This season, 70 players between the ages of 4 to 14 registered to play. "And a lot of it does rely on Mother Nature so we give that reduced cost just to help offset the fact that Mother Nature may not always be on our side," Samson said. The lack of ice rental fees is an added bonus. "Basically because it's outside, it's a shorter season than traditional indoor hockey obviously as well," Samson tells CTV News. It also offers the game of hockey - a sport out of the price range of many families - at an affordable cost of $95 for the season. "Parents get cheering, the kids get yelling and the more the snow falls the happier the kids seem to get."Īt the mercy of Mother Nature, the league only runs for six to eight weeks at the start of the New Year. "Especially when the snow starts to fall it gives us that, 'we're part of something' feeling," league convenor Heather Samson says. The Shady Nook outdoor hockey league in Laurentian Valley highlights Canada's game under the lights and in the elements of winter. For many Canadians, hockey represents a sense of pride and community.įor a handful of families in the Ottawa Valley, their first games are played in a league unlike most.
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