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March 2013

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PHOTOS BY BRUCE BENNETT/GETTY IMAGES Froze n In Time The Past Meets The Present On Pond Hockey Ice If the Fountain of Youth has a winter address, it's Eagle River, a town of 1,500 nestled in the center of Wisconsin's famous Northwoods. It's there that you'll find a scene straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. 16 march. 2013 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM Players, bundled up against the elements, race across an open sheet of ice, surrounded by acres of pristine white snow under a brilliant blue sky with a backdrop of evergreens. It's pond hockey, just as God had intended it to be played. The canvas hasn't changed much over the years, unless you count the additional rinks carved out of the snow on Dollar Lake to accommodate the ever-increasing number of players who make the pilgrimage to this makeshift hockey Mecca to participate in the Labatt Blue/USA Hockey Pond Hockey National Championships.

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