Young players of a Halifax-area hockey team faced off with an unusual opponent as they took the ice for a game over the weekend: a very steep step.
The seven- and eight-year-olds had trouble navigating the deep drop, and many of the Bedford Blues novice hockey players fell as their skates hit the ice in Lunenburg, N.S., to play against the South Shore Lumberjacks.
Assistant coach Jesse Rodgers captured the adorable and hilarious scene in a video that has now gone viral.
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At least one player navigated the drop without falling, throwing his arms in the air in celebration.
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Rodgers said the clip he posted to Facebook has been viewed nearly 85,000 times, while reposts of the video have garnered hundreds of thousands of views on social media. It was picked up Sportsnet and the popular hockey podcast SpittinB次元官网网址� Chiclets, which has 542,000 followers on Instagram.
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The Canadian Press
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