He said hockey has fostered a closeness in his family. He’s now with the Red Deer Rustlers.īrady received his Radio, Television, and Broadcast News diploma from SAIT in 2016 and has done play-by-play for the Vipers. Lane played Junior B hockey in Fernie, British Columbia, before playing for the Red Deer Vipers. Hockey remains a big part of both the brothers’ lives. “We owe whatever form of success we had or will have in this game to him.” “He’s a guy that loves hockey and loves to talk about his love of hockey,” said Brady. Their love of the sport blossomed due to their father. Hockey has been an integral part of Lane and Brady’s lives. “For the most part, these are just businesses associated with our family.” “One guy commented on Reddit and said… ‘I know both families and they’re both not nice,’ and I thought, ‘Well, you can’t really know both families because it’s not a combined back yard, so you clearly don’t know anything,” laughed Brady.Īnother piece of misinformation the brothers have heard is that the sponsors on the boards paid for the rink.
However, Brady said he has read a lot of misinformation online, including that the rink is shared between two neighbouring backyards. “Next thing you know, my grandma is sharing it on Facebook, and it’s all over the place.” “I just seen a Reddit post, and all of a sudden, next thing you know, I got all my friends texting me,” said Lane. Lane said he was surprised when he heard of the social media buzz. The picture that went viral was taken in 2001. “There’s a million memories, and that’s probably the greatest thing that this rink could have given us,” said Brady. In the summer, kids would come to play road hockey and basketball, and when the temperature got cold enough, Lane and Brady’s father would flood the rink to form ice. “I’d come here after school and there would be four or five kids back here before even got home,” said Lane. A backyard hockey rink in Red Deer is going viral - 20 years after it was built.Ī photo of the large, year-round rink has been upvoted more than 100,000 times on Reddit.īrothers Lane and Brady Sim, now adults, still have fond memories of playing there as kids.
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