Whoa! a hockey chick named spike
Sorry
The only ball hockey I can remember around here was played without skates. That league died out about 4 years ago.
When I started playing hockey back in the late 70's early 80's we used one of those hollow orange pucks, but we'd drill a small hole in the middle and fill it with sand, cover the hole with electrical tape, and then put about 6 or 7 raps of electrical tape around the outside edge of the puck( once we got into highschool the pucks started blow apart from the harder shots.). These things weighed almost as much as a ice hockey puck and my goalie gear consisted of a baseball chest protector, softbal glove, regular players glove for the blocker, home made goalie pads( the only reason I got to play goal was because I owned/made the pads
), and a regular players helmet with a cage........oh yeah, and a CUP!!( which I forgot on a few ocasions......and paid for it! )
We eventually graduated to roller( Quads ), but never once saw of used a ball.
It's kind of funny, some of the guys I grew up playing with, and still play hockey, still wear the quads......they crack me up!