Hockey Day In Canada

1 February 2010By Zhu 13 Comments

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...?)

13 Comments »

Zhu (author) said:

@Seraphine – Me too, he took his role very seriously!

# 8 February 2010 at 7:04 pm

Seraphine said:

aww. i love the little goalie.
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# 4 February 2010 at 11:02 pm

Zhu (author) said:

@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