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World Record, baby

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When Dom Hasek and the Czechs played for the shootout in the 1998 Winter Olympics, something clicked in this country. Canadians of all stripes called for heads on platters and executives on ice. The consensus? This is our game, damn it, so fix it and bring home the gold medal. Enter GMs Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Enter heroes Joe Sakic and Sidney ‘Golden Goal’ Crosby. Enter come-from-behind goaltenders Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo.

Table hockey is Canada's game, damn it. Photo by Clint Trahan / ShutterDreams.
Table hockey is Canada’s game, damn it. Photo by Clint Trahan / ShutterDreams.

A few months ago we found out that the Guinness Book of World Records recognized a group of eight Czechs for the longest continuous table hockey game, a 26-hour, 16-minute affair by Martin Ženíšek and seven friends in 2008. We at Pucked in the Head believe that this is our game, damn it. So we fixed it. We brought home the record.

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Setting a world record ain’t as easy as it sounds

Pucked in the Head founder Jason Kurylo pulls a selfie during a long squat. No, it's not rude -- it's training for the world record attempt at the Table Hockey Extravaganza September 20-21. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
Pucked in the Head founder Jason Kurylo pulls a selfie during a long squat. No, it’s not rude — it’s training for the world record attempt at the Table Hockey Extravaganza September 20-21. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

Pucked in the Head is hosting the inaugural Vancouver Table Hockey Extravaganza on September 20-21 to benefit Five Hole for Food and Canuck Place. This article talks about the world record we’ll set starting at 1pm on the Friday, but you can register for Saturday afternoon’s open tournament without nearly this much commitment!

by Jason Kurylo

A few months ago, when we said, “let’s set the world record for the longest table hockey game”, we seriously thought how hard could that possibly be?!?!?!?

*ahem* Yeah. Well. Lemme tell ya ’bout that.

To qualify for Guinness Book of World Records status, participants in a marathon table hockey game must play mano a mano with no substitutions. They must stand for the entirety of the competition, with just five minutes for bathroom breaks, gymnastic demonstrations and/or gladhanding allowed for every full hour completed.

It doesn’t sound like much at first. Thirty hours? Dude, I pulled that in college, like, every week. Then you think about it. That’s 30 straight hours — 1800 minutes — on your feet. No sitting, no lying down, no leaning with your back against the wall. Dude. Maybe I didn’t do that in college.

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