This is from the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ors_picks=true
Quote:
METULA, Israel—The finger of territory where the farmland here juts between Lebanon and Syria's Golan Heights is as close as this Mediterranean spot comes to Arctic climes. And, thanks to millions of dollars from Jews in Canada, this is home, too, to Israel's only regulation hockey rink.
That makes Metula a hot destination for many of the million-plus Russian immigrants to Israel, especially hockey players. Teams now draw a crew of international hockey fanatics to Metula's ice on weekends. With yarmulkes tucked under helmets, and the occasional payot, or side curls, swinging free, religious skaters shoot and check fiercely, yet seldom keep score as their shots sail into nets.
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According to the article they're sending a junior squad to Quebec for a tournament in February.
