Details

Organization:	Tampa Bay Lightning Sled Hockey
Contact:	David Cole
Address:
	Tampa
	Florida
	USA
Phone:	813-301-6822
Email:	dcole@sptimesforum.com
URL:	http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=tbl_content_1672

Description

• Sled hockey is very similiar to traditional hockey with exceptions in the gear used to play. Among the differences: � Instead of skates, players sit in specially designed sleds. These sleds sit on top of two hockey skate blades. � There are two sticks for each player instead of one. These sticks are about 1/3 the length of a regulation stick depending on the size of the player. They also have metal picks on the butt end of the stick. � At most rinks, the bench is inaccessible. Therefore, the players sit on the ice along the boards in front of the benches between the blue line and red line. The same goes for penalties. They sit in front of the penalty box.