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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 options: 1) the lazy option, which was to watch the tripleheader of NHL action featuring the six Canadian teams on TV 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 centres and parks. The weather was beautiful (read, sunny) but it was also one of the coldest days 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 “cannot stand outside more than ten minutes without freezing to death.”

Enjoy these pictures of Canada’s beloved winter sport, I froze my fingers off to take them!

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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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

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