Stacking the pucks...

You have probably seen them on the bords before the ice warming. The pucks. Either in a pyramid or in some more complex pattern.

Ever thought about it? Wonder why someone (the equipmemt manager) takes the time to stack them?

Well. The pucks needs to be cooled down before use. If whey are warm they will just bounce around like crazy. And the players just have 20 minutes of warm up. So they need to be cooled down before that.

And the the time between you get access to the stalls and when the girls get on ice is usually short.

So. To shorten the time it takes for the pucks to cool down you stack them with air between them. And the easiest way is to stack them in i pyramid. But sometimes the EM (Equipmemt Manager) have some time left over. And then we just go crazy.

And yes. I do plan and practise the stacking. One of my ticks before a game. There is more. I will probably cover the ticks in another post.