Make Hockey Happen

[inferno31]

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From r/hockey

Every year a group of guys leaves the city behind and heads into the interior of BC for a week of Pond Hockey.

Honestly.. thats amazing.

[Nick]

every new years day myself and a group of 5-6 others go up to a frozen lake here on the north island, clear a nice little patch of ice and play the game old-school


love this aspect of OUR game.

[Florida Chris]

Played hockey my whole life, but there is something special about playing shinny with friends/family on the lake. I grew up playing shinny on the lake in front of my parents house. My dad would cut a hole in lake with a chain saw, and then we would flood the rink with pails of water. Best rinks ever.

[armandtanzarian]

Thats pretty cool. That is the same way this event kind of started. Now it is called the World Pond Hockey Championship. Plaster Rock, NB is basically a Hamlet until this one weekend a year. Its pretty friggin cool. From the history page: We now have teams representing every province in Canada; 35 U.S states and a total of 15 countries from around the globe that have skated in Plaster Rock.

Look at the rinks...insane. This idea was started as a way to raise money to get the areas first rink in 2002.

[inferno31]

That looks awesome, got to do it one year.