A Power Player

Cheyenne Stampede equipment manager Josh Henning drops off water bottles for the players in the locker room prior to their game against El Paso at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Josh Henning applies tape to a hockey stick prior to the Cheyenne Stampede’s game against El Paso. Normally Stampede players tape their own sticks and it’s one of the few things that Henning doesn’t do on a regular basis for the team. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Josh Henning fills up water buckets for players and officials prior to the Cheyenne Stampede’s hockey game against the University of Wyoming on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. There is very little that Henning doesn’t do or doesn’t do regularly for the team. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

One of the few things Josh Henning doesn’t do as equipment manager for the Cheyenne Stampede is sharpening skates, simply because he has very little experience doing so. Here, he takes a whirl at sharpening a players skate prior to their game against El Paso at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Josh Henning carries a large rug back to where it was stored as pregame ceremonies conclude during the Cheyenne Stampede’s game against El Paso on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Dealing with a bad back, Josh Henning takes advantage of massages before games if he has a break and before Stampede players show up for home games at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Cheyenne Stampede equipment manager Josh Henning (right) jokes around with player Thayne Trumbull before the Stampede’s game against El Paso at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Josh Henning’s supply locker is adorned with Cheyenne Stamped player cards, past and present, and each one of them is autographed and some have a personal messages. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Even dealing with a bad back, Josh Henning crawls into the luggage department of a charter bus to load players bags the Cheyenne Stampede prepare for a road trip to Phoenix. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Josh Henning even works for the team at home. He and his girlfriend, Charity Moore prepare peanut butter sandwiches and bananas before each home game for the Cheyenne Stampede hockey team. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

For Josh Henning, about the only extended break he gets working for the Cheyenne Stampede as the equipment manager, is during the actual game as he watches the first period of the Stampede’s game against El Paso. He is, however, ready at a moments notice if a player needs him. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)