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Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 countries worldwide. [1] [2] [3] There are three major variants of organized roller hockey.
England Roller Hockey, which originated in England, is a game played on roller-skates with a ball and stick. It was first played at The Lava Rink in Denmark Hill , London in 1885. The National Rink Hockey Association of England (NRHA) is the roller hockey governing body in England.
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 first recorded hardball roller hockey game was played in 1878 at the Denmark Rink in London, England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was first known as "roller polo" due to the introduction of polo in 1876, skaters took polo to the rinks.
The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California in the United States. Roller hockey or its more recent variant, inline hockey (since 2005) has appeared in all editions of the World Games to date, except 1997. Six teams contested each other in pool play. The ...
The first game of organized inline sledge hockey was played at Bisley, Surrey, England, on December 19, ... Roller hockey, also known as "quad hockey", ...
The league inspired at least one video game, Super Nintendo's RHI Roller Hockey '95, although the game was never released. [17] There was also a call-in style stats, scores and interview hotline where fans could call in following games. The phone number was 1-800-741-4RHI. This line was updated nightly following each game.
In Roller Hockey International's inaugural 1973 season, the Bullfrogs finished with a record of 13-0-1, the best in the league. Building on the growing popularity of inline skating, the team's averaged attendance of nearly 8,800 fans per game, with three of team's seven home games drawing audiences of 10,000 or more at the Anaheim Arena. [1]