Ice Hockey: a 3 in 1 game

Arguably the most popular sports in Canada, ice hockey is really a combination of 3 other kinds of sports: American football, hockey (DUH....) and skating (I'm tempted to add in wrestling here as well; the players seem to be exuding too much testosterone during the entire match). In short, you have to be some kinda super athlete to play this sport. The Canadians have a professional league, the NHL (National Hockey League), but I've been told that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the tickets by both physical or financial means even during the regular season. Which explains why we are reduced to watching the Western Mustang in their opening match against the Windsor Lancers for 8 bucks. Despite the fact that some of the players are just your average tertiary students, these athletes are really in a league of their own, and the popularity they enjoy in London is phenomenal.



John Labatt Stadium, home of the Western Mustang. There was scarcely a crowd that day.


The Mustangs warming up before the game in their trademark purple jerseys.


The opposing team: Windsor Lancers (their ass is gonna be kicked that night).



The Mustang's mascot.



With a resounding clash of the hockey sticks, the match began...



The entire game was fast paced. My eye balls was moving left and right so rapidly that I can swear it almost came right out of the sockets.


Nelly (French girl) won herself a Mustang jersey! The rest of us could only settle for the free towels given to us at the entrance....

The Western Mustangs beat the Windsor Lancers 7-2 in the final quarter. Needless to say, the crowd was ecstatic in the Mustang's first opening win. But for the French, Malaysian and Singaporean exchange students, it was little more than a trivial weekend alternative to the movies.