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CanadianRaconteur t1_j86gvt3 wrote

Ukrainians get the extra boost from having last names that look more nhl on jerseys.

Lol. It’s part of an old joke about my cousin and me and our skills playing hockey (cousin is Ukrainian like us, but with my moms orig last name vs me with my dads clearly native last name lol).

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guspaz t1_j86cssn wrote

The Vidéotron Centre was built relatively recently (opened in 2015) as a full-up NHL/Olympic arena for failed NHL/Olympic bids, and it's fully equipped for that. So these kids aren't just playing in a small community rink, they're playing in a full-up NHL-class arena in front of a crowd of 18 thousand. I can't imagine how amazing it would be for any kid to get to play in front of that kind of crowd.

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