Okay, just one last post from this hockey game. We covered the game itself and the unexpected physics lesson in the third period, but we haven’t yet covered perhaps the best part of the game: the itty-bitty hockey players who entertained the crowd between periods.

Tiny hockey players are wonderful. If you’ve never had the chance to watch kids skate, you’ve missed out. Do you think puppies are cute? HA! They can’t hold a candle to miniature hockey players. That’s partly because puppies don’t have opposable thumbs, but it’s also because they’re not as wonderful as kids on skates.

The entertainment after the first period featured a penalty shot exhibition.

The entertainment after the second period featured perhaps the most chaotic hockey game I’ve ever seen. They dropped the puck and let all the kids play at once. There had to be 20-30 kids chasing the puck!

A number of the kids stuck around for the third period, when they got to see a hit shatter a pane of glass. You can bet at least some of those kids went home more excited than ever about hockey.