Hockey game

Abstract

This invention relates to a competitive board game comprised of a table with sides surrounding the playing surface. Hockey sticks are suspended from transverse bars suspended across the playing surface and slidably disposed between the sides of the table. The table has a goal at each end of the playing surface and the playing surface mates with sides in formed rounded corners. The playing surface is angled between each rounded corner toward the center of the board to provide for a fast game requiring high levels of skill. A 1/8th lip is provided over the edge of the playing surface to keep the puck in play for special Quninning shots.

1 . A sport game playing apparatus comprising: 
 a) a playing surface, wherein said playing surface is smooth and provides low friction, said playing surface having four corners and a center area;    b) a retaining wall, having and upper edge and a lower edge and an inside face and an outside face, wherein lower edge of said retaining wall is rigidly connected to, and depending upwardly from, said playing surface, and wherein said inner face of said retaining wall completely surrounds said playing surface and wherein said lower edge of said retaining wall is connected to each of said corners of said playing surface;    c) a plurality of legs, each rigidly connected to, and depending downwardly from, said retaining wall;    d) at least two goal apertures, formed at opposing ends of said retaining wall;    e) a plurality of control members, slidably disposed between opposing sides of said retaining wall not having said goal aperture, each end of each of said control members extending outside of said retaining wall;    f) control handles attached to one side of each control member outside of said retaining wall;    g) end stop members attached to the side of each said control member opposite each said control handle outside of said retaining wall;    h) at least one playing stick rigidly attached to each control member, wherein each playing stick is disposed over said playing surface and within said retaining wall;    i) wherein each said corner of said vertical retaining wall is curved in a smooth arc manner;    j) wherein, said playing surface is angled in a downwardly direction from each said corner of said playing surface towards said center of said playing surface; and,    k) wherein said playing surface between each goal aperture in said retaining wall and said center of said playing surface between each said goal aperture and said center of said playing area is angled downwardly towards said center of said playing area.    
   
   
       2 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a transparent shield rigidly attached to and depending upwardly from said upper edge of said retaining wall.  
   
   
       3 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each of said control members are metal.  
   
   
       4 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a top rigidly connected to and depending upwardly from said upper edge of said retaining wall and disposed exterior to said playing surface, said top having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outside edge and an inside edge.  
   
   
       5 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 4 , further comprising at least one score keeping apparatus rigidly affixed to said upper surface of said top.  
   
   
       6 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said control handles are comprised of wood.  
   
   
       7 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said control handles are comprised of plastic.  
   
   
       8 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one playing piece insertion aperture in said retaining wall, and is disposed above said playing surface, wherein said playing piece insertion aperture is angled downwardly toward said playing surface.  
   
   
       9 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a metal interface disposed between each said goal aperture and said retaining wall.  
   
   
       10 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 4 , further comprising an exterior retaining wall, having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inside face and an outside face, wherein said upper edge of said exterior retaining wall is rigidly connected to said lower surface of said top, wherein each of said control members are slidably disposed in said exterior retaining wall and each of said control handles and each of said stop members are disposed exterior of said exterior retaining wall.  
   
   
       11 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 10 , further comprising at least one external goal retrieval aperture disposed in said exterior retaining wall.  
   
   
       12 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 11 , further wherein each said external goal retrieval aperture is aligned with each said goal aperture with respect to said center of said playing surface.  
   
   
       13 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 12 , further comprising a metal ring disposed around the exterior of each said goal retrieval aperture and wherein said metal ring is rigidly attached to said exterior retaining wall.  
   
   
       14 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 12 , further comprising a goal deflector, disposed between said retaining wall and said exterior retaining wall and is disposed between said goal aperture and said goal retrieval aperture.  
   
   
       15 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each said playing stick has a stick top, a stick base, a support stick rigidly disposed between said stick top and said stick base, said playing stick further comprising an aperture disposed in said stick support for rigid connection to said control member, said stick base having a front face, a rear face, and disposed between said front face and said rear face is a top face edge, a bottom face edge, an inside face end and an outside face end, wherein grooves are formed in said front face and said rear face of said stick base.  
   
   
       16 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 15 , wherein each said stick base has a curved outside face end.  
   
   
       17 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 15 , further comprising angled support members integrally formed on said each said support face of each said stick and wherein each said angled support member is disposed between said stick top and said stick base.  
   
   
       18 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 15 , further comprising means for rigidly connecting said stick through said aperture to said control means.  
   
   
       19 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising stop means disposed between a said stick and said interior face of said retaining wall.  
   
   
       20 . A sport game playing apparatus, as recited in  claim 15 , wherein said stick top does not extend to said playing surface.