Hockey

Hockey is a team sport in which two teams of skaters use sticks to shoot a hard rubber hockey puck/orange ball into their opponent’s net to score points. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck/ball and score a goal against the opposing team. Each team has a goalkeeper who tries to stop the puck from going into the goal.

Broomball’s Stick Has Evolved from the Broom

January 30, 2015 Leave a comment 5,381 Views

Broomball is a fun alternative to hockey. This sport has the same rules as traditional hockey but they use a stick that resembles a broom and a small ball instead of a puck.

Taking Hockey To The Streets

November 7, 2014 Leave a comment 5,008 Views

Street hockey is a form of hockey that is traditionally played on the streets, or some form of asphalted surface (i.e. parking lot or tennis courts). There are organized leagues that play the sport, but you will most likely find this game played by children playing a game of pickup in your streets.

Taking It Off The Ice

October 24, 2014 1 Comment 6,143 Views

Roller in-line hockey uses the same type of puck equipment that is used in traditional ice hockey. According the the USA roller sports Official rule book for inline hockey:

As Close as you Come to a Ball in Ice Hockey

June 30, 2013 Leave a comment 7,095 Views

hockey puck sitting on ice standard equipment for hockey hockey puck

There really is not ball in ice hockey, but we are big fans and do not want to leave out the sport. A puck, which is round in two dimensions, is used in place of a ball. The NCAA controls everything down to the color.