contains ball bearings that rattle around, alerting players to its movement across the ice.

Nets are smaller, and players are required to complete a pass in the attacking half of the rink, which gives defenders an extra opportunity to track the puck.

'It's really growing'

While blind hockey as a sport has been around for about 35 years, a national organization only sprung up about five years ago, said Bentz.

That's led to increasing interest, with about 150 players across Canada — and teams are now sprouting up in the United States, Bentz said, and beyond.

"Russia was over here last weekend, at one of our demo games in Pittsburgh. They just emailed us two days ago, and they're going to start a couple teams in Russia," Bentz said. "So it's really growing."

OttawaThe night is dark and full of terror in the days leading up to the Game of Thrones: Season 6 premiere, especially as the series ventures off-book into territory not yet written by author George R.R. Martin. The cast and creators of the HBO drama are the keepers of this season's secrets, and according to star Liam Cunningham, Game of Thrones is going to be as bloodthirsty as ever.

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To preview what's ahead in the new season, Cunningham got on the phone to discuss where his character Davos Seaworth stands now that his king is dead and the Night's Watch is without a leader. He promises that the "guillotine swings quite heavily" in Season 6, and that Game of Thrones will switch things up with the new year.

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[Laughs] Uncharted