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SPORTS & TOYS

Ice Hockey

The Best Game

on Earth

I ce hockey players have to be fast, highly coordinated, and tough. On ice, they barrel through on high-speed chases, slam against boards,

and perform a competitive and dangerous ballet, all while poised on lethal weapons and facing hundred-mile-per-hour flying discs. Off-
ice they play hard, they train early, and every waking moment, they long to get back out there.

Fans across the world, from those who play on rinks shoveled out on Northern Hemisphere lakes, or in frosty-filled arenas, to those who just love
to watch; all swear allegiance to their favorite teams and follow the tournaments avidly. Team players show off their great sense of camaraderie,
espousing elegance in off-ice oxymoronic bravura, donning Sunday suits and neckties over their finely-tuned presence.

Canadians Have a Knack for It

Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux Sidney Crosby
Wayne Gretzsy, known as The Great Mario Lemieux racked up points and brought Lemieux now owns the Pittsburgh Penguins,
One, has broken almost every record and his team two championships before taking safeguarding their Canadian captain, Sid the
still holds the most NHL points scored time off to fight Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, only Kid, aka Sidney Crosby, who is considered
record. Playing career: 1978–1999. to come back to win the scoring record, with this generation’s player of the era. Playing
and 160 points in 60 games. Playing Career: Career: 2005-present.
“You miss 100 per cent of the shots you 1984–1997, 2000–2006.
don’t take.” “Crosby has a subtler brand of
- Wayne Gretzky “Every day is a great day for hockey.” exceptionalism, born of outsized effort
– Mario Lemieux and impressive skating edge work and an
unparalleled backhand and all the details
piled that high create a mountain of hockey
excellence." – Michael Farber, Sports
Illustrated

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