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Underwater hockey thrives in capital region


Sports | 206885 hits | Jun 12 12:11 am | Posted by: Hyack
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As ice hockey approaches its season finale in the Stanley Cup final, a group of Ottawa players is gearing up for the year's big moment in another form of the sport.

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  1. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:52 pm
    That's awesome, that's gotta be hard though. Trying to shoot a puck underwater.

  2. by avatar fifeboy
    Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:37 pm
    "Bacardi4206" said
    That's awesome, that's gotta be hard though. Trying to shoot a puck underwater.
    I used to play what we called "Underwater Hockey" back in the 70"s at U of M. It was different then, more like underwater football, with a large brick of heavy rubber, but lots of fun and a great workout.

  3. by Regina Gold Member
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:21 am
    I played back in the 70's as well. We used a rubber coated brass puck with Y shaped sticks which were about a foot long. Great workout and could get a little rough. :lol:

  4. by avatar Strutz
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:14 am
    Perhaps the biggest difference, though, is that underwater hockey doesn't get a lot of spectators.

    "You have to be in the pool to see actually what's going on," said Ottawa player Laia Navarro, a Barcelona native who's doing post-doctoral work at the University of Ottawa. "So we don't have many fans and followers."

    "Damn! I missed that goal... had to go up for air" :lol:

    Sounds cool though.

  5. by avatar DanSC
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:16 am
    "Strutz" said
    Perhaps the biggest difference, though, is that underwater hockey doesn't get a lot of spectators.

    "You have to be in the pool to see actually what's going on," said Ottawa player Laia Navarro, a Barcelona native who's doing post-doctoral work at the University of Ottawa. "So we don't have many fans and followers."

    "Damn! I missed that goal... had to go up for air" :lol:

    Sounds cool though.

    They need to hand out free snorkels to the first 100 fans.

  6. by avatar fifeboy
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:21 am
    "Strutz" said
    Perhaps the biggest difference, though, is that underwater hockey doesn't get a lot of spectators.

    "You have to be in the pool to see actually what's going on," said Ottawa player Laia Navarro, a Barcelona native who's doing post-doctoral work at the University of Ottawa. "So we don't have many fans and followers."

    "Damn! I missed that goal... had to go up for air" :lol:

    Sounds cool though.

    You have no idea how true that is.

  7. by avatar Strutz
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:23 am
    I guess doing "The wave" would be easy... :lol:

  8. by avatar fifeboy
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:44 am
    "Strutz" said
    I guess doing "The wave" would be easy... :lol:

    Oh man, you need to stand in the corner for that one. :lol: :lol: :lol:

  9. by avatar PostFactum
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:45 am
    The chance that it will grow up in real kind of hockey are minimal, as to speak about fun - that's funny)

  10. by avatar sandorski
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:57 am
    Protip: Chill the water to < 0c

  11. by avatar QBall
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:41 pm
    Interesting. Not sure who would sponsor a world championship of a sport where you can't have spectators except on T.V.? Maybe they can have games at aquariums that have underwater viewing?

  12. by Regina Gold Member
    Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:02 pm
    Rarely an icing call as well. :P



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