nucklehead Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Quote Spending a sunny afternoon playing pond hockey 1,700 metres above sea level was a once-in-a-lifetime moment for a goaltender from the University of Victoria. Federico Angel got the opportunity of a lifetime in November, in the form a text message: "Hey do you want to play hockey up on a mountain tomorrow?" The picturesque idea was the brainchild of Bradley Friesen, a helicopter pilot and aerial photographer. The group of hockey players, lucky enough to receive an invitation to this pickup game of hockey, came from the NHL, AHL, and college leagues. Angel said the difference in skill level didn't matter. "It wasn't about the level of hockey.It was just about the experience of being out there on the ice because it was so once-in-a-lifetime" The sun was bright and the ice was crystal clear, black, and fast. "It was very fast. There's no boards to hold the puck, so if you miss, the puck goes flying a good 30 yards," said Angel. Facing off against ex-NHLers like Manny Malholtra on a remote glacier lake is not something Angel will ever forget. How did he get so lucky? He says it pays to be a goalie. "People always need goalies. We were just the lucky ones that got the call that day." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hockey-glacier-lake-1.3377634https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjAQ7WPKM7A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Quote The picturesque idea was the brainchild of Bradley Friesen more like he saw the molson ads from over a year ago and decided to copy it. its cool, but like, it literally was just done. omg heli winter classic coming soon, with the carbon footprint of an entire carribean nation to execute. NHL goes glacier blue, not green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 21 minutes ago, Edlerberry said: more like he saw the molson ads from over a year ago and decided to copy it. its cool, but like, it literally was just done. omg heli winter classic coming soon, with the carbon footprint of an entire carribean nation to execute. NHL goes glacier blue, not green. Here's a guy^^^who has no appreciation for the production logistics and amazing footage that comes out of the efforts of people who create these short montages. Who cares where the idea came from? Capturing the phenomenal images of Vancouver Island glaciers with some hockey to re-inforce the Canadian spirit apparently is worth criticizing for this guy^^^. Oh well. Must have got a lump of well-deserved coal for Christmas. Keep the lump of coal in a hot, high-pressure chamber and it may turn into a beautiful diamond one day. Think about that one for awhile...though I have my doubts this guy will get it. OP - thanks for posting awesome video footage. I lived on Vancouver Island for a few years and I knew the Island had some amazing landscape, but nothing like what was shown on the video clip. Enjoyed seeing Manny Malhotra playing a little shinny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goal-ghost Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 The grandeur of my pond just took a serious hit. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Reminds me of those Moulson Canadian ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 4 hours ago, Qwags said: Reminds of those Moulson Canadian ads. Yeah, prob stole their idea and now is taking credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Just a heads up for the confused, Golden Ears Provincial Park is in Maple Ridge, not on Vancouver Island. They met up at Pitt Lake and choppered from there. I don't give a shyte if Molson ran an add like this once, their beer blows, but the idea does not. I'd love to play hockey in a place like this. What an absolute blast. Golden Hinde and Elkhorn Mountain are the tallest on the island. With peaks over 2 km tall each their lakes would likely be frozen or near frozen right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 The poster of the video (iamkokonutz I think) has a lot of similar stuff on his feed if you take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanisleryan Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Cool man thanks for posting this. Vancouver Island or not its a hell of a Province we live in. Im live in Victoria and could imagine living anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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