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Chicago teams hope hockey scores in Mexico

Feb. 5 at 8:20 a.m.

Brian Wilson, center, a Canadian living in Mexico, talks to his players during a break before resuming their match against local boys at the Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Saturday. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune / February 4, 2012)

Ivan Toledano was 1,600 miles from home and alone on the ice Saturday inside the Fox Valley Ice Arena, a pre-teen sports pioneer in his native Mexico awaiting one of hockey’s most challenging shots during a trip to west suburban Chicago.

Crouched in front of the net, the young Mexican goaltender tensed as a single shooter from the Geneva-based Cyclones swept from center ice for a one-on-one penalty shot.