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  Roller hockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One rollersport is called Inline hockey, sometimes called Roller Hockey, derived from and very similar to ice hockey using inline skates instead of ice skates.
Roller hockey in the USA has grown into a considerable sport and competitive indoor roller teams now play on sport court (blue plastic tiles) and with a plastic roller puck.
College roller hockey, as well as pure inline hockey uses a six ounce (170 g) puck that glides on plastic or teflon coated rollers and is most often played on a plastic tile surface known as SportCourt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roller_hockey   (1616 words)

  
 Roller hockey: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour....
Roller hockey international was a roller hockey league in north america between 1993-97 and 1999....
Road hockey or street hockey is an informal version of ice hockey (or roller hockey) played in the street, usually by children....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roller_hockey.htm   (1183 words)

  
 Roller hockey Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roller hockey is played in a rink 200 feet by 85 feet, on a concrete or Sports Court surface.
The layout is similar to ice hockey, with two goals centered 12 feet from the far ends of each court, four faceoff circles 12 feet in diameter, and one red center line, 12 inches wide.
Roller hockey is played by two teams of five persons each.
www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roller_hockey.html   (306 words)

  
 HISTORY OF ROLLER HOCKEY
Roller hockey teams were playing throughout Europe as early as 1901.
Roller hockey in college is not a sanctioned sport, but is still played at the intra-mural level.
Roller hockey was played as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and is included in the Pan American Games.
www.orgsites.com /fl/ysn/_pgg10.php3   (988 words)

  
 Women's Roller Hockey (Ball & Cane Hockey)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Traditional roller hockey is usually played on box skates (4 wheels, two side by side), rather than on in-line skates (one row of 3 or 4 wheels).
In this version of roller hockey the sticks are much shorter, a hard ball (similar to field hockey) is used, and the playing surface is much smaller.
Traditional roller hockey is sometimes referred to as Ball and Cane hockey.
www.whockey.com /roller   (412 words)

  
 bristol au : Roller Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roller hockey is similar to ice hockey, played on roller blades or quads (roller skates).
Most roller hockey teams consist of 3 “lines” and either 1 or 2 goalies, so the numbers in each team are between 13 and 14.
This year so fast we have become more of a serious roller hockey team, with: top of the range equipment; very stylish team kit; a good skill level within the club and; for the first time qualified coaching to allow each player to reach his or her full potential.
www.bristolau.co.uk /main/sports/roller   (813 words)

  
 East Bay Hockey Leagues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We have organized youth roller hockey leagues since 1992 and presently operate leagues in four cities, Alameda, Danville, Dublin and San Ramon.
When a roller hockey player registers with us he or she can play five days a week.
We focus on teaching the individual skills of hockey, introducing teamwork, presenting some basic strategy, and encouraging the children to have fun, improve skills and develop the fine art of sportsmanship.
www.ebayhockey.com   (396 words)

  
 Roller Hockey International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roller Hockey International or RHI was a roller hockey league in North America between 1993-97 and 1999.
Teams competed through a regular and playoff season in hopes of winning The Murphy Cup (not unlike the NHL's Stanley Cup).
After folding in 1999, there was a movement to revamp and come back the following year as the Major League Hockey (MLH), but it never came to fruition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roller_Hockey_International   (184 words)

  
 Articles - Roller hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hardball Hockey was a demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
If you live in a country where inline hockey is more common than hardball hockey or vise versa, you can learn about both rollersports by visiting the following governing international rollersport links.
Hardball hockey is a completely different game with one less player on the floor.
www.healwater.com /articles/Roller_hockey   (1520 words)

  
 Inline (Roller) Hockey, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide
The Penn Roller Hockey Club became an official club sport in 1996 and is now a member of the Collegiate Roller Hockey League.
ECRHA is the governing body for collegiate roller hockey in the states of New York, western Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.
Ball hockey is a game played in Canada primarily during the summer when the ice has been removed from the arenas and is played with running shoes on a cement floor, rather than with skates on an ice surface.
www.carnegielibrary.org /subject/sports/inlinehockey.html   (268 words)

  
 Rules Roller Hockey - Your hockey product and information authority.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Rules Roller hockey is played in a rink 200 feet by 85 feet, on a concrete or Sports Court surface.
www.beaconshockey.com /hockeyequipmentandresources/rulesrollerhockey   (1003 words)

  
 Roller Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roller Hockey: Skills and Strategies for Winning on Wheels is...
Skatebuys.com carry skate bags for ice, quad roller, hockey and inline skates.
Provides inline hockey news, tournament reports, photographs, fixtures, league tables and results from all of the Associations.
www.tjhn.com /roller-hockey.html   (197 words)

  
 Monroe Twp. Roller Hockey League
Roller Hockey League is a recreational hockey program for the children of Monroe Twp.
Our program allows these students to learn as well as play the game of Hockey in a structured and safe environment.
Here, our children are taught all aspects of the game including skating, stick handling, team sportsmanship and rules of the game.
www.mtrhl.org   (126 words)

  
 Information About Women's Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They were looking for a head women's hockey coach, but now they have decided on Shannon Miller as their head coach.
I'd like to thank the Hockey Hall of Fame's photographer, Doug MacLellan, for some of the pictures that are used in my web site (mainly pictures pics of me from the 92 World Championship available from my on my personal hockey page).
More information about women's international hockey (world championships, tournaments, hockey in a number of different countries, etc.) can be found on the women's international hockey page or on the country index web page.
www.cs.toronto.edu /~andria/general   (1814 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Roller Hockey: Books: Greg Siller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New leagues are being formed and existing leagues are doubling, tripling, and even quadrupling in size leading to a demand by players, coaches, parents, and league directors for educational materials that will help them understand the game, improve their knowledge of the sport, and give them confidence at the various levels of competition.
Roller Hockey: Skills and Strategies for Winning on Wheels is the most in-depth publication available for both coaches and players.
Anyone interested in roller hockey will find a complete guide to the the game in this book--from fundamentals to advanced techniques, from rules to equipment, as well as practical insights based on author Greg Siller's own experiences.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570281181?v=glance   (1207 words)

  
 Buy.com - Roller Hockey
The Mylec(r) Pro Senior roller hockey catch glove is constructed with a Pro-style deep pocket and a pre-curved palm for an easy break-in.
The Mylec(r) Ultra Lite 7000 roller hockey goaltender pads are constructed with...
The Mylec(r) Air Flo senior roller hockey goalie chest protector combines lightweight and breathable 1/2-in foam padding with a ventilated mesh poly outer...
www.buy.com /cat/roller_hockey/17276.html   (615 words)

  
 Street Hockey Equipment, Roller Hockey Equipment & Floor Hockey Equipment
All the street hockey and roller hockey equipment you need from goalie gear, helmets and masks to goals, nets, sticks and balls.
"Ball Hockey is a form of off-ice hockey played on feet, using a ball, in a rink with a concrete or asphalt surface.
"Street Hockey is a form of off-ice hockey played on feet, using a ball, on a tennis court, basketball court, playground, parking lot or even, literally, a street.
www.streethockeyking.com   (281 words)

  
 Roller Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roller Hockey will soon be an official Olympic Game.
Also, roller hockey is now becoming a fully recognized NCAA sport.
Scholarships for roller hockey are becoming more and more common at college.
www.embassyskating.com /usarollerhockey.htm   (253 words)

  
 Roller Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Both Spartan roller hockey teams are currently high in the national rankings.
Luanda, 02/26 - Local Petro de Luanda and Juventude de Viana are beginning the 2005 roller hockey season without their main players in Saturday`s Super Cup, in Luanda.
Luanda, 02/25 - Local clubs Petro de Luanda and Juventude de Viana are beginning the 2005 roller hockey season without their main players in Saturday`s Super Cup, in Luanda.
www.chinookhockey.ca /index.php?C=Roller-Hockey&T=0   (492 words)

  
 Play Roller Hockey UK, National Roller Hockey, Try My Sport
Roller Hockey is a fast semi-contact ball game played on roller skates or blades between two teams, consisting of four floor players and one goalkeeper each, that was invented in England in 1896.
The object of the game is to score goals by passing, dribbling and shooting a small hard ball into the opposition's goal using a stick, that is similar to the ‘original’ two sided field hockey stick.
Although Roller Hockey is a small sport in England, it is extremely popular in Latin countries such as Spain, Portugal, and Argentina where Clubs such as FC Barcelona, FC Porto and Deportivo La Corunia attract crowds in excess of 5,000 people to matches and employ the best professional players from around the world.
www.trymysport.co.uk /roller_hockey.htm   (181 words)

  
 Ice Hockey Jerseys & Roller Hockey Jerseys - Hockey Logos & Hockey Patches - Ice Hockey Pant Shells & Ice ...
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Hockey jersey samples are pre-selected and pre-printed by us, so you may not be able to see the exact jersey color pattern or hockey logos that you want, however, you will get to see the quality of the hockey jersey material, Dye Patch hockey logos, numbers, and names.
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 HockeyMonkey.com - #1 Online Hockey Equipment - Ice Hockey Skates, Hockey Stick, Inline Hockey Skates, Hockey Gloves, ...
Whether you are an ice or inline hockey player, we carry everything you may need, including ice hockey skates, inline roller hockey skates, replica NHL hockey jerseys, hockey bags, hockey sticks, hockey gloves, hockey pants, hockey helmets, and various accessories for your hockey gear.
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www.hockeymonkey.com   (322 words)

  
 New England Hockey Journal | Roller Hockey
There are week-long roller hockey camps, entry level programs and stick practice to help hone your skills.
Roller Hockey enters the millennium as an exciting sport with an identity all it’s own.
Rinks are now state of the art facilities with varying surfaces to allow play with both puck and ball.
www.hockeyjournal.com /rollerhockey   (157 words)

  
 SkateMall Specializes in Quad Roller Skates and Ice Skates!
It's simple and easy to order quad, inline, ice, or hockey roller skates and accessories and have them delivered to your door.
SkateMall has value pricing on all types of indoor and outdoor quad roller skates, inline hockey skates, inline skates, and now Riedell ice skates.
SkateMall is also the home of Build Your Own Quad Skate which is the best way to pick exactly the skate setup you want and have us put it together for you with some of the most experienced and qualified skate technicians in the business.
www.skatemall.com   (662 words)

  
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The African Fedration of Roller Sports announced in the FIRS website that the African artistic skating championship will be held in Cairo at 12 April 2002.
Roller Hockey Egypt checked the competition and found out that it was a local competition and that all the players which joined was from the Egyptian clubs and there were no single player from any african country.
there will be soon some movments from the egyptian federation to increase the number of roller hockey clubs next season.
www.rollerhockey.egypt.s5.com   (278 words)

  
 Women's In-Line Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This version of roller hockey uses regular ice hockey sticks and a hard plastic puck.
In-line hockey is becoming increasing popular for both men and women.
There is now a USA Hockey InLine Cup which serves as a pseudo National Championship in the USA, and a Canadian Hockey Inline National Championship in Canada.
www.whockey.com /inline   (800 words)

  
 All About Skate Hockey - Inline - Quad - Ice
Articles and information about the sport of inline hockey, which is skate hockey played on inline skates using a puck.
Articles and information about the sport of rink hockey, which is skate hockey played on quad roller skates using a ball.
Rink hockey is also known as hardball hockey, ball and cane hockey, and traditional roller hockey.
www.skatelog.com /hockey   (272 words)

  
 Mississauga Roller Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
REP teams play in a series of tournaments over the course of the season and can qualify to play in National and international tournaments -most notably the North American Roller Hockey Championships (NARCh) which are held in Mississauga this year.
As the North American Roller Hockey Championships (NARCh) are set to visit Mississauga; it is a very exciting year for Roller hockey in the area and for the MRHL.
Likewise, the REP Rattler program is in full swing as we are accepting coaching applications and registration for the elite Roller Hockey Programs which compete in the Ontario Minor Roller Hockey Association (OMRHA), Walter Gretzky's tournament Series as well as have a chance to qualify for NARCh.
www.mississaugarollerhockey.com   (289 words)

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