Streetsville Overseas Veterans’ Club RCL Branch 139
101 Church St. Mississauga ON L5M 1M6
Phone: 905-826-8672 Fax: 905-826-6426
Celebrity Shinny “Street Hockey” Game
As part of the Canada Pavilion festivities at Carassauga Sunday May 28th – 1:00 pm (Official game start time 1:15 pm )
Total game time: 15 minutes
Playing for the Streetsville Canada CUP
Participants – 10 -12 “Celebrity” Players and 1 OWB (Official Whistle Blower)
Format:
There is a common ritual for choosing teams for this SPORT- no matter what you call it;
As players arrive they "throw" their hockey stick into a pile in the middle area between two nets. Once enough sticks are in the pile, “someone” – (in
our case the” OWB “ aka Official Whistle Blower) - divides the pile into two smaller piles, Players then pick up their own sticks to determine which
team they are on and voila…. The teams having been formed!
Official Rules: (apparently there are no “official rules” – but here are our official guidelines)
No contact
No lifting the puck
No slap shots
No napping during the game
A little History;
Shinny (also pick-up hockey, pond hockey, or "outdoor puck") is an informal type of hockey played on or off the ice. It is also used as another term for
street hockey. There are no formal rules or specific positions, and generally, there are no goaltenders. The name is derived from the Scottish game
shinty and indeed shinny was a common name for one of shinty's many regional variations in Scotland. Shinny is primarily a Canadian term.
Street Hockey (also known as dek hockey, ball hockey, and in some parts of Canada "road hockey") is a variation of the sport of ice hockey where the
game is played outdoors on foot, using a ball or puck. Both ball and puck are typically designed to be played on non-ice surfaces. The object of the game
is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting the ball or puck into the opposing team's net. Street hockey in pickup form has no "official
rules" It is believed that it began when roads started getting paved in wealthier parts of North America around the turn of the 20th century. The
term street hockey was thus started in Canada at some similar point. During the Great Depression, northern boys used tree branches or broom handles
as sticks; a tin can, a piece of wood, and even a frozen road apple (horse dropping) as a puck, And before the era of big salaries, many semi-pro and
professional players would play in pickup game, when they lived in neighborhoods within driving distance of each other;” However I doubt they were
using a branch for a stick or frozen road apple for a puck”