HISTORY OF UNDERWATER HOCKEY
with a thick glove to Prior to COVID-19, Mazurov pracpush the puck at 6 to ticed at the Menlo Swim and Sport Burgess 13 feet below the sur- location, one of few local teams that offer face of the water. underwater hockey training. Each team starts at one end of the Mazurov regularly had underwater pool touching the wall with one hand, hockey practices, which usually consisted while the puck starts in the middle. Both of swimming and breathing exercises to enteams race to get the puck when the buzzer sure that players could remain underwater goes to start the game. for extended amounts of time. Like many other sports, there are Now, without a pool to practice in, tournaments and championships that Mazurov has not been able to train for unteams can compete in. Mazurov has yet derwater hockey, though he keeps in mind to participate in a tourthe importance nament but hopes to in They just called me of regular exerthe future. cise. “I want to go to about a poster they Although Maa tournament but [my saw at Burgess Center zurov is looking team and I] weren’t able forward to conto go because we didn’t inviting people to join tinuing playing get far enough,” Ma- ... so we signed up.” underwater hockey zurov said. once COVID-19 — EVAN MAZUROV, freshman restrictions are liftUnfortunately, Mazurov has not been able ed, he sees it as just to play any underwater a hobby. For now, hockey games since the start of the pan- he waits for the pool to open so he can play demic. again. v
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Source: British Octopush Association
