Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive and friends are heading up the line to Hanover to help christen that small Ontario town's spiffy new arena. The P&H Centre, which also includes an aquatic centre as so many new municipal arenas now do, just opened this season.
It follows a season of minor hockey disruption in Hanover where there was no local ice. That's because of the time it took to rip down the old Hanover arena and built the P&H Centre on the same property. Last year, Hanover minor hockey kids picked up ice time at other arenas throughout the area, including the Clifford rink. Yep, my hometown.
You know you are in a small town when the local rag's story about the NHL alumni vs. local legends game lists the local men first and adds the NHLers as an afterthought.
The NHLers should find lots to do in Hanover. There's an OLG Slots mini-casino next door to the arena. Hanover Raceway is closed for the season, but the slots carry on.
And for the local legends who think they've still got game, the Hanover hospital is just down the street. They should be well staffed and ready with ice packs, physiotherapists and, most importantly, psychologists to treat all those bruised egos.
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