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"Kyle":2r2qo2gh wrote:Non-contact is a meaningless phrase in ice hockey and people shouldn’t use it.
[/quote:2r2qo2gh]Pond hockey is supposedly non-contact.
"Ryan":3vtb967m wrote:"Kyle":3vtb967m wrote:Non-contact is a meaningless phrase in ice hockey and people shouldn’t use it.
[/quote:3vtb967m]Pond hockey is supposedly non-contact.
[/quote:3vtb967m]Yes true. But it’s also not ice hockey.
Off topic, but I was floating the idea that we discussed a couple of years ago Ryan with having a pond hockey tournament, maybe as a pre-season fun activity cross ice at the rink, with some people and they liked the idea.
I’m going to keep kicking it around and see if we can get it going maybe for kids early next season – March or something. If it works we could make a whole weekend of it and do seniors as well.
I think it would be quite popular. It would be one of the easiest forms of hockey to organise as well since it is refereed and scored by the players.
I suspect if it was a little kids tournament, we would put in place a referee, partially to stop the kids getting confused and help them getting into the right place. The referee could be any responsible person who can skate though, no need for them to be a qualified referee.
how is pond hockey not ice hockey klye? its hockey played on ice! it may not be sanctioned using the rules and rinks stipulated by the IIHF but it is still ice hockey!
Pond hockey is a completely non-contact sport. It’s not checking, it’s not non-checking either. It doesn’t relate to a checking conversation.
If I see no contact at all, in this very physical game I’ll happily eat my hat!! I agree with you blake!
"Kyle":1aye3iml wrote:I suspect if it was a little kids tournament, we would put in place a referee[/quote:1aye3iml]That’s probably a good idea.
"thirteen":1aye3iml wrote:how is pond hockey not ice hockey klye? its hockey played on ice![/quote:1aye3iml]I would also consider it ice hockey. Depends on how you define ‘ice hockey’ I guess though.
"Rhys M":1aye3iml wrote:If I see no contact at all, in this very physical game I’ll happily eat my hat!!
[/quote:1aye3iml]AFAIK your sticks are allowed to contact, but players are required to avoid all physical contact in pond hockey. That doesn’t of course mean that there will be no contact, just that if there is then there has probably been a rule breakage.
As a fullstop to this, I’m just about to email the SIHL and inform them that Dunedin will not be putting in a SIHL SNC team in this year.
Four players and a goalie does not a team make, sadly.
Blake although I agree with your definition of ice hockey (hockey played on ice) I think that although it could be assumed that you are correct in saying pond hockey is ice hockey that statement could be wrong if the pond isn’t frozen. If there is no way that players can skate or stand on the pond then it can’t be considered ice hockey. I know that’s pushing it a little but you have to think about all angles when talking about such an intense topic.
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