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While it may be beautiful out today, winter is technically still here which means winter sports are still in season. One ice sport, broomball, seems conspicuous by its absence though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the uninitiated, broomball is played on a hockey rink with seemingly an infinite number of players on two teams. Instead of hockey sticks and a puck, players wearing sneakers instead of skates use brooms (either actual brooms or the more modern lacrosse stick style) and two rubber balls. Scoring is the same as hockey. It is a lot of fun and intense cardiovascular exercise as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick Google search for broomball + dc<\/a> reveals no specific entries of area broomball leagues. Most of the entries are from alumni groups playing after Capitals games<\/strong><\/a>. Subsequent searches revealed that there are rinks in Baltimore and Richmond, but not any closer. Does anyone know of any broomball leagues or even broomball nights at area rinks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post originally appeared on Metroblogging DC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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