Colorado Pond Hockey Championships

(above) Rocky Mountain Pond Hockey Championships in Avon

From: Denver Post
by Mike Chambers


The U.S. Pond Hockey Championships were completed last weekend, with 160 teams competing on 25 rinks at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. At the same time in Colorado, the 19th Rocky Mountain Pond Hockey Championships unfolded on eight rinks at Nottingham Lake in Avon.

Both tournaments celebrated the roots of hockey, and provided insight and encouragement to those who may not know the advantages of playing the game atop natural frozen water at thousands of locations throughout the colder climates of the country (read rest of article).

1 comment:

444 said...

The way the game was made to be played and invented. It is what every kid in Minnesota does on a cold Winter day.