Hello all and thanks to James Bow for the invitation. I’ve lived in the tri-city ever since I started at the University of Waterloo in 1991. I lived in Waterloo from 1991 to 1996 and then moved to Cambridge in 1997. From 1998 to 2002 I lived in Kitchener and since then I have lived in Cambridge (Preston to this who pre-date the merger, but I won’t get into that…yet).
I have two daughters and one of the plays hockey in the Cambridge Roadrunners Girls Hockey Association. In trying to teach her more about the game I decided to take her and the family to see a Cambridge Fury Jr Women’s Game. I have watched a lot of hockey in my life and I must say that I was very impressed. It was a very fast paced game with plenty of intensity. Much more physical than I expected a jr women’s game to be. However there is no actual bodychecking so there is none of the goon-stuff that I worry about bringing my kids to see. Without bodycheckign the game is more skilled as the players are allowed to make plays and get into areas on the ice where they would get creamed in the men’s game. It is a welcome change and my wife and I both said we would definately go back for another game.
If you are looking for a quality sporting event, that is very affordable (it didn’t cost us anything to get into the game in Hespeler) then I recommend checking out either the Cambridge Fury or the Waterloo KW Rangers of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League.
Welcome aboard, Greg!
P.S. It’s interesting that you started UW in 1991. What was your major? That’s exactly the year I started there as well, although I’m not surprised we didn’t meet up back then. I was in the Faculty of Environmental Studies learning Urban and Regional Planning, and that sort of kept me to one side of the campus.