Bench Setup

*All players on bench must be against boards in neutral zone (between Blue and Centre line)

*Spare Goalie should be closest to the centre line so they are not likely to interfere with, on the fly, line changes.

*Defense, on the bench, should be positioned closest to their own Goalie.Forwards, on the bench, should be positioned closest to the oppositions goalie.

Legend:
Case of letter used to differentiate teams
G or g = Goalie
D or d = Defense
F or f = Forward

Click on picture for a larger view

Some Answers to Previous Questions and Other Odds and Sods

In the past I've posted questions at the end of my posts hoping that I had hoped readers may have answered though comments. So here are some of the answers I have found.

-One Piece composite sledge hockey sticks? ***Could be done for $600 to $800 dollars per pair.
-In AB hockey, one can lean on their stick and get it to bend, storing extra energy, before the puck is released. Is anyone doing this in sledge hockey? ***No known cases. The shafts are relatively short (less that half of an AB hockey stick) and so extremely stiff and considering that you are effectively sitting, the lie of the stick and using one hand very difficult to lean hard enough on the stick to get it to flex.
-Getting palms of hockey gloves to last?*** Use Pure (not prime) Neatsfoot Oil. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neatsfoot_oil for more info. I re-palmed my gloves for about $50 (the shells were very good quality already) and this oil is keeping them hole free and supple so far. I find I need to reapply every 3 or 4 games.

FUTURE SITE PLANS

I've been taking a bit of a break but hope to be posting more soon. Summer is not too busy for sledge hockey so the urgency is not there. I'm hoping to take a lead from http://www.cssha.org/coachs_corner.htm and publish drills we use here in Ottawa and others I've seen. I'll now be publishing local schedules and results on the www.sheo.ca site and not boring you too much with those details.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES

My son and I took club equipment to his high school and for a week taught his AB class to play sledge hockey.

My son and I (for the third year in a row) spent a day with the "Active Living Alliance" http://www.ala.ca/content/home.asp at the "Ice House" introducing disabled kids to sledge hockey.

We also went to Long Island to play in the RoughRider's tournament http://www.lisledhockey.org/ for the 4th year in a row. We love this opportunity and they are most excellent hosts.

SHEO Website

I am now webmaster for "Sledge Hockey of Eastern Ontario (SHEO)/Hockey sur luge de l'est Ontarien (HLEO)". Watch for updates at www.sheo.ca.