Hockey Day in Canada

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Happy Hockey Day in Canada, whatever that’s all about?! I guess I just wasn’t paying attention, or maybe this is something totally brand new*…talk about heads-up hockey! Speaking of which, I’ll never forget arriving for the first game of our international tourney in Iceland, only to have some young locals mock-bow and chant  “Ca-na-da, Ca-na-da…!!” in our general direction as we walked past with our hockey gear. Admittedly it’s pretty cool when ones reputation precedes you, though I guess at that point, jet-lagged and adjusting to the early darkness that had descended, we just hoped that we were up to the task!

The verdict? Undefeated against those feisty Nordic Vikings!

So here’s a soundfile for you, though apologies if it doesn’t open clearly – ongoing technical problems, what can I say -  arriving last Decemeber at the storied Saint Michael’s Arena, and as these two cops looked on, here is an acoustic sampling of this historic rink with a scrimmage well under way! Okay, I have to get back to the overtime shoot-out between Toronto and Sundin’s Vancouver Canuck’s!

As they say, it’s a Canadian game, eh?

     * Oops, I just discovered it’s the 9th annual…where have I been all these years??