{"id":52,"date":"2005-02-10T23:03:57","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T10:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getasportsite.com\/ryanhellyer\/2007\/07\/25\/olympic-oval\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:05:12","slug":"olympic-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2005\/olympic-oval\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympic Oval at the University of Calgary is the best ice rink I&#8217;ve ever seen! Two full international sized hockey rinks within the confines of a full long track speed skating rink!<\/p>\n<p>I played hockey there at lunch times a lot and I had power skating and hockey lessons there as well. 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