Living in a city where strangers are "everybody," and rarely interacted with on a social level, shinny hockey challenges this norm. Showing up to the rink solo is of no issue. As soon as you hit the ice, pick a team and get on your horse. A foreign comraderie consumes everyone on the ice, casting aside the city's obscurity. This unique and instant unification of participants, substantiates the existence of a Canadian identity considered "dreamed up" in a country deprived
