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A group of boys picking teams for a game of shinny, Sarnia, Ontario, 1908. Shinny (also shinney, pick-up hockey, pond hockey, or "outdoor puck") is an informal type of hockey played on ice. It is also used as another term for street hockey. There are no formal rules or specific positions, and often, there are no goaltenders. The goal areas at ...
Street hockey (also known as shinny, dek hockey, ball hockey, road hockey) is a collection of team sport variants played outdoors either on foot or with wheeled skates (either quad or in-line), using either a ball or puck designed for play on flat, dry surfaces. The object of every game is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting ...
The rink can range from any size or shape but they typically resemble a scaled-down regular indoor ice hockey rink. Some pond hockey rinks use boards, however, in most, the surrounding piled up snow from clearing the pond or lake makes a good substitute. In some of the more prominent pond hockey tournaments official ice hockey boards are used.
USA downs rival Canada, wins group at world juniors hockey tournament. Mike Brehm, USA TODAY. Updated December 31, 2024 at 9:18 PM.
The International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF) is the international governing body for the sport of street hockey. It was established in June 1993 in Oshawa, Canada. The ISBHF is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. Elio Pascuzzo of Canada is the current ISBHF President following his election to the post for the 2022–2024 term.
Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, [2] [3] [4] and was even played in Northern England into the second half of the 20th century [5] [4] and other areas in the world where ...
Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. [1] The sport is a very fast-paced and free-flowing game and is considered a contact sport, but body checking is prohibited.
The goals are smaller than in field hockey: 2m high by 3m wide and a minimum of 1m deep (this is the same size as handball goals as early indoor hockey used existing handball courts). A team consists of six [ 1 ] players on the pitch, one of whom is a goalkeeper , with a maximum 12 players on a team.