Two teams of mostly mustachioed police and firefighter hockey players took to the ice in the name of charity on Saturday at the Arnaitok Arena in Iqaluit.
When it was all said and done, more than $700 had been raised to benefit the Movember Foundation, which assists men afflicted with health issues such prostate cancer, testicular cancer, anxiety and who are suicidal.
Oh, and the won the closely-contested hockey game, 7-6.
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Paul Dainton, who made it to the Columbus Blue JacketsSA国际影视传媒� training camp as a goalie in 2011, played fiercely for the team, according to Cpl. Dmitri Malakhov. Although suiting up for the Mounties, Dainton is NunavutSA国际影视传媒檚 assistant fire mashal.
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