Hockey Day In Canada
What’s more Canadian than hockey? And what’s more Canadian than going to play outside in subzero temperatures?
Last Saturday, Hockey Day In Canada took place throughout the country. You basically had two option: 1) the lazy option, which was to watch the tripleheader of NHL action featuring the six Canadian teams on T.V 2) the brave option, which was to take your gear and go play hockey in the street.
In Ottawa, people hit the outdoor skating rinks, located in community centers and parks. The weather was beautiful (read: sunny) but it was also one of the coldest day of the year, with an average of — 30C. In case you are not familiar with these kinds of temperature, I’d translate that to you as “can not stand outside more than ten minutes without freezing to death”.
Enjoy the picture of Canada’s beloved sport: I froze my fingers for them! You can see the full set of pictures here.
 Hockey Bus on the Freeway |
 Hockey Sticks |
Ready To Shoot
 On Break |
 Got The Puck |
 Fighting For The Puck |
 Fell |
 Training To Shot |
 Training To Shot |
 Big Goalie |
 Little Goalie |
 Resting |
 Ready…Go! |
 Hockey Helmet |
 Skates |
Running on Ice (For when you don’t have skates…?)
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@London Caller — No, people don’t play curling in France… I had never heard of the sport till I moved to Canada! And it’s not that big in Ontario either actually.
@Breigh — I was a lot of fun. I don’t get to see too many people play hockey, although you do always spot a few people back from a game, carrying a stick in the bus.
@RennyBA’s Terella — It was a struggle though! We drove to different places in the city to take the pictures and I wouldn’t have been able to stay long at each location, especially the ones by the river because it got so windy. –15C I can handle
@Adrian — Thank you! I don’t know how they did it… I was so cold just taking the pictures!
@Khengsiong — Yes, especially in Ottawa because we have free outdoors staking rink.
@Beth — You just have some common sense — it was very cold!
@Sidney — Thank you
@micki — I loved these two girls, they were so funny!
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@Seb — You bet he does — Canadian goalie are trained to look mean
aww. i love the little goalie.
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@Seraphine — Me too, he took his role very seriously!