CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- A men’s hockey team representing India scrambled into planes, trains and automobiles mode to get to the Amerigol LATAM Cup on Monday for a game that didn’t happen.

The players largely of Indian heritage who live in Canada drove from the Vancouver area to Seattle to fly to Miami after their Sunday Air Canada flights were canceled due to a potential strike to make their LATAM Cup exhibition game against Mexico, only to learn that Mexican players had travel issues of their own. The game was postponed.

But India found a scrimmage partner to play in Pakistan, whose Division III men’s team had just wrapped up an 8-2 win against Peru on an adjacent rink. The teams engaged in a friendly light-checking game.

“A team from Pakistan and a team from India have never played ag

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