By Melanie Wong
VAIL — While many Eagle County residents celebrated the holidays with family and skiing, a group of 37 young hockey players spent their Christmas vacation exploring Eastern Europe.Vail International Hockey takes players ages 12 to 17 on a trip to either Eastern Europe or China every three years, and this year, the group celebrates the 30th anniversary of the nonprofit organization with a trip that started in Reykjavik, Iceland; Austria; the Czech Republic; Krakow, Poland and Stockholm, Sweden. The group returned to Colorado on Jan. 3.While the crux of the trip was centered around hockey, the real goal of the …
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