Roller Hockey

This version of roller hockey is sometimes called ball and cane hockey. It is the traditional roller hockey that uses the international rules, UNLIKE the RHI (Roller Hockey International) league and the photograph shown at the top of this page. In traditional roller hockey, the sticks are much shorter, a hard ball (instead of a puck) is used, and the playing surface is much smaller. Women's Roller hockey is not an Olympic sport yet. Here …

…women's only division, that is sanctioned by CIRSA. Furthermore, CIRSA will help to coordinate women's programs in any other area of the country where demand exists. Perhaps you've even heard a few rumours about roller hockey. To clear up any confusion that you might have, there are two different kinds of roller hockey. We will refer to them as the "short" stick and "long" stick games. Here is an explanation of each of these games: