-- [ From: Kepler * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
 
> When I was growing up on Long Island, there was literally 1 (ONE!) rink
within
> 30 miles of my house.
 
Commack Arena?  (later converted to a skateboard arena, so for a while there
were ZERO near my house)
 
L.I. had decent ice on the local ponds in January and February, but at best
it was an 8 week skating season, and the local talent showed it.  More than
once, I saw a clear breakaway spoiled by an exposed tree root (high speed to
zero in 0.5 seconds -- quite a sight).
 
I'm sure people in a dozen other "borderline" hockey areas have the same
stories.
 
 
 
 
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