Unfortunately roller hockey is dead. It was a much easier entry into hockey because back in the early 90s there were two sheets of ice in all of south Florida. The pompano one and sunrise ice arena. The waiting list for in house leagues were years long. Now there’s a bunch of ice rinks and the cost of playing ice hockey is only slightly more than roller hockey. No reason to play roller anymore.
The day before our first game, our captain sent out the roll call e-mail with the new rink COVID protocols and also mentioned the rink was prohibiting us from hanging out in the parking lot after games for a beer or two (6). Guys on the team were more ****ed about that than they were the fee increase. Fortunately they haven't even tried to enforce it.
Yes and Missin Curfew as well.
And playing roller down here in the spring and summer is brutal with all the rainouts. I know Lake Worth used to have indoor roller (not sure if they were ever converted to ice) but those were the southernmost indoor roller rinks. No way that anyone from Dade is driving up there on the regular.
What team did you play with at Suniland?
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I used to play out there and the JCC back in the day. My brother was still playin til he moved a couple yrs back and some of my buddies still play at Suniland.
The Rink Shrinks are my guys. Whit is hilarious on chicklets. If you heard the ‘Dead Luke’ story on Chicklets I actually played with the dude in college. Ned Havern is a great dude but he got that story from Andy Powers. Dead Luke is one of a kind.
No. Inline skates.
Nice. I used to play at the JCC as well before it folded and the remnants became Suniland. Originally I played the The Hammocks league. One of our old rinks still exists at Tamiami Park, but there’s no league anymore and it’s just used for pick up hockey.
Good deal, my dad played rink hockey on quads, and my cousin plays as well. He actually went over to Europe and played with them. Saw the Spanish team in person at Nationals and they were out of this world.
This is a fantastic photo.
Thanks! Bunch of Italian and Irish guys from New York two Florida boys, me (black beard) from Punta Gorda, the Elton John looking cat, our center from Cardinal Newman and three badass Kansas farm boys
Have you by any chance heard of the Cumberland Raiders from Maryland? That's the local team my cousin plays for and his dad coaches. They own the skating rink here in my town. My dad was a goalie for them as well.
