{"id":211,"date":"2005-02-13T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2005-02-12T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getasportsite.com\/ryanhellyer\/2007\/02\/13\/outdoor-hockey-in-tuscany\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:13:11","slug":"outdoor-hockey-in-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2005\/outdoor-hockey-in-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor hockey in Tuscany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I played in a social outdoor ice hockey tournament in Tuscany, Calgary with some guys I met at the Olympic Oval a while back. The event was great, ice wasn&#8217;t the best as a chinook (easterly wind) was blowing through, but it was a heap of fun and I hope to compete in an event like this again some time. 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