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75-528: While technically not considered a varsity team, Wilfred Laurier has a university ringette team which competes annually in the Canadian national University Challenge Cup . Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks teams compete in: While technically not considered a varsity team, Wilfred Laurier has a university ringette team which competes annually in the Canadian national University Challenge Cup . The WLU Competitive Cheerleading team has also risen to prominence in

150-415: A "free play zone" (alternatively known as the "extended zone") which exists in each of the rink's two end zones and consists of the area between the end boards and the free play line (or "ringette line"). The ringette line is a thin red line bisecting the rink which is placed atop the free pass circles in the end zone. Only three players from each team are allowed in these zones at one time or a "four in" call

225-485: A bisecting line) with two in each end zone and one at centre ice, four free-pass dots in each of the end zones, two free-pass dots in the centre zone, and a line demarcating a larger goal crease area which is shaped in a semi-circular fashion. Two additional free-play lines (also known as a "ringette line" or "extended zone line") are also required, with one in each end zone. Ringette uses a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for play on an ice surface. The official ring has

300-415: A combination of a ringette-approved helmet, facemask, and throat protector. Moreover, they must also wear genital protection, chest and arm protectors, and pants. On the free hand, also known as the glove side, a glove known as a "catcher" or simply a "glove" is worn. For their glove side, goaltenders may use an ice hockey trapper , an ice hockey blocker , a glove like a player's glove or lacrosse glove, or

375-468: A combination of a shield and tightly spaced wires or similar. At all levels, ringette players must wear a pelvic protector. Goalies in ringette use protective equipment that is similar to the equipment used in ice hockey. While ice hockey goaltending equipment is used, there are a few differences. For example, goalies in ringette wear leg pads and use the same goalie skates and goalie stick as goalies in hockey. Nonetheless, goalies are required to wear

450-411: A diameter of 16.5 cm. Ringette rings have three designs: the official ice ring designed for use on ice, a practice ring , also designed for use on ice known as a "Turbo ring", and the gym ring , designed for use on dry floors for gym ringette . The ring used for the ice game is a blue, rubber pneumatic torus . The gym ringette ring is an orange torus made of a sponge-like material and unlike

525-626: A dominant force in international ringette competitions, winning several gold medals in the World Ringette Championships. The next time Canada competed was at the 1998 Summit Series where both Team Canada Senior and Team Finland Senior competed exclusively in a European tour. The 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships was the first-ever international tournament exclusively for junior ringette players and took place in Prague , Czech Republic . Two different teams represented

600-446: A floor variant of ringette in the 1990s, largely by Ringette Canada. It is meant to be played as a stand-alone activity or as a form of dry-land training to help players develop skills which are transferable to the ice sport. In-line ringette is played as an informal alternative, but a consistent set formal rules have not been codified and sizeable organizing bodies do not exist. Ringette does not have any parasport variant. Ringette

675-508: A free pass is taken in which no one but the player taking the free pass is allowed inside the free pass circle. Once the free pass has been taken and the ring is completely outside of the circle, the other players are allowed to enter the area again. Recreationally, ringette is a game played over two 24-minute intervals. At the sport's top levels, specifically the National Ringette League and World Ringette Championships ,

750-684: A gold medal, the winning junior national ringette team is awarded the Juuso Wahlsten Trophy which was first introduced during the 2019 World Ringette Championships (WRC) in Burnaby , Canada. 2013 was the year Canada sent the first all–Canadian junior national ringette team to the WRC whereas before Canada had sent regional teams to the World Junior Ringette Championships (WJRC) in 2009 and 2012, after which

825-461: A group of girls who had played ice hockey at Espanola High School . Other Northern Ontario communities soon began experimenting with the game in the winter of 1964–65. On May 31, 1965, a set of rules developed by McCarthy were presented by NORDA to the SDMRO which then published them for use in the 1965–66 season. The SDMRO then developed and organized the sport on a larger scale, and in 1969

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900-706: A national association was established, which organized tournaments of more than a hundred matches by the mid-1980s. Ringette spread to Sweden in the early 1980s. The league Ringette Dam-SM was formed in 1994, along with the Sweden Ringette Association was also established in 1994. Ringette was introduced to the Midwestern United States in the mid-1970s and had gained popularity by the 1980s with most activity centred in Minnesota . However, participation fell dramatically in

975-409: A national team, and rather, regional teams competed for the championship instead. Team Alberta, which was composed of members of the province's Calgary Debs who were all-star players from across Alberta, emerged victorious from the tournament. Canada achieved its first unified national ringette team in the 1996 World Ringette Championships . This was a significant milestone for the sport, as it marked

1050-570: A part of the Canada Winter Games program in 1991. The sport is also part of the provincial, winter-based, multi-sport competitions in some provinces. Several cities and regions also have annual ringette competitions. Cross-sport participation is common among Canada's ringette athletes, with some national-level ringette players having also played bandy for the Canadian women's national bandy team . The Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup

1125-462: A ringette goalie trapper a.k.a. "Keely glove", named after a Keely Brown , a former goalie of Canada's national ringette team who helped create the sport's first design. A custom prosthetic Keely glove design has been developed for a one-handed goalie. There are two off-ice variants of ringette: in-line ringette and gym ringette, played wearing shoes. Gym ringette was developed in Canada as

1200-829: Is Canada's championship ringette trophy, awarded annually to the winning team in the National Ringette League. The cup was established by Betty Shields (the fifth President of Ringette Canada ) and was named after Jeanne Sauvé . The championship cup was first awarded at the 1985 Canadian Ringette Championships in Dollard-des-Ormeaux , Québec. There are more than 10,000 ringette players registered to play in Finland. Players participate in 31 ringette clubs, with important clubs in Naantali , Turku , and Uusikaupunki . The national governing body for

1275-416: Is a non-contact winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates , straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female competitors, it has expanded to now include participants of all gender identities . Although ringette looks ice hockey-like and is played on ice hockey rinks ,

1350-682: Is awarded to the league's Most Valuable Player at the end of each season and was first awarded in 1992. The Women's Premier League was formerly known as Ringete ykkössarja. The first division has been played since the 2008 season. During the 2021–22 season, six teams played in the Women's First Division. Canada national ringette team Julie Blanchette (2023) Andrea Ferguson (2023) [REDACTED] Canada 19–0 [REDACTED] Sweden ( Stockholm , Sweden ; April 14, 1996 ) Junior: The Canada national ringette team (popularly known as Team Canada ; French : Équipe Canada )

1425-789: Is awarded to the winner of the President's Pool. Initially organized by the International Ringette Federation as a separate tournament from the World Ringette Championships, the Ringette World Club Championship was a competition held in 2008 and 2011, which featured the best teams from the Canadian National Ringette League , the national Finnish ringette league, SM Ringette , (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja ), and Sweden's, Ringette Dam-SM. The championship

1500-526: Is made and play is stopped with a free pass awarded to the non-offending team. The remaining players must remain behind the ringette line. There is one exception which can be made in higher divisions whereby the defending team is serving a penalty: in such a case, the opposing team may pull its goaltender and send in another attacker , meaning four of its players are allowed into the zone without penalty. Ringette games are played on ice rinks either indoors or outdoors. Playing area, size, lines and markings for

1575-553: Is not a part of the Winter Olympic programme. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked Canada to stage a heritage games event for the sports of ringette, broomball , and lacrosse for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , but the three sports were unable to meet objectives and the event failed to materialize. Ringette Canada receives funding support from Sport Canada. The World Ringette Championships (WRC)

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1650-446: Is not allowed in ringette, though incidental contact may occur. Body checking and boarding are penalized and fighting is strictly forbidden by a zero-tolerance policy. The only type of checks allowed are stick checks, which involve using the stick in an upward sweeping motion to knock the ring away from the ring carrier or by raising the ring carrier's stick upwards by lifting or knocking it, followed immediately by an attempt to steal

1725-692: Is the World Ringette Championships (WRC) which is organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). On the international stage, Canadian teams and Finnish teams have proved to be the most successful and are regularly at the top of the rankings. Several other countries currently organize and compete in the sport including Sweden , the United States , the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, all of whom have national ringette teams though Slovakia has not competed since

1800-515: Is the ringette team representing Canada internationally. Canada has both a senior national team, Team Canada Senior , and a junior national team, Team Canada Junior . Both national teams compete in the World Ringette Championships (WRC) and are overseen by Ringette Canada which is a member of the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Some team members are selected from the National Ringette League . Team Canada and Team Finland have emerged as ringette's major international rivals at both

1875-521: Is the premier international ringette competition between ringette-playing nations, organized by the IRF. Initially held in alternate years, the tournament has been held every two to three years since the 2004 edition with some exceptions. The winning national senior team is awarded the Sam Jacks Trophy . The winning national junior team is awarded the Juuso Wahlsten Trophy . The President's Trophy

1950-412: Is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting a blue, hollow, rubber ring into the opponent's goal net. Skaters use a long straight stick with a tapered end and a drag-tip. Ringette Canada creates the "Official Rules and Case Book of Ringette" for participating parties competing in Canada; it contains the forms, rules, and codes which are used in the sport nationwide. Intentional body contact

2025-633: The 2016 World Ringette Championships . National organizations for the sport include Ringette Canada , Ringette Finland , the Sweden Ringette Association , USA Ringette, the Czech Ringette Association, and the Slovakia Ringette Association. The sport is also played at the semi-professional level in Canada ( National Ringette League ), in Finland ( SM–Ringette ), and in Sweden ( Ringette Dam-SM ), as well as

2100-615: The Sam Jacks Trophy which was first introduced at the world inaugural World Ringette Championships (WRC) in 1990 in Gloucester, Ontario , Canada. A new redesign of the Sam Jacks Trophy was introduced during the 1996 World Ringette Championships in Stockholm, Sweden . 1996 was the year Canada sent the first all–Canadian national ringette team to the WRC whereas before Canada had sent regional teams. In conjunction with

2175-749: The Turku area. The first recorded game in Finland took place on January 23, 1979, and the first tournament took place in early 1980. Meanwhile, Alpo Lindström and his son Jan Lindström brought ringette to Naantali near the end of 1979, the same year Juhani Wahlsten brought the sport to Finland for the first time. Jan had been an exchange student in the United States the previous year, 1978, and had seen girls playing ringette. When he returned to Finland, he founded VG-62 's ringette club, VG-62 (ringette) . The game quickly gained popularity, aided by Canadian coaches who helped establish programs. In 1983,

2250-496: The World Ringette Championships and is home to both Team Finland Senior and Team Finland Junior . Finland has a semi-professional ringette league called SM Ringette , formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja . In English it is known as the Finnish National Ringette League. The league has been in operation since the 1987–88 winter season. The Agnes Jacks Trophy, named after the wife of Sam Jacks ,

2325-503: The first World Ringette Championships in 1990 with six different Canadian senior amateur ringette teams representing the country: Team Alberta (Calgary Debs), Team Ontario, Team Quebec, Team Manitoba, Team Saskatchewan, and Team Gloucester (host). The winners of the 1989 Western Canadian Ringette Championships , the Calgary Debs advanced to the first World Ringette Championships in 1990 as Team Alberta . The team went on to become

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2400-531: The inaugural World Junior Ringette Championships in the Czech Republic , but Canada wouldn't form its first, single representative all-junior national team until 2013 . The 1998 World Ringette Championships were replaced by a Summit Series between Team Canada and Team Finland , both of which were senior teams. Team Canada finished in second place while Team Finland finished in first. Canada's first appearance in international ringette took place at

2475-419: The standard Canadian ringette rink are similar to the average 85-by-200-foot (26 m × 61 m) Canadian ice hockey rink with certain modifications. An exception exists for European ice hockey rinks which may be slightly larger in size. A ringette rink uses most (but not all) of the standard ice hockey markings used by Hockey Canada but with additional markings: five free pass circles (each with

2550-533: The university and college level . In Canada, the sport is a part of the Canada Winter Games programme and the annual Canadian Ringette Championships serves as the country's premier competition for the sport's elite amateur athletes. The sport's first international tournament was hosted in Finland in 1986. Two teams compete against each other on an ice rink while wearing ice hockey skates and using other ringette-specific equipment. The objective

2625-425: The "free play line" a.k.a. as the "extended zone line". When attempting to gain possession of the ring, ringette's blue line rule prohibits players from carrying the ring over either of the blue lines bisecting the ice surface and players are thus required to pass the ring over each line to another teammate to advance the play. In addition, only the goaltender may enter the goaltender's crease, and before each play

2700-487: The Canadian senior representative; it has won the competition twice, in 1996 and in 2002 . Team Canada Junior first competed in the World Junior Ringette Championships . The 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships marked the first time an international competition took place specifically for junior players between ringette playing nations. The tournament was created separately from the major competition between senior national teams (the World Ringette Championships ) and

2775-571: The Czech Ringette Challenge Cup, it is one of Europe's premier ringette tournaments played every April, July, and December. The tournament typically features ringette teams from Finland, Sweden, and Canada. Competing divisions include under-14 (U14), under-16 (U16), and under-19/open. Ringette is played in all ten Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories. An average of 30,000 players register to play

2850-704: The Ontario Ringette Association (now Ringette Ontario ) became the first provincial ringette association in history and was formed as a provincial governing body with a $ 229.27 provincial government grant and 1,500 players in 14 locations. The sport was introduced to Manitoba in 1967 and the province's first team, the Wildwood, was created two years later in Fort Garry, Winnipeg . In Canada, ringette spread to Manitoba, Quebec , Nova Scotia and British Columbia . To better organize

2925-514: The World Ringette Championships) with the exception of very young players and some of the lower divisions. If the shot clock goes off during the play, the goaltender gets the ring. The ringette rink uses five free pass circles, each of which has a bisecting line. The start of every quarter begins with a free pass from the free pass circle at centre ice. During the rest of the game, free pass circles are used for restarting

3000-565: The acceptance of the female population as indicated by lack of growth. Ringette is a new attempt to provide a winter team sport, on skates, for girls. The idea for the new game was first introduced at a general meeting between the members of NORDA in January 1963 in Sudbury, Ontario. The first ringette game took place that fall in Espanola, Ontario under the direction of McCarthy between

3075-463: The best in the conference, winning Vanier Cup national championships in 1991 and 2005 . The team has also won 12 provincial championships, including eight Yates Cup championships. The program has been led by head coach Michael Faulds since 2013. The Golden Hawks women's varsity hockey team has become very successful, winning their first OUA championship in their 1998–1999 season as well as winning in seven consecutive years (2004–2010). Overall,

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3150-705: The case of the traditional wire cage ringette masks in North America, the bars are shaped like triangles rather than squares and are designed so that the end of a ringette stick cannot enter the mask. Similar North American designs exist but must meet certain safety specifications required by the CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association or "CSA"). European ringette cage and bar styles may differ. Some players wear clear plastic shields but half-visors are illegal. Some masks are

3225-491: The country: Canada East, and Canada West. This marked another important moment in the history of the sport, as it was the first time that nations specifically competed against each other with their best young players, all of whom were U19 (Under-19). Later, the junior tournament merged with the senior tournament at the 2013 World Ringette Championships during the 50th anniversary of the sport. That same year, Canada established its first-ever all-junior national ringette team, taking

3300-559: The fact that it had the same acronym as the world event. The International Ringette Federation (IRF) is the highest governing body for the sport of ringette. There are four member countries: Canada, Finland, the USA, and Sweden. Historically, Canada and Finland have been the most active ambassadors in the international federation and regularly send teams to demonstrate how ringette is played in countries including Japan, Australia, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, and South Korea. Ringette

3375-424: The first single representative Canadian team for ringette internationally, forming roughly 15 years after the death of Sam Jacks in 1975, the Canadian identified as the sport's inventor. Until 2009, Canada only had world representation in ringette at the senior level due to the fact that it was the only level available for elite international ringette competition. Canada created two teams which formed in 2009 for

3450-421: The first time that only one team represented the nation in international ringette competitions. Previously, regional teams, like Team Alberta, represented Canada in international tournaments. The formation of this national team paved the way for greater standardization in the sport and allowed Canada to bring its best players together to compete on the world stage. The Canadian national ringette team has since become

3525-546: The first to win the World Ringette Championship and the Sam Jacks Trophy . Clémence Duchesneau was named the tournament's top goalie, an award she also claimed at the next tournament. Canada was represented by two separate teams, Team Canada East and Team Canada West , during the 1992 World Ringette Championships and the 1994 World Ringette Championships . Since the 1996 World Ringette Championships only one national Canadian team has served as

3600-400: The game after a goal or a violation. At such times, players may not enter the circle unless they are the player making the free pass. If a player is making a free pass, they have five seconds after the whistle blows to either pass the ring to another teammate or take a shot at the opposing team's goal, but they must not exit the circle or cross the bisecting line before doing so. The sport uses

3675-581: The game and acted as an ambassador for the sport until her own death in April ;2005. She received the Order of Canada for this work in 2002. Ringette Canada initially had little money and received no assistance from the Canadian federal government though the sport grew significantly between the 1970s and 1980s. In 1979, former professional Finnish ice hockey player and coach Juhani Wahlsten introduced ringette to Finland at girls' ice hockey practices in

3750-483: The game is divided into four quarters, with each quarter lasting 13 minutes. A 30-second shot clock is used to prevent players from running out the clock , improve the flow of the game and increase the speed of play. The rule was first introduced in Canada in 2002 and went into effect for age groups which used to be known as the junior, belle, and open divisions. The 30-second shot clock is now used almost universally in all age groups as well as internationally (including

3825-457: The ice ring, is not hollow. The ringette "practice ring" ( a.k.a. "turbo ring") is not a torus, but a small open disk (a toroid ) used on ice to help ringette players develop and hone pass receiving skills and is typically either orange or blue. First designed in Canada in 1997, the Turbo ring is safe to use when shooting on goalies, doesn't break, and slides like an official ice ring but is half

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3900-684: The last few years having won 6 national championship titles at the University National Cheerleading Championships conducted by Power Cheerleading Athletics. The Golden Hawk Cheerleaders have been ranked in the top five squads in the nation at least 8 times in the past 10 years, winning 6 national titles in 2007, 2008 (in the All-Female division), 2009 (in the Small-Coed division), 2010 (All-Female Division), and 2011 (All-Female Division). Most recently,

3975-540: The mid-1990s when ice hockey was endorsed over ringette as an official high school sport for girls. In 1986, the World Ringette Council was founded in Finland to promote and develop the sport internationally and to establish international competitions. The World Ringette Championships were first held in 1990. The following year, the World Ringette Council changed its name to the International Ringette Federation (IRF), possibly to avoid confusion due to

4050-472: The opportunity to play their sport in several provinces. The National Ringette League (NRL) is Canada's semi-professional ringette league for elite ringette players aged 18 and over. Canada's elite ringette players compete in the annual Canadian Ringette Championships . There are championships for under-16 years, under-19 years, and the National Ringette League (the Open division prior to 2008). Ringette became

4125-524: The opportunity to send upcoming players to the merged junior-senior tournament. The creation of the all-junior team allowed Canada to continue its tradition of success in the international scene and also provided a pathway for young players to represent their country on a global stage. Canada was initially represented by six different amateur ringette teams at the inaugural World Ringette Championships in 1990 which took place in Gloucester, Ontario , Canada . In 1996 , Canada's national ringette team became

4200-456: The opposing team's net. Goal nets used in ringette are identical to those used in ice hockey (6 by 4 feet [1.8 m × 1.2 m]). Ringette goaltenders are the only players allowed to play the ring with their hands but must do so from within their goal crease which only they can enter. After stopping a shot on the net or receiving a pass, they have five seconds to throw, push or pass the ring to another player. In comparison to ice hockey ,

4275-522: The program has featured 11 conference champions, with the most recent coming in 2014. The team won their first and only national championship in 2005. The team has been led by head coach Kelly Paton since the 2018–2019 season. Future Olympian Sam Schachter competed in volleyball for the Golden Hawks, with whom he was Ontario University Athletics Rookie of the Year. Ringette Ringette

4350-405: The ring. Sticks may not be raised above shoulder height and high-sticking is penalized. In ringette, teams during play are divided into two units of six players: one centre, two forwards, two defenders , and one goaltender. The players take up specific formations and roles when defending or attacking. The goal of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting the ring into

4425-444: The rules of ringette differ in several ways. There are no offsides , or icing . Ringette games are typically played on ice surfaces used for playing ice hockey but use different lines and markings; a ringette rink is augmented with lines and markings specific to ringette instead. Ice hockey rink markings such as hash marks and face-off dots are not used in ringette. In addition, a ringette rink uses extra lines and markings such as

4500-488: The senior and junior level. Some of Canada's national teams have been inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame . Canada's first appearance in international ringette began at the inaugural World Ringette Championships which was the 1990 World Ringette Championships , when Canada sent six different regional teams from across the country to represent the nation. At that time, Canada had not yet established

4575-422: The size. Practice rings don't collect snow and come in different high-optic colours for easy visibility. The equipment players wear is similar to that used by ice hockey players but involves a few differences. Required equipment for ringette players includes the following: Ringette sticks are straight and have tapered ends with metal or plastic drag-tips designed with grooves to increase the lift and velocity of

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4650-407: The sport annually. Ringette Canada is the country's national organizing body and promotes the sport. It established the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in 1988. Canada selects two national ringette teams for international competition: Team Canada Junior and Team Canada Senior . Both teams compete in the World Ringette Championships . At the university and college level , ringette players have

4725-455: The sport has its own lines and markings, and its offensive and defensive play bear a closer resemblance to lacrosse or basketball . The sport was created in Canada in 1963 by Sam Jacks from North Bay, Ontario , and Red McCarthy from Espanola, Ontario . Since then, it has gained popularity to the point where, in 2018, more than 50,000 individuals, including coaches, officials, volunteers, and over 30,000 players, registered to take part in

4800-533: The sport in Canada alone. The sport has continued to grow and has spread to other countries including the United Arab Emirates. Two different floor variants of ringette are also played: in-line ringette, and gym ringette. Ringette is especially popular in Canada and Finland , having come to prominence as national pastimes in both countries. The premier international competition for ringette

4875-474: The sport nationally, Ringette Canada was founded in 1974. The following year, the sport received national television exposure in an intermission feature during Hockey Night in Canada . The copyright to the official ringette rules, which had been transferred from the SDMRO to the Ontario Ringette Association in 1973, was acquired by Ringette Canada in 1983. After Jacks died in May 1975, his wife Agnes Jacks promoted

4950-441: The sport, Ringette Finland , was created in 1983, four years after Juhani Wahlsten , also known as "Juuso" Wahlsten, introduced ringette in Finland; he is considered the "Father of Ringette" in the country. Former President of Ringette Canada , Barry Mattern, helped introduce ringette to Finland in 1979 when he brought a team over from Winnipeg, Manitoba 's, North End . The Finland national ringette team competes regularly at

5025-412: The team brought home first place at the 2013 (All-Female Division) University Nationals Competition managing to outscore teams from all other divisions, securing the title of Grand Champions. In addition to the program's primarily competitive focus, the team can also be found cheering sidelines at football games, and both men's and women's basketball games. The Golden Hawks football program has been one of

5100-540: The tournament merged with the WRC. Samuel Perry Jacks, commonly known as Sam Jacks , is the Canadian who created the sport of ringette. Ringette's preeminent international award for ringette athletes, the World Ringette Championships, Sam Jacks Trophy , is awarded to the winning team in the Senior Pool and is named in his honour. Mirl Arthur McCarthy , commonly known as "Red", was the Canadian responsible for designing ringette's first set of official rules. Below

5175-450: The winter team sports of girls' broomball and girls' ice hockey. For as long as Municipal Recreation has existed there has been, with some justification, a concern that our sports tended to be male orientated. Over the years attempts have been made to discover or create a new winter court or rink game for girls. Broomball was such a game, and for some time girls' Ice Hockey had a certain success. Neither of these games seemed to have

5250-542: The wrist shot. Sticks must conform to specific rules including those which determine the acceptable measurements for the taper and face of the stick. The stick and the tip must also meet the minimum width measurements.⁣ Sticks are reinforced to withstand the body weight of a player – a ring carrier leans heavily on the stick to prevent opposing players from removing the ring. Ringette facemasks are designed to meet ringette's specific safety requirements and are available in different styles for both goaltenders and other players. In

5325-479: Was created in Northern Ontario , Canada, as a civic recreation project for girls by its two founders, Sam Jacks from North Bay, Ontario , and Red McCarthy from Espanola, Ontario . Jacks is credited with creating the idea for the sport in 1963, following his earlier development of a variant of floor hockey in 1936, which used bladeless sticks and a flat felt disk with a hole in the centre. McCarthy

5400-644: Was discontinued after 2011 due to the fact that competing teams faced financial costs which made the tournament untenable. Traditionally held in Prague , the Czech Lions Cup is the only ringette tournament of its kind in Central Europe. Along with the Finland Lions Cup, it is one of Europe's premier ringette tournaments played every summer. The Finland Lions Cup is a ringette tournament which takes place annually in Finland. Along with

5475-423: Was established by the International Ringette Federation . In 2009, Canada was represented by two different Canadian junior amateur ringette teams, Team Canada East and Team Canada West . At the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships , Canada was represented by two separate teams: Team Canada East Under-19, and Team Canada West Under-19. The first single representative national junior ringette team in Canada

5550-550: Was formed in 2013 after the World Junior Ringette Championships tournament merged with the larger World Ringette Championships and a Junior division was created. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2021 World Ringette Championships were cancelled and therefore there was no Team Canada Junior for that year. In conjunction with a gold medal, the winning senior national ringette team is awarded

5625-575: Was responsible for developing the sport's first rules. Ringette was created in the hopes of increasing and maintaining female participation in winter sports under the existing authority of the Society of Directors of Municipal Recreation of Ontario (SDMRO) and the Northern Ontario Recreation Directors Association (NORDA) due to a lack of success in generating interest among the young female population in

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