In the West, many in the media and the health sector emphasize physical activity as important for the old, so that they can circumvent the impacts of aging and the associated costs. At the same time, neoliberal health discourse advises older people to avoid activities that may cause injuries, such as slips and falls, creating contradictions for older people who participate in sports on ice. In light of these mixed messages, this paper explores how older men understand their bodies through their participation in the seemingly risky sport of ice hockey. I conducted eighteen semi-structured interviews with older Canadian men who played hockey, identifying common themes related to aging, embodiment, risk and pleasure. Participants were aware that common-sense discourse produced hockey as risky for the old, but often downplayed this risk, privileging pleasure. Discourses associated with pleasure acted as an important way for older men to examine their bodies and contemplate the significance of hockey in their lives. Through the comradery players developed with each other, their interactions with the material objects of hockey, and their emplacement on hockey rinks and arenas, they found ways to celebrate their bodies as both aging and capable of experiencing pleasure — implicitly challenging neoliberal discourses of old age in the process.

在西方，许多媒体和卫生部门都强调身体活动对老年人同样重要，这样他们就可以规避老龄化的影响和相关成本。同时，新自由主义健康话语建议老年人避免滑倒和跌倒等可能造成伤害的活动，这给参加冰上运动的老年人带来了矛盾。鉴于这些混合信息，本文探讨了老年男性如何通过参与看似危险的冰球运动来了解自己的身体。我对打曲棍球的加拿大年长男性进行了 18 次半结构化访谈，确定了与衰老、体现、风险和快乐相关的共同主题。参与者意识到常识性话语产生的曲棍球对老年人来说是有风险的，但经常淡化这种风险，特权的乐趣。与快乐相关的话语是老年男性检查身体和思考曲棍球在生活中的重要性的重要方式。通过伙伴球员的相互发展，他们与曲棍球物质对象的互动，以及他们在曲棍球场和竞技场上的进驻，他们找到了庆祝自己身体老化并能够体验快乐的方法——暗中挑战了新自由主义的老年话语正在进行中。