Ringette rink
A ringette rink is an ice rink designed for the team sport of ice hockey which has been modified to enable ringette games to be played. Though some ice surfaces are designed strictly for ringette, these ice rinks with exclusive lines and markings for ringette are usually only created at venues hosting major ringette competitions and events. Most ringette rinks are found in Canada and Finland.
Playing area, size, lines and markings for the standard Canadian ringette rink are similar to the average ice hockey rink in Canada with certain modifications.[1][2][3][4]
Early in its history, ringette was played mostly on ice rinks constructed for ice hockey and broomball and was mostly played on outdoor rinks since few indoor ice rinks were available at the time.[5]
Rink Lines and Markings[edit]
Since ringette rinks are essentially ice hockey rinks with additional lines and markings, some lines and markings used in ice hockey are not used in ringette.
Rink Dimensions[edit]
- Width/End Zone: 25.9 metres or 85 feet.
- Length: 60.96 metres or 200 feet.
Zones[edit]
The ringette rink is divided into three major zones:
- End zones - (2)
- Centre zone/Neutral zone - (1)
- Free play zone - (2)
End Zones[edit]
There are two end zones on opposite sides of the ringette rink, each of which involve the space between the blue line and the end boards. Each end zone includes:
- Blue Line - (1)
- Free Play Line (aka Ringette Line) - (1)
- Free Pass Circle (2)
- Free Pass Placement Dots - (4)
- Goal Crease - (1)
- Goal Line (aka End Zone Line) - 1
Centre Zone/Neutral Zone[edit]
- Free Pass Circle - (1)
- Free Pass Placement Dots - (2)
- Red Centre Line - (1)
- On-ice Official's Crease
Free Play Zone[edit]
The Free Play Zone is the space between the blue line and free play line in an end zone. There are no markings within this area.
Lines and Markings[edit]
Red Centre Line aka Red Line or Neutral Zone Line[edit]
Divides the ends of the ice occupied by each team.
Ringette Goal Crease[edit]
Rink markings include the goal crease. The goal crease is a zone in front of the goal mouth where only goalies are permitted. The goal crease in ringette is larger than the goal crease in ice hockey.
Goal Line[edit]
The goal line extends lengthwise across the rink in the end zone near the end boards. Its role is to help determine when goal has be scored. The ring must completely cross this line inside the net in order for a team to score a goal, and cannot be touching the line in order to count as a goal.
Free Play Line (aka Ringette Line)[edit]
The red line at the top of the defensive circles is called the Free Play Line. It marks the restricted area of each team's attacking/defending zones.
Blue line[edit]
The ringette rink includes markings for two blue lines. These lines help divide the ice into three major sections: centre ice and the two end zones.
Players are not permitted to carry the ring over either of the two blue lines either singularly or in combination. Players can only advance the ring over the blue line by passing it to another player. The ring must be passed over each blue line.
There is no offside in ringette.
Free pass circle[edit]
The ringette rink includes five free pass circles, one at centre ice, and two in each of the respective end zones. Each circle is divided in half by a line, with the exception of the free pass circle at centre ice which is divided by the centre line.
Placement dot[edit]
Each free pass circle has two free pass placement dots. One of each of these two dots is placed on either side of the dividing line.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ringette Canada Line Markings" (PDF). Canadian Recreation Facilities Council. 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Rink Line Markings Ringette". BC Ringette Association. Retrieved July 24, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ringette Canada Line Markings Ontario". Ontario Recreation Facilities Association, Inc. Retrieved July 24, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Rink Markings". Prince George Ringette. Retrieved July 24, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Redmond, Gerald (1982). The sporting Scots of nineteenth-century Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Associated University Presses Inc. p. 271. ISBN 0-8386-3069-3. Search this book on
External links[edit]
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- The Ice Rink – A Brief History
- Ringette Canada Line Markings
- International Ringette Federation
- Ringette Canada
- Ringette Finland
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