Hockey's real winter classic
David Martin Mennonites usually work on their family farms or businesses on Saturday, but during the winter many Saturday afternoons are free for them to play hockey. To learn more, click on story linked under the gallery.
A horse drawn farm wagon passes a group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, playing a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
The small lumber goal is defended by a player during a game of shinny hockey played by Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
It's a group effort to scrape the ice whenever the need arises during a game of shinny played by some Mennonite boys in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A younger player brings a bucket of water to refresh the older boys playing shinny hockey in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, head for home after playing a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, play a game of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
A group of Mennonite boys, aged 15-18, head home after four hours of shinny hockey on a homemade rink on the farm owned by Noah Martin in Wallenstein, Ontario on Jan 8, 2011. (Photo by Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)Peter Power/The Globe and Mail