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Ringette has had an unintentional influence on the sport of ice hockey, including a minor effect on men's professional ice hockey and a larger impact on girls' and women's ice hockey. The "ringette line" began to have a potential impact on men's professional ice hockey in 2012 in regards to the American Hockey League with several professionals ...
Inventing floor hockey and ringette Samuel Perry Jacks (April 23, 1915 – May 14, 1975) more commonly known as, "Sam Jacks," was a Canadian soldier in World War II , inventor, military and civic recreation director, sports coach, creator of the Canadian sport of ringette for girls [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the creator and codifier of the first set of ...
The first ringette association in history is founded in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Ringette Association (now Ringette Ontario) had 1,500 players in 14 communities and was founded with a government grant of $229.27. [24] 1963–64: Ringette is invented by Sam Jacks with the help of Red McCarthy
In most of the world, the term hockey when used without clarification refers to field hockey, while in Canada, the United States, Russia and most of Eastern and Northern Europe, the term usually refers to ice hockey. [9] In more recent history, the word "hockey" is used in reference to either the summer Olympic sport of field hockey, which is a ...
Gym ringette is the off-ice variant of the winter team skating sport of ringette and today is only distantly related to floor hockey. While the sport of ringette was initially influenced by the rules of basketball, ice hockey, broomball, and a variety of floor hockey games played during the early part of the 20th century, particularly the floor ...
Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy (March 12, 1930 – 1995) was a Canadian sportsperson, sport and recreation administrator, ice hockey player, founder and co-inventor of the sport of ringette, and for a time, a professional skating star and barrel jumper. [2] He was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame as a Founder in 1998. [1]
Typical layout of an ice hockey rink surface. Ringette utilizes most of the standard ice hockey markings used by Hockey Canada, but the ringette rink uses additional free-pass dots in each of the attacking zones and centre zone areas as well as a larger goal crease area. Two additional free-play lines (one in each attacking zone) are also required.
Judy Diduck (/ ˈ d ɪ d ə k / DID-ək; born April 21, 1966) is a retired Canadian ringette and ice hockey player. Diduck was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in Sherwood Park, Alberta. She competed in the first World Ringette Championships in 1990 for Team Alberta who became the first world champions in the