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.
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march. 2013
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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.