave plenty of room for observations about timing, balance, and the limits of a thoughtful pause. Your own notebook can be considerably shorter: the date, the place, and an evening of hockey with a Star Wars theme. No philosophical dissertation required.