The longest hockey game
A hockey club in Chestermere, Alberta, this week was set to complete the longest game of hockey ever played—an astonishing 246 hours on the ice. The 40 volunteer players organized themselves into two teams, Team Hope and Team Cure, and played for 10 days and nights straight to raise $1.5 million for a children’s hospital. Some had to take IV drips between plays, and others had to switch to skates two sizes too big to accommodate their swelling, blistered feet. With just hours to go before beating the standing record, Team Cure was leading Team Hope by a score of 3,526 to 3,255.
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