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Jordon Southorn’s Parents traveled to Slovakia

to watch him play with HC Košice

By Christine Ouellet began playing hockey at age 5, and
now they enjoy flying thousands of
miles to watch him play.
ordon Southorn, age 32, has
Jbeen playing in the professional Even though HC Košice is an
hockey league as a left defenseman KHL high-level team, the game
for many years. He joined the the Southorn family attended took
professional league in 2010 and place in a smaller-than-usual arena
since then he has been traveling and it was nonetheless packed
extensively throughout the with partisans of both teams.
US, Canada, Europe, Russia, They were seated in a special fans
Kazakhstan, and Germany, to name section. Locals surrounded the
a few. He is currently playing for proud family, and they joined the
HC Košice of the Slovak Exraliga. cheering crowd as Jordon’s team
beat the opponent 4-0.
Earlier in November his parents
and sister KayCee traveled to Kelly Southorn said: “Hockey is
Košice in Slovakia to visit him and a very big thing in Slovakia, people
of course, to watch a good hockey are big fans and cheer constantly for
game. They have always been their favorite team throughout the
strong supporters of him since he game. They take it very personally

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and at the end of the game, they The longer and larger European
have a special ritual where a rinks mean more space and more
TIME TO TAKE drummer and the players bang time for the players to play with

their hockey sticks and chant with the puck. The game is slower,
the audience. The hockey played more tactical, and technique is
CHARGE OF THE SNOW in Europe is less aggressive and more important. Players must
physical, and there is less contact be more skillful, but on the other
than in America, but the people are hand, Europeans might be less able
nonetheless very partisan and are to cope with the frenetic pace and
crazy about it.” the physicality of America’s play.
Also noteworthy is the fact that
Perhaps since the European
confrontations are less frequent
players suffer fewer serious
injuries due to brutal contact, their in Europe and are frowned upon.
career life span tends to be longer. For example, Europe has six
times fewer penalties than North
The Pro Hockey News, October
29th, 2021, issue, describes the America.
difference between North American The hockey they play in Europe
and European hockey. The first is less aggressive and physical,
difference is the size of the rink; in and there is less contact than in
America hockey rinks are shorter America, but people are none the
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