Please email info@reddeerollerhockey.com if you have any questions.
 

What's roller hockey all about?

Roller hockey - or inline hockey - and ice hockey are very similar with a few distinct differences in rules and equipment. With roller hockey, the game is played four on four instead of the traditional five on five. Roller hockey can be played at a much faster pace due to the no hitting, icing, or offside rules.

Check out this video from the Alberta Minor Hockey Association about the sport of roller hockey:
https://youtu.be/3nsJBiNdbFE
 

Basic Rules:

• Games are played 4 skaters per side plus goalies
• No Offsides
• No icing
• No body checking allowed
• Games are played using a hard plastic puck
• It is played in an ice rink, roller rink, or indoor soccer arena
• Roller hockey is played on smooth concrete or a roller hockey specific flooring

Benefits of Roller Hockey:

• Conditioning 
• Improved skill development
• Skill maintenance
• Develop longer skating strides
• Improved passing techniques
• Develop a quicker more accurate shot
• Improved puck control
• Team play
• Offensive Creativitc
• Defense man-to-man coverage

 

Equipment

Player:

• Roller blades
• Hockey stick
• Shin pads
• Elbow pads
• CSA approved hockey helmet
• Pants (either ice or roller)
• Hockey gloves
• Girdle/Protective Cup
• Jersey
• Padded Under Shirt (recommended) or
• Shoulder pads (optional)

Goalie:

• CSA approved goalie helmet or
  CSA approved helmet and cage
  (No cat eye masks)
• Upper body protector
• Catcher
• Blocker
• Throat guard
• Hockey pants
• Roller blades (No running shoes)
• Goalie pads
• Girdle/Protective Cup
• Goalie stick