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The mother of two said she felt “terrified” she was defying the will of God even when the family would play broomball, a sport similar to hockey: “I thought I could be killed in a car accident on the way, because I didn’t know if God wanted me to stay home and read my Bible instead,” she said.

Or maybe you’ll find broomball is more your style.

But the agenda on this chilly Thursday morning in February quickly segued to more immediate concerns: Who would pick up skis and broomball sticks for an event being planned at a nearby park?

Jassy also made a peculiar first impression on his boss by accidentally hitting him in the head with a kayak paddle during a characteristically competitive game of company broomball, as recounted in Brad Stone’s 2013 book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.

The outbreak associated with hockey and broomball leagues at the Central Vermont Memorial Civic Center in Montpelier led to four additional outbreaks, with the largest at St. Michael’s College, which now has at least 41 cases, said Michael Pieciak, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation.