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Iqaluit hockey players stay active thanks to toilet paper

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Austin Caza of Iqaluit shows off his stickhandling skills with a roll of toilet paper outside the old Hudson's Bay store in Iqaluit earlier this month. The video was put together by Laisa Kilabuk and has generated plenty of positive feedback. image courtesy of Laisa Kilabuk

If youSA国际影视传媒檝e been to a store recently, you may have noticed toilet paper, or a lack thereof.

ItSA国际影视传媒檚 one of the items that has been flying off of the shelves at supermarkets and stores across the country but some young hockey players in Iqaluit decided to combine their hockey skills with a roll of the white fibrous gold.

Austin Caza of Iqaluit shows off his stickhandling skills with a roll of toilet paper outside the old Hudson's Bay store in Iqaluit earlier this month. The video was put together by Laisa Kilabuk and has generated plenty of positive feedback. image courtesy of Laisa Kilabuk
Austin Caza of Iqaluit shows off his stickhandling skills with a roll of toilet paper outside the old HudsonSA国际影视传媒檚 Bay store in Iqaluit earlier this month. The video was put together by Laisa Kilabuk and has generated plenty of positive feedback.
image courtesy of Laisa Kilabuk

ThereSA国际影视传媒檚 a video making the rounds on social media showing several of the capitalSA国际影视传媒檚 fine young players doing their thing and the person responsible for putting it all together was Laisa Kilabuk.

SA国际影视传媒淚 saw one on social media so I got a few players from here (Iqaluit) to do it and I put the video together,SA国际影视传媒 she said.

KilabukSA国际影视传媒檚 three children SA国际影视传媒 Maya, Emma and Jeremy Nadrowski SA国际影视传媒 are all in the video along with other players such as Austin Caza and Bradley Nowdluk-Fraser, both of who have been part of Hockey Nunavut adventures over the years.

Each of the players is seen either on the ice or on solid ground receiving a roll of toilet paper in the air, which they then keep airborne by using their stick to play keep-up. They then SA国际影视传媒減assSA国际影视传媒 it off to another player and the chain continues.

Kilabuk said it took about a week to get everyone on video.

SA国际影视传媒淚 have a good relationship with the kids,SA国际影视传媒 she said. SA国际影视传媒淭heySA国际影视传媒檙e my daughterSA国际影视传媒檚 friends so it was something they agreed to do SA国际影视传媒 just had to push them a little to get it all done.SA国际影视传媒

Getting them to be a part of it wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 a hard sell either, she added.

SA国际影视传媒淚 had shared the one I saw on social media so they were excited to do it,SA国际影视传媒 she said. SA国际影视传媒淲hen I was videoing them, they were laughing (and) Bradley said SA国际影视传媒業 can say ISA国际影视传媒檝e never juggled with toilet paper before, ISA国际影视传媒檝e done it with fruits and whatnot but not toilet paperSA国际影视传媒. It wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 easy. They had to do quite a few tries before we got the perfect one.SA国际影视传媒

Each video with KilabukSA国际影视传媒檚 kids took about an hour to shoot, which included the time it took to find a suitable location, while the videos from the others took about an hour to download because of slow Internet service, she said.

Something youSA国际影视传媒檒l notice about the video is that everyone is practising proper social distancing, something Kilabuk said was a big part of the video.

But more than that, she said it was mostly about getting people back out playing sports.

SA国际影视传媒淚 just loved the whole idea of doing something as a team, even though that was taken away because of COVID-19,SA国际影视传媒 she said. SA国际影视传媒淲e can still do something as a team within the sport we all love and miss.SA国际影视传媒

But while her kids miss playing hockey, thereSA国际影视传媒檚 something they donSA国际影视传媒檛 miss as much and thatSA国际影视传媒檚 turned into a positive in KilabukSA国际影视传媒檚 eyes.

SA国际影视传媒淭hey are still OK with no school,SA国际影视传媒 she said with a laugh. SA国际影视传媒淲ith no structured activities, no structure in schooling, they are lacking the whole being active but they are, I want to say, re-learning our culture. We went to the cabins, and they are driving on the snow machine a lot.SA国际影视传媒



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