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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Nine-year-old Charlie Dube (middle), who is pictured wearing a Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers jersey, drops the puck for a face off between Kash Foui, 10, (left) who plays hockey for the U11 A1 St. Vital Falcons and Gasem Elbarouni, 10, (right) who plays for the South Winnipeg Kings U11 A2 hockey team, as they play a game of shinny at an outdoor rink at the Wildwood Park Community Centre on a mild Boxing Day in Winnipeg, Man. The capital region was experiencing warm winter weather for the Christmas holidays as the daytime temperature was hovering around 0 C on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.