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[DropThePuck]

Pondemoneum returns in 2007

Are you ready? With 24 pond hockey rinks scattered on six acres of open ice, Northern Ontario is just waiting for competitors. With two full weekends of hockey action and entertainment, these Championships will be the recreational hockey event of the year...again.

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Jeff Oestereicher of the Barrie Theta TTS Bruins sits on the 'bench' as he waits for his shift in a game at the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)


Keith Maclean of the Toronto-based Irish Embassy Lucky Charms team heads off the ice after the team's third straight victory in the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)


Without Zambonis to do the work Aaron Dowden, right, and his teammates clear snow of rink prior to their game at the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)


Frozen laces and fingers are the order of the day in -12 degrees Celsius temperatures the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)

[ahtikullervo]

Fantastic!!!

I this GAME!!!

And those guys out there ARE having FUN!!!

[DropThePuck]

Lynne Booth, left, and Lynda Pockett (16) of the Richmond Hill-based Lady Moose and Sarah Skinner, center, of the Toronto-based Wade Belaks keep an eye on the puck at the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)


Lynda Pockett (16) of the Richmond Hill-based Lady Moose dives to try to stop Peggy Donohue of the Toronto-based Wade Belaks at the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)


Players head back to the lodge after a game at the Canadian Pond Hockey championships in Huntsville, Ontario, on Saturday Jan. 27, 2007. The event features more than 1200 competitors, with 24 rinks on a frozen lake at Deerhurst resort in the Muskokas.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)