when steve was confused by dnd terms in s5, i got mad at first cause i was like steve has definitely played dnd before??? nope. i read so many fanfics about it i forgot canon
and a bunch of metros (voyageurs) branded mini hockey sticks. they play together on the floor of shane's living room, bounding back and forth on their knees and ilya likes it even more than the private rink because it's way easier to tackle shane. and score on him
thinking about hockey childhood.. what if ilya never got to play mini sticks as a kid and ends up mentioning it to shane. shane goes into the attic storage of his parents cottage and finds an old box of mini nets and a floor hockey ball