From the CBC:
“Outdoor
hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.8M for cancer research”
(Players and
volunteers posted pictures of loved ones who have or are currently fighting
cancer.)
The world's
longest hockey game in Alberta broke multiple records this year. Forty people
took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink near Edmonton during record cold
temperatures 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4. The teams, named
Team Hope and Team Cure, hit the 252-hour mark at about 6 a.m. Monday to break
their own Guinness World Record. The final score of the game was 2,649 to 2,528
for Team Hope. "It went amazing," Kate Gallagher, one of the event's
organizers, said in an interview. She said the seventh edition of the game has
raised more than $1.8 million so far — higher than the $1.5-million goal — for
cancer research at the University of Alberta.
The event,
which had special rules this year to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, was first
started in 2003 by doctor Brent Saik, who lost his father to cancer. He kept it
going after his wife also died from the disease. The game is always played on
an outdoor rink on Saik's rural property near Sherwood Park, Alta. Players, who
were in an "NHL-style bubble," had to deal with extreme cold weather
that persisted for much of the 10 days. Pucks were shattering as players passed
them along the boards, skate blades broke in half, pieces of masks fell off as
glue let go and goalie pads cracked in the bitter cold. Temperatures dropped to
between -40 C and -55 with the windchill at times. "This was definitely
the coldest game we've ever seen," said Gallagher, who noted they finished
with sore bodies and blistered toes, but no major injuries. "It was all
part of the adventure. The players were troupers. They were warriors."
^ This is a
great way to raise money to help with cancer research. ^
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