Canadian hockey fans are boiling with anticipation as Olympic fever takes hold, and this was very evident on Family Day at the Niagara Ball Hockey Club. On Monday, February 15 a few hundred men, women and children came to play some free hockey, cheer on the Canadian Women hockey team and enjoy Canada’s pastime – a little ball hockey.
Rink General Manager Mike Thompson was impressed with the participation, “lots of people came out with the goal of having fun, grandfathers with grandsons, dads taking the time to work on the slapshot with their kids, and a couple of good games of shinny.”
Families enjoyed numerous free activities and including a hardest shot competition hosted by A Television’s Brandon Fitzgibbon and saw a blistering 94 mph by John Wilcox for the men and Amber Randell replied with 52 mph for the women. Thompson saw a lot of passion in the players in attendance and said “I would dare say that we saw a few Sidney Crosbys and a few Hayley Wickenheisers dreaming of the hockey action about to unfold on the International stage in Vancouver, and scoring the winning goal for gold.”
Most guests at the Dunlop and Ferndale street facility also received a ballot to enter a chance to win a family Orlando Theme Park Adventure 4-night package with airfare for (4) valued at over $6,000. The draw will take place on March 8th and there are more ways to get ballots including an upcoming Heart & Stroke Charity tournament this Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 20th & 21st) at the Barrie Ball Hockey Club. There are a few team and individual spots left and interested people should call 721-0198 or visit www.ballhockey.com
Ball Hockey Ontario owns and operates eight rinks in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton and Niagara locations and entertains members from ages three to 65. Membership annually exceeds 25,000 registrations and ballhockey.com has become the number one website for Ball Hockey in the world.
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