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…
2014 Montana Pond Hockey Classic Promo Video

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…

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…

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…

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,…




