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Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 countries worldwide. [1] [2] [3] There are three major variants of organized roller hockey.
Roller hockey was referred to as hardball hockey in the United States until November 2008 when the USOC adopted the sport's more common name, rink hockey.Other names for the sport include hardball roller hockey, ball hockey, international style ball hockey, international hockey, quad hockey, hockey, English roller hockey, hockey skids, traditional roller hockey, cane hockey, rollhockey, and ...
The WSE Champions League is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by teams from the top-ranked European leagues.
Pro Beach Hockey: Sun, Surf and Slapshots is a blast from the past for sports fans.. The documentary takes an inside look at the professional roller hockey league – which was created in the late ...
Major League Roller Hockey (MLRH) is a limited liability company which operates multiple inline hockey leagues and tournaments. Headquartered in Alexandria , Virginia , MLRH is one of the only full-contact inline hockey competitions in the world.
Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. [1] The sport is a very fast-paced and free-flowing game and is considered a contact sport, but body checking is prohibited.
The 2024 Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 46th edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by World Skate. The tournament was held in Italy, in the city of Novara, [1] as part of the 2024 World Skate Games. [2] It took place alongside the women's tournament, which followed the same format. Spain claimed their 18th world title.
This is a list of teams that once played in Major League Roller Hockey but no longer exist. This includes franchises which have relocated to different cities. The years of operation only reflect the time in which that team was in MLRH; it does not take into account any time in which the franchise operated in another league such as Roller Hockey International or the Professional Inline Hockey ...