| Hockey north of the US Canadian border
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| | pressing for a goal during a power play
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| seems to carry more sway than any
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| | or man advantage after pulling their
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| political, national or international
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| | goalie. Usually it resembles some kind
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| moment. Hockey is far more than a sport
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| | of train wreck in front of the goalie,
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| to most Canadians, it's a catalyst for
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| | with shot after shot, as the goalie goes
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| memories of our youth. Whether it's
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| | down and up time and time again.
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| playing hockey on a frozen pond after the
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| | Defensemen sliding desperately, risking
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| snow has been shoveled to the edges, or
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| | injury to stop the puck, in the hopes,
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| playing on the street in between cars and
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| | that the final seconds will elapse and
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| until the street lights come on. Hockey
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| | the hockey game will be theirs.
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| brings back crystal clear memories for
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| | The Great Ones and The Great One
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| most Canadians. Used to be mostly boys,
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| | Those nostalgic memories of hockey are
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| but times have changed, and with the rise
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| | not just of our own epic battles played
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| of women's hockey, many grown women for
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| | between the street curbs and mounds of
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| this and future generations will be
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| | recently shoveled snow. There were of
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| sharing those same memories. And, that's
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| | course the hockey legends themselves
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| why hockey means so much more than just a
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| | battling against one another. Hockey
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| sport to most of us. It's a nostalgic
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| | night in Canada is truly as much a
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| reminder of a less troubled past, and a
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| | national treasure, as any to this nation.
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| reminder of a happy youth.
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| | During our formative years watching the
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| Not Just A Sedimental Journey
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| | great hockey teams and their rivalries
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| Hockey is great sport first of all, for a
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| | were both a patriotic right and a duty.
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| variety of reasons. It's truly exciting
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| | And then reliving those times in our own
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| to watch. Because of the ice surface
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| | backyard rinks and streets, as we assumed
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| it's played on, very few sports can match
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| | the persona's of our favorite teams and
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| the speed at which the players move about
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| | players, to crush the opposing
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| the field of play. It moves as a game,
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| | neighborhood kids with spectacular hockey
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| really moves! Both the players and the
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| | moves, only to be followed only be even
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| puck. The tide can turn quickly in a
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| | more spectacular goals. Truly times to
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| hockey game, and you really can't let
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| | be remembered, and cherished.
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| down your guard down for a moment. There
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| | It's Not Just Our Game
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| can be long periods of no scoring, with
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| | The game is shared now. With other
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| lots of back and forth action. But then,
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| | players, and other nations. Everyone
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| in a heart beat the other team scores,
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| | plays, and their current and future
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| and maybe a second or third goal shortly
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| | generations are building their own great
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| after, and fortunes have been reversed.
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| | hockey memories. Andthat's OK. I just
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| I can think of no other sport that causes
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| | wonder, if those memories will rule their
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| such heart-stopping, breath-holding,
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| | hearts and nations one day as they do
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| sheer intensity as when another team is
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| | ours.
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