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On the western fringe of Sherwood Park, Alta, in a place dubbed Saiker’s Acres, the score is 841 to 806 for Team Hope over Team Cure and it’s only Tuesday morning. That means there are still six days and 1,000-plus goals to be scored before someone blows the whistle on the World’s Longest Hockey Game. By then, the 40 players, the many referees, scorekeepers, volunteers and some occasional fans will have earned their entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for staging the longest outdoor hockey game ever playedMore importantly, the game is attempting to raise $2 million for the Alberta Cancer Foundation, which will use the money to buy a new PET-MR diagnostic scanner for Edmonton’s Cross Cancer Institute.


Photos by Amber Bracken for The Globe and Mail

Former NHL player Janne Niinimaa during The World's Longest Hockey Game.

Kyle Langstaff sleeps in one of the trailers during a break from game.

Event co-founder Brent Saik.

Former NHL player Janne Niinimaa, left, suits up to play.

Andrew Langstaff pulls off his socks after finishing a shift.

Family photos sit on top of lockers in the dressing room.

Ryan McInnes takes a break on the bench