That outdoor stuff is a blast, too. One thing I miss about WI over ID is we don't get cold enough here to have outdoor rinks. Some of those pickup games were a blast...even if you're just playing with kids and talentless people like yours truly!
The outdoor pic was from a Defending The Blue Line charity game two years ago on Hockey Day Minnesota. It was 5 or 6 degrees out and windy. The game was fun, but there were no boards, just those red pads you can see in the picture, so when a puck would go wide, it didn't make the "off the boards" loud sound a goalie gets used to, but the same dull "thunk" that a goalie relates to being scored on.
