One of our goals is to capture the joy of pond hockey at our new Arena. Many college and professional coaches bemoan the lack of creativity in today’s players and tie it to the lack of unstructured, free-flowing hockey traditionally found in games of shinny hockey.
Throughout the season, we will be hosting pond hockey sessions on weekdays during school vacations and on days when school is cancelled due to snow.
Our pond hockey schedule is as follows:
| 8:10 am | Learn to Play & Break the Ice Pond Hockey with Parents—All parents must wear a helmet |
| 9:20 am | Mites Pond Hockey (8 and under) |
| 10:30 am | Squirt Pond Hockey (10 and under) |
| PW Pond Hockey (12 and under) | |
| 12:50 pm | Midget/Bantam Pond Hockey (18 and under) |
| 2:00 | TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE (all players must wear a helmet). LTP and BTI players are welcome to join in. |
Pond Hockey Rules
Pond Hockey is played without goalies and with standard pond hockey goals. No goalies in pads will be allowed on the ice. All goaltenders should skate out.
In all sessions, players 18 years old and younger must wear a helmet with full mask. Adults must wear a helmet, but are strongly encouraged to wear a full mask.
Pee Wee players and older do not need to wear full pads, but a protective cup and shin pads are strongly recommended since saucer passes are allowed (ie soft passes off the ice). Hard passes off the ice are not allowed, but deflections should be expected by all players. Protect your anatomy accordingly. However, Squirt players and younger must wear full equipment.
Age Groups
All sessions are coed and non-checking. Players may play up or down a level for any sessions. For instance, a Midget can play in a Bantam session, and a Pee Wee can also play in a Bantam session. Older players should recognize that it is good form to set up younger players for scoring opportunities. Please remember that all games are non-checking. If there are too many players for a session, older or younger players may not be able to play.
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