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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…

2014 Montana Pond Hockey Classic Promo Video

Our buddy Scott Crowder, who runs the New England and Lake Champlain Pond Hockey Classics, is taking his gear and heading west, as you already know. To whet the appetite of the pond-hockey-starved Montana locals, he and our friends at…

Joe ProulxOctober 7, 2013October 7, 2013 Pond Hockey No Comments
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A Thank You And A Goodbye

A Thank You And A Goodbye

When I pass away, nowhere in my obituary will it say “great student”. It wasn’t that I couldn’t put the work in — no, most often it’s that I just wouldn’t put the work in. I’d amble from one class…

Joe ProulxSeptember 25, 2013September 25, 2013 Misc Hockey No Comments
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Where Is My Rink Water Going?

Where Is My Rink Water Going?

People who have pools are used to adding several inches of water every few weeks to keep the pool water level constant. In the peak of summer, you can lose over 1/4″ of water to evaporation daily. Does the same…

Joe ProulxSeptember 16, 2013November 30, 2013 Backyard Rinks 1 Comment
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Now Taking Applications For Site Contributors!

Now Taking Applications For Site Contributors!

I started this site in the fall of 2008 to catalog my little backyard rink. Five years and several hundred thousand visitors later, it’s one of the most visit purist hockey sites on the web, home to backyard rink how-to’s…

Joe ProulxSeptember 11, 2013September 11, 2013 Backyard Rinks, Misc Hockey, Pond Hockey No Comments
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Product Review: The Impakt Protective Shockbox Helmet Sensor

Product Review: The Impakt Protective Shockbox Helmet Sensor

If you’re even a little tuned in to sports these last few years, you already know that concussions are a hot-button topic. Hockey stars like Sidney Crosby and Patrice Bergeron have missed months of their careers because of head injuries,…

Joe ProulxAugust 27, 2013August 27, 2013 Misc Hockey 3 Comments
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