No, this has nothing to do with global warming. It’s about not enough ice rinks for all the ice sports. This article deals with hockey, but as you read keep in mind; speed skating, ringette, figure skating, sledge hockey, and public skating all competing for the same slab of ice.

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I used to think that comments questioning the sanity of goalies was just humourous rhetoric; a way to deliver a friendly verbal jab at a team-mate.And then the more goalies I met, I realized there was some truth behind it all…

Names have not been changed to protect anyone.
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For those embedded deep in the hockey culture we seemingly instinctively know hockey. We take much for granted, resist change, and tend to be oblivious as to why other people may not love the sport as passionately as we do. So it is always good to get an “outsiders” perspective. Alistair Potter provides us with this fresh perspective in his article simply titled “Ice Hockey” in the inthenews.co.uk. The article can be found here, and i urge you to check it out. Here are a few highlights…
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Beer League Hockey (BLH) has finally returned after missing 3 days after falling victim to an on-line slew-foot. The server farm that hosted BLH was attacked from behind on Sunday April 25th in what equates to a cowardly move. Someone uploaded a Trojan into the server and knocked it on its ass. The server was unable to recover from its injuries and has since been replaced.
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