By Christopher B. Daly
Thanks to the New York Times for (finally) recognizing one of the truly great winter sports — pond hockey. Not the professional kind, played in a rink with endless body-checking and regular fistfights. I am talking about hockey played on a frozen pond, with no refs, no boards, no checking, and no fighting. To my way of thinking, playing on a pond distills the essence of hockey — a game of flow that emphasizes skating, stick-handling, and teamwork.
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Here’s an essay I wrote a while back celebrating the joys of skating on New England’s ponds.
Enjoy, then lace ’em up!
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Haha things could get pretty i tense on our family rink!
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Chris,
My start-up Apollo Media Group did a series of videos for the NE Pond Hockey Classic. Wondering if you can post this to you subscribers!
Day 1-3 and Finale
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Yes! I wrote it so that it would be read, and if you can bring it more readers, so much the better.
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