"The Eighty-Yard Run Has Got Nothing on This"
For the next seventy-two hours (to say nothing of the past 336) or so, it's not likely you'll be hearing much else broadcast or transmitted from the realm of sports media aside from (American) football. And that's all right. (It's only fair after all that the Underdog of the Sporting World should get its day at least once a year.) Next weekend, however, the winds are scheduled to change - at least in one place north of the border:
The attempt [to set a long-distance breakaway record] will start at 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 11 on the ice near Chateau Laurier, and six skaters will pass the puck to each other in a relay-style trek across the 7.8-kilometre skateway.
So what happens if the shooter misses the net?
"Always have faith, my friend, that the shooter will not be denied the goal in the net," said Lester Gagné, the event's confident lead organizer.
"The Eighty-Yard Run" has got absolutely nothing on this.
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Wow, that sounds like a fun
Wow, that sounds like a fun thing to do and to watch. I hope that it goes well, and I really loved your comparing of the Super Bowl to the underdog of the sports world. That was really cute.
Having different event to have a little fun for hockey players may be imminent to do once in awhile so this event should turn out well.