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It’s never fun being stuck on a closed B.C. highway during the winter months.
It happens all too often and you're usually left sitting in a cold car for way too long, but sometimes there are creative solutions to being stuck in the middle of nowhere.
CLOSED - #BCHwy5 - Due to vehicle incident at Snowshed Hill, the #Coquihalla is closed between #HopeBC and #Merritt. More info to come.
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) November 20, 2017
A group of kids came up with a classic Canadian solution when the highway closed down around 5 p.m. on Sunday.
They grabbed their hockey sticks and started playing Canada’s pastime.
The moment was captured and posted to social media by Twitter user and fellow stranded motorist @pinandtonic.
#coquihalla closed? No problem. Only one thing for it... #onlyincanada #hockey #explorebc #everycloud @DriveBC pic.twitter.com/rkabITDC9C
— pinandtonic (@pinandtonic_) November 20, 2017
These kids did Don Cherry proud by braving the elements to get a little stick and puck in, and the inclement weather with snow on the ground painted even more of a Canadian scene.
Eventually, the highway reopened around midnight, but there will surely be more opportunities to play hockey on a closed B.C. highway this winter.
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