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Old 11-14-2016, 07:57 PM   #1
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Default The Jackaroos come to Calgary

I'm not sure if anyone here would be interested but the WHCL is hosting a team of Australian beer league players here in town and they're playing against some of the teams from the league. All the players from the Jackaroos are born and raised Australians and this is quite the adventure for them.

They play tomorrow night at 9pm at the Markin Macphail center at Winsport tomorrow night, so come cheer them on!!!
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Lol... Don't cheer them on, my team is playing them... In all seriousness, what an opportunity for both them and us. I am curious as to why they would come here in November.
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Lol... Don't cheer them on, my team is playing them... In all seriousness, what an opportunity for both them and us. I am curious as to why they would come here in November.
Well when you're drunk in the pub with them after the game, you can ask
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That's the plan!
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Well when you're drunk in the pub with them after the game, you can ask
Are you guys going to search their rooms? No chance in hell any Aussie player isn't going to bring beer into the locker rooms! We have had a number of Aussies come to our hockey tourneys. Those guys can are never not drinking!
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That may actually give us a chance to win...
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That may actually give us a chance to win...
They have daily practice and 4 coaches.....you're screwed....
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Are you guys going to search their rooms? No chance in hell any Aussie player isn't going to bring beer into the locker rooms! We have had a number of Aussies come to our hockey tourneys. Those guys can are never not drinking!
They have handlers this time around, plus the pub and the girls are upstairs, I'm sure they're fine.
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Love the name Jackaroos for an Aussie hockey team.

I remember there was an all Aussie team that used to play in the UofC rec league. It was my team's only win of the season haha.
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They have handlers this time around, plus the pub and the girls are upstairs, I'm sure they're fine.
When are they playing? Might come do some Beer League Talk interviews, if it's ok with WHCL
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When are they playing? Might come do some Beer League Talk interviews, if it's ok with WHCL
As long as you say nice things about us

15th at 9pm on Rink A
17th at 845pm on Rink B
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Are these guys any good? I'm curious what the calibre is here.

What level are the teams they are playing?
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Are these guys any good? I'm curious what the calibre is here.

What level are the teams they are playing?
Div 10
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This is good to see.

This concept of "touring" is very common in rugby.
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November 2 at 9:16pm ·

We have just over a week until we gear up and head off to North America on our Big League Experience trip! We are taking a great bunch of recreational players overseas for non stop hockey action.
We are training and playing against some of Winsport's greatest recreational teams.
We are also checking out some NHL action, along with some minor league & college games. If you want to check it out, see behind the scenes, and feel immersed in the journey, head on over to our instagram page:
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"Greatest" and "Div 10" .. Something ain't right..
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As long as you say nice things about us

15th at 9pm on Rink A
17th at 845pm on Rink B
21st at 7pm on Rink D
I never say bad things about people that aren't warranted .... I have heard nothing but good things from WHCL... except the normal. All refs suck, can't drink beer in dressing rooms, that CMPunk guy is to handsome to be running things or timekeeping.

I'm out of town to deliver The Westy (and $8,000 in free gear) to the greatest beer league team in the world until Sunday. I'll try to catch the Monday game!
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Are these guys any good? I'm curious what the calibre is here.

What level are the teams they are playing?
Theyre have a couple of good players, but mostly these guys are beginners.

I don'the wanna give verda13 any hope for tonight, but last night's game wasn't pretty and they were playing a team in the same division as his team. They're just happy to be playing hockey in Canada and every goal is a moral victory and a story to their buddies at home on how they scored on a Canadian goalie.
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