Sunday, February 28, 2016

Anyone Remember Pro Beach Hockey?


Can we bring this league back? This was pretty much my dream growing up before I ever played ice hockey. Playing roller hockey on the beach?  Count me in.  If you're not familiar, here's a refresher.


Party like it's 1999!  No glass or fence on the boards.  That's some old school roller hockey.  Back when the best "rink" around to play was a parking lot with makeshift boards.  In Pro Beach Hockey, they used a ball, they had a ramp behind the net and a "Dome Zone".  If you scored from outside the Dome Zone, it counted as two points, functioning like a three point line in basketball.  I just never understood the V Form skates.  




Fights are fun though.




Roller hockey got big in the 90's before ice hockey really took off in America.  4 on 4. No offsides, no icing.  Wide open.  It was a lot of fun, but died out when ice hockey rinks started popping up everywhere.  

Remember the New Jersey Rockin Rollers?  Probably not.  I remember going to watch them play at the Meadowlands one time as a kid.  Yes, pro roller hockey was a thing.  It was that popular at the time.



Notice the sponsor by Taco Bell on this jersey?  I LOVE Taco Bell.  $169 for one of these one Ebay if you're wondering.

Now go enjoy this game from 1994. Pretty sure that's Julie the Cat in goal.






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