Whether ona spectacular laket set amidst the Rocky Mountinas, or a forzen patch of the Arctic Ocrean, a 200-year-old pond in Nova Scotia or a stew in southern Saskatchewan, Canadians take totheice to play hockey in all its winter spendour. Men and women, boys and girls, retiress and up-and-comers, prime ministers and plumbers - all are equal on the rink. Director David Battistella presents the unwritten codes learned on ponds and backyard rinks, and passed down from generation to generation. Capturing the nation's favorite game in all its purest form, "Shinny ; the hockey in all of us" focuses on a few of themillions in Canada ;who have written their own rules of the game.

Shinny hockey, the Canadian game.

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