The Kenya Ice Lions, an ice hockey team in Nairobi, have achieved international recognition after being accepted into the International Ice Hockey Federation. Head coach Tim Colby, who has been instrumental in their success, is now preparing to pass on the torch to the next generation of players.
The Kenya Ice Lions have hit the big league, and the Canadian who helped make it happen says now may be the time to hang up his whistle.
"It gets us legitimized in the international scene. We're not just an anomaly anymore," Colby said in a phone interview from Kenya's capital. The country's only ice rink is inside a hotel near a national park where lions, giraffes and zebras roam freely. The rink is modest in size, only big enough for four-on-four games rather than six-on-six, including goalies.
"You do all your work, which would be the same as if I was back in Canada, but then you realize, wow, hang on, what is this?" he said. "I said, 'Guys, let's not get too serious. Ice hockey is way too complex, too hard to take to a next level. There's the equipment, the cost and the amount of organization.'""I'm like, 'Whoa, hang on, hang on. This is serious.'"
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