This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 to raise $1.5 million for cancer research at the University of Alberta.Story continues below advertisement“The final score of the game was 2,649 to 2,528 for Team Hope,” said the post. “But the real winners? Cancer patients at the Cross Cancer Institute.
The game was played on a rural property near Sherwood Park, Alta., during an extreme cold weather warning that persisted for much of the last 10 days. Pucks were shattering as players passed them along the boards, skate blades broke in half, pieces of masks fell off as glue let go and goalie pads cracked in the bitter cold.Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.
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