Question from a hockey loving canadian....I hear you get winter in australia....ya play hockey?.

um yes we get winter
but we dont get snow... n its not cold enuf to play ice hockey
i know of a guy who plays ice-hockey in aust.
going over to canada soon to play for aust.
but its not a common sport, here

yeah .. our winter is probably on par with your summer, 2-20 degrees C

aussies suck at most winter sports, we've only ever won 2 gold medals at the Winter Olympics (and both of those were in Salt Lake City) - so not really any ice hockey to speak of...

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we are pretty good at field hockey though

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Originally posted by torontotrance Question from a hockey loving canadian....I hear you get winter in australia....ya play hockey?.

we get a winter?
whats a winter?


hehe

yeah we we do get winter, footy season!
and australians play hockey too. the national men and women's teams have won quite a few gold medals and world championships i think, so we do well in hockey.

now ice-hockey is another thing...
not very popular because we don't get the same temperatures and snow etc but there are a few ice skating rinks around the place, which old games and leagues and stuff. but not as much as you canadians

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Originally posted by webmeister we've only ever won 2 gold medals at the Winter Olympics (and both of those were in Salt Lake City)

one of which simply has to be the arsiest gold medal ever won in the history of winning gold medals

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new set online, Summer Journeys

Yes, they were arrsseey barstards.

I play field hockey for school and club..but have only played ice hockey through a school activity. No real league tho

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Originally posted by Philby one of which simply has to be the arsiest gold medal ever won in the history of winning gold medals

lol yeah
true

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we play Rugby league and thats all that matters

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cbf

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Originally posted by S_madis we play Rugby league and thats all that matters

If you keep telling people that, you'll give Aus a bad name. To think that people actually pay to see that game.

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Hockey? what is this....Hockey?

there is plenty of hockey out here, but you won't play against many aussies, but against ex-pat canadians, austrians, swedes and the like. Don't expect great facilities either, only 1 place even has glass over the boards that I know of in sydney. And make sure you bring your gear over cos it's hellish expensive here, I get my skates via mail order from america, cos it's about 1/3 the price even with the risk of a bad fit.
If you want to play serious, superleague takes in all the east coast cities, there's a few in-house comps going, and some nice regular pick-up games I enjoy whilst making the transition from in-line hockey. A lot of the canadians I used to play with gave up cos they didn't want pick-up type games, and couldn't be bothered training 2-3 nights weeks as well, and there's not a lot in between.
If you want more casual stuff, there's plenty of in-line, ranging from casual beginner friendly stuff up to pretty serious.
just remember though, not many cities in the world where you can surf in the morning, play hockey in the evening like you can here

tubby