Sports Headlines / February 11, 2005

Lisgar girls prepare for playoffs   The players throw their hands in the air and bang their sticks on the boards as the Lisgar Collegiate Institute girls hockey team gathers on the ice to celebrate a goal.   Adults stay young on the old dodgeball courts   The sound is like an explosion of rapid machine-gun fire, as round after round of balls slam against the gymnasium’s concrete walls.   Rink operators keep outdoor hockey alive in Ottawa   Three boys gather at dusk, lace up their skates, grab their sticks and glide out onto the freshly smoothed ice . . .   Sports Beat: Note to hockey parents: aggression is for the ice   Your kid is not the next Wayne Gretzky. Most hockey parents know this. They come to cold rinks on early mornings and cheer on young players for no other reason than the joy it brings them. They are the unsung heroes of the great Canadian game.