GEOCACHING NIGHT IN EDMONTON
HAT TRICK
In ice hockey, a hat trick is when a player scores 3 goals in one game. When that happens it is common for the fans to throw their hats onto the ice to celebrate. The term actually came from the game of cricket when back in 1858 H. Stephenson knocked over 3 wickets with 3 consecutive deliveries and he was presented with a hat.
When I was young, the big hockey game was always on TV on Saturday night starting at 6 pm right after the Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner show. Hockey Night in Canada was a part of our country and this is definitely a hockey town so why not put out a geoart series to celebrate our love for hockey!! Each cache represents a different letter of the alphabet or one of the numbers from 0 to 10. For some of the letters/numbers there were a bunch of hockey terms to pick from so sometimes it wasn’t an easy choice but I tried to pick some of the more interesting ones. Most of these caches are in the Belgravia, McKernan and Windsor neigbourhoods and also Mayfair Park but there are a few outliers as well. Good luck finding the caches and have fun!!
** NOTE: THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES **
Also, because this series is all about hockey, why not test your hockey knowledge. In order to determine the correct coordinates for this mystery cache, you will have to correctly solve the following question:
The fastest hat trick in NHL history was scored by Bill Mosienko. How fast was it?
1. 55 seconds - N 53 31.268 W 113 31.541
2. 42 seconds - N 53 30.942 W 113 30.462
3. 30 seconds - N 53 31.184 W 113 32.240
4. 21 seconds - N 53 31.039 W 113 31.271
1. This CARW2019 cache will be published about 6:00 pm on Thursday February 21, 2019.
2. This cache has been placed for the CARW2019 event with the intention that it not be located until 9:00 am on SATURDAY February 23, 2019.
3. Should you hunt and find this cache prior to that time, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid starting at 9:00 am on February 23, 2019.
4. This year, cache hunting will last for 1 whole week and will run until 11:00 am on SATURDAY March 2, 2019.