HockeyBarns.ca

 Welcome to HockeyBarns.ca. We aim to be an ongoing record of all of the old hockey barns across Canada. Over the coming months, we are looking for photographs and stories related to the history and importance that these buildings played in Canadian history. We look forward to hearing from you and getting some stories posted. Small towns across Canada all seemed to have one and they were the central hub of entertainment. Hockey, figure skating and broomball all hosted in small villages in each province.  Community run and some of the best food (rink burgers, pirogies, swamp water, hot chocolate, etc all served out of little canteens). ( As kids we would order “swamp water” it was a little of each type of pop available in the soda dispenser. ) We will do our best to link to authors who make their livelihood writing about hockey life in Canada and to news articles as well so that those who like to reminisce about Saturday night in the old barn watching a game, the smells, the so...