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Stick handling between the puddles: heatwave puts out the ice in Calgary

End of the season's ice? Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada © J. Ashley Nixon
End of the season’s ice? Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada
© J. Ashley Nixon

Double digit temperature in Calgary today (it reached 14 deg C) pretty much put the ice out of service at the Battalion Park Outdoor Arena today. Just one young skater stick handling between the defending puddles.

A lone skater stick handles between the puddles. Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada. © J. Ashley Nixon
A lone skater stick handles between the puddles. Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada.
© J. Ashley Nixon

The rink rats may be taking the rest of the winter off…

End of the ice this year? Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada © J. Ashley Nixon
End of the ice this year? Battalion Park Outdoor Arena, Calgary, Canada
© J. Ashley Nixon

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