extreme sports roller hockey

Roller Hockey is a game that takes it's roots from and is very much like ice hockey, the main difference is that inline skates are worn instead of ice skates.

Roller hockey is played in a rectangular rink. The length of the rink is twice the width. The length can vary from Thirty four and up to Forty four meters, the usual standard length is forty meters. The goals are 1.05 m high by 1.7 m wide.

The ball weighs 155 g. and is 230 mm

Roller hockey is a game played by 2 opposing teams. A team can consist of up to ten people but only five are permitted to be on the rink at any given time. There can be 1 or 2 referees. Players can be given a suspension of two or five minutes duration. There must always be at least a goalkeeper plus 1 other player for each team after play has began.

The game consists of 2 periods of fifteen, twenty or twenty five minutes. If the score is a draw at the end of 2nd period and a winner is required, play can be extended by ten minutes. If the score is still a draw after extra time, each team will then be allowed to take penalty shots

The college game is played with slightly different rules. The Collegiate Roller Hockey League, started in the 1990s, began the 1st attempt at a united American scholastic roller hockey league. The league was restructured into its current form and renamed the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association With 8 regions and nearly two hundred teams, the association is one of the largest hockey organizations in the world. National championships take place every year with championships being awarded in 3 divisions determined by school size, and one B division. Rule variations in the collegiate game include 3 periods of twelve minutes and no overtime. Collegiate roller hockey, as well as pure inline hockey uses a 170 g (6 ounce) puck that glides on plastic or teflon coated rollers and is most often played on a plastic tile surface known as The penalty structure for collegiate hockey includes misconduct penalties and mandatory suspensions assessed for particularly violent or rough play. Rink dimensions are closer to National Hockey League regulation than in roller hockey.