So the big hockey game starts in just 5 days! Eeek!!! In celebration of this, there was a kickoff party last night at the Electric Owl on Main Street. It was a chance for the players, supporters and friends to come out and celebrate this incredible journey we are about to embark on and it […] →Read more
The Longest Game of Hockey for CF couldn’t happen without our sponsors. And since our sponsors are giving to help us make the game a success, I figured I should give back a little and tell you all about who our sponsors are! Presenting Sponsor: Canlan Ice Sports is providing us with our home for […] →Read more
Just How Many Calories Will I Burn Playing Hockey For 10 Days?
Just how many calories will I burn playing hockey for 10 days? This is a question that I’ve been asked several times and I’ve been pondering the best way to figure it out. You can find an estimate for how many calories one would burn playing hockey for one hour ((Although I had to go […] →Read more
Yesterday was Adult Pirate Pak Day at White Spot. For my readers who aren’t from BC, White Spot is a restaurant and Pirate Paks are their kids meals, which come in a cardboard pirate boat with a chocolate gold coin! If you grew up in BC, you grew up eating Pirate Paks and White Spot […] →Read more
So, here’s the deal – I haven’t raised nearly as much money for my big long hockey game to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis as I would have liked. Right now, I’m sitting at about $2,000 raised, which, while very awesome in itself, still only works out to like $8/hr ((For the record, I am […] →Read more
At a recent players’ meeting, we were given a list of things we need to bring to the 10-day hockey game. Given that we are not allowed to leave the premises of Burnaby 8 Rinks for the entire ten days, it’s pretty important to remember everything you think you’re going to need ((Of course, there […] →Read more
Warning: this blog post contains excessive amounts of materialism and first world problems (FWP). When we went to Portland, I was very excited about the shopping potential. Oregon has no sales tax, which is pretty sweet because when something costs $19.99, you actually pay $19.99 – although this does result in an inordinate amount of pennies […] →Read more
We have now received the rosters for the Longest Game of Hockey for Cystic Fibrosis and it turns out that I’m on the White Team – the two teams being “Red” and “White” ((Since playing in the game requires that players be available to stay onsite at Burnaby 8 Rinks for the *entire* 10 days – […] →Read more
In honor of your birthday, Dr. Dan, I got up early to do some math problems and after work I’m meeting up with some Dr’s for dinner and drinks and discussions about epidemiology. Because it seems like the kind of thing that you would do. Also, please take note of what time this “happy birthday” blog […] →Read more