Road Hockey Rumble

- Season 1

(2007)

The first stop on Road Hockey Rumble's cross-Canada grudge match is Trail, B.C. Mark picks a team of locals to take on Calum's team from neighbouring Fruitvale. The winner gets bragging rights (and beer) and the loser suffers a hilarious punishment: having to ride tied to the hood of a truck while the winning team pelts him with tomatoes.

The Road Hockey Rumble crew travel north-westward to the Prince George, B.C., a city where most people make their living in the forestry industry. To Mark's dismay, he soon figures out why Calum is so keen on Prince George: he once lived in the town and his parents still live there, which gives him a clear advantage during the recruitment process. Mark recruits a team of tree choppers while Calum puts together one of tree planters. In the end there can only be one winner and the losing captain suffers a very colourful punishment.

The boys leave B.C. and travel east to Viking, AB., home of the famous hockey family the Sutters. Viking may only have 1,000, but the Sutter family produced six brothers who have each played in the NHL: Duane, Brent, Daryl, Brian, Ron and Rich. There is even a seventh brother who was rumored to be the best player in the family but chose a different career. After meeting Duane Sutter the guys are inspired to find out which local family should be crowned Viking's second-best hockey family, with Mark captaining the Quintons and Calum the Laskoskys. This week's losing ...

The fourth stop on Road Hockey Rumble's cross-Canada grudge match is Lloydminster, AB. Canada's famous border city straddles Alberta and Saskatchewan and so Calum recruits Team Alberta while Mark picks Team Saskatchewan. The losing captain has to do the "Road Hockey Rumble 100 Yard Dash."

In episode five, the boys find themselves in Regina, Sask. To spice things up, the boys decide it's time for an all-girls game. Calum chooses a team of dynamite blondes and Mark enlists the best brunettes. The losing captain is punished with the "Shins of Silk."

Road Hockey Rumble moves onto Manitoba and the town of Gimli, which was founded by Icelandic settlers in 1875 and has the biggest population of Icelandic people outside of Iceland. With the country's largest Icelandic festival, Islendigadagurin, in full swing, Calum picks Team Iceland, while Mark heads up Team Non-Iceland. The losing captain is forced to be a "Human Shield."

In episode seven of Road Hockey Rumble, Calum and Mark leave Manitoba for Thunder Bay, Ont. This Northern Ontario city is home to the Staal brothers, who one by one are achieving star status in the NHL. Until 1970 Thunder Bay was actually two cities, Port Arthur and Fort William, and fittingly, Mark drafts players from the former, while Calum recruits his team members from the latter. The losing captain must endure the "Firing Squad."

After settling the score in Thunder Bay, Calum and Mark move on to Toronto, Ont., the city that the rest of Canada loves to hate! This game pits Mark's team of native-born Torontonians who love the city against Calum's team of non native-born Torontonians who hate it. The losing captain gets "Spic 'N Spanned."

The Road Hockey Rumble boys hit the highways and head for Hudson, Quebec, a bilingual, bi-cultural community. Here, Mark recruits a French-Canadian team and Calum captains Les Anglais. The losing captain receives the "Maple Roll."

In the 10th episode of Road Hockey Rumble, Calum and Mark move on to Moncton, N.B. This city is known for its ship and railway yards, but is currently being transformed by the arrival of new, high-tech industries. Mark captains the low-tech Moncton team, while Calum recruits the new, high-tech team. The loser's punishment is the "Moncton Takeout."

Summerside, P.E.I., is the administrative home of Canada's GST. Fittingly, Calum's Team GST fights it out with Mark's Tax Haters, with the losing captain undergoing the "PEI Pinch."

Windsor, N.S., is reputed to be the birthplace of hockey, although Kingston and Montreal have also laid claim to this piece of Canadian hockey history. The boys decide to pit the Believers in Windsor championed by Mark, against the Sceptics, led by Calum. The losing captain is punished with "The Pumpkin of Death."

The final stop on Road Hockey Rumble's cross-Canada grudge match is St. John's, NFLD. The "townies" figure that if you're not from the city side of the overpass, you're a 'Bayman', so Mark captains the Townies against Calum's team of Baymen, with the loser suffering the "Triple Threat." Mark gets very lucky when Terry Ryan, former first round NHL pick and world ball hockey champion, is drafted onto his team.