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Training Drills For Your Backyard Rink
Training Drills For Your Backyard Rink
One of the secrets to many of the successes in the NHL lies in a player’s backyard growing up. Professional players got a huge advantage as kids if they had a rink, full size or miniature, by their house where…
Maine Pond Hockey Classic Reveals Trophy Photos
Maine Pond Hockey Classic Reveals Trophy Photos
The Stanley Cup. The Art Ross. The Prince of Wales. Hockey is full of famous trophies, each carrying with them an encyclopedia of history, memories, and stories. Now you can add another to the list – the championship trophies presented…
New England Youth Pond Hockey Jamboree – The Most Sought After Tournament in New England
New England Youth Pond Hockey Jamboree – The Most Sought After Tournament in New England
It all started with an idea. Richard Wood, Springfield College professor by day and hockey dad by night (and early weekend morning), was sitting with some friends at the Vermont Pond Hockey Classic when the group had an idea. Create…
Outdoor Hockey Holiday Gift Guide
Outdoor Hockey Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season can be difficult. You have family staying at your place for far too long, a dozen fancy meals to cook, and a seemingly growing number of children to appease. You need to find the decorations, untangle the…

NESN’s 2011 New England Pond Hockey Classic Spot

The New England Sports Network showed up last year and helped spread the word about a budding new event in Meredith, NH. Now that the event has nearly doubled in size and shows no sign of slowing down, they’re back…

Joe ProulxFebruary 13, 2011 Pond Hockey No Comments
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Reader Story: ‘In Which I Fall Through The Ice’

Reader Story: ‘In Which I Fall Through The Ice’

I received an email about a month ago from Sean Patrick Dean, a new reader of the site and future backyard rinkbuilder. As we exchanged emails, we realized that we had some common hockey roots: we both grew up playing…

Joe ProulxFebruary 11, 2011 Pond Hockey 1 Comment
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BB-Cue Video: 2011 US Pond Hockey Championship Overview

Our second in a series of BB-Cue pond hockey videos. This one is a recap of all the action at this year’s US Pond Hockey Championships. Enjoy! (RSS and email listers, please visit our site to view the video). Big…

Joe ProulxFebruary 8, 2011 Pond Hockey No Comments
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2011 New England Pond Hockey Classic Recap

2011 New England Pond Hockey Classic Recap

I remember this feeling well. I would experience it half a dozen times each winter, almost always on Sundays. Our family would be crammed into the Chevy Astro on some highway, heading north or south, always towards home. In the…

Joe ProulxFebruary 7, 2011February 7, 2011 Pond Hockey 3 Comments
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Backyard-Hockey.com Turns One!

Backyard-Hockey.com Turns One!

It was one year ago today that I set up this website on the backyard-hockey.com domain and transferred what little content I had already written onto this new space. I had no idea what this site would become, or what…

Joe ProulxFebruary 3, 2011February 3, 2011 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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