A brand new hockey puck after a U18 B House game last night. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by MapleEngineer@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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I thought that the amount of damage was interesting.

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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As a norwegian, other than what I've learned from binging authorative sources such as Letterkenny, Shoresy, and Trailerpark Boys, I know next to nothing about hockey.

How long do these usually last? How much do they cost? What are they made from? Do they have any other uses? Is the one in the picture considered garbage now?

EDIT: Oh, and of course I learned a lot from Blades of Steel.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

They are made from a very dense rubber. They cost a few dollars canadian. If this was brand new and used for one game, that was a bit of a rough one. They last for some time, this one is still usable.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Hello, Norway.

In professional play they use between one and three dozen in a game. When they are chipped like this one they replace them. This puck is perfectly good for our games and would normally be used again. I like to give the officials a new, frozen puck at the beginning of each game. Freezing the puck makes it slide faster and bounce less. I take three new, frozen pucks to each game. When the puck comes back looking like this I throw it in the coaches practice puck bucket to use during practices. They are made of hard, vulcanized rubber. These ones cost around CA$40 (25 Euros or 290 Krone.) for a dozen. As to othere uses, you put them in a sock and use them as a mele weapon.

For additional authoritative information about hockey, please check out the 1977 hockey documentary, Slap Shot.