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The Christmas miracle
by Puckarinen on 12/24/11 at 03:05 PM ET
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A part of hockey’s lure has to be in the equipment. There’s something magical in the ritual of putting on all that gear that looks nothing like anything in the real world.
When I was four years old, following my father to hockey games in Helsinki, I was fascinated by goalies who, to me, looked like freaks of nature. I mean, where did these people live? I had never seen such creatures - with their wide legs, their chubby upper bodies, and their big, blocky hands - out on the streets.
Then one time, I asked my father about it and was surprised to hear that the players wore equipment only on the ice.
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