Ringette – It’s Fast, it’s fun, it’s a family
Ringette is a fast team sport on ice, and it was originally developed for girls and women of all ages. Ringette players use a straight stick to pass, carry and shoot a rubber ring to score goals. Ringette is a team sport with no contact allowed.
Ringette is played on ice in a rink. In a ringette game there are five skaters and one goalkeeper from each team on the ice at the same time. Two teams play against each other and try to score goals. A specific rule in ringette is that the ring has to be passed from player to player over blue lines; one individual cannot dominate the game. Between the freeplay line and the end there can only be three skaters from each team at the same time.
Being a non-contact sport, ringette is also very popular in schools’ physical education classes.
Ringette Nations
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and the USA took part in the 2022 World Championships in Espoo, Finland.
Ringette is currently played in Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden, and USA.
For more information on ringette in these countries please visit the following links:
Ringette Czech Republic
Basic rules
Ringette is a fast paced team ice sport. It is played on a regulation ice rink with a rubber ring and straight sticks. While play is in progress, no more than six players (five skaters and a goalkeeper) per team are permitted on the ice at one time.
