Ringette - Equipment

Equipment

Required equipment for ringette is:

  • ringette stick - can be wooden, plastic or composite, with rubber, metal or plastic tips.
  • ringette ring
  • player skates (no figure / plastic beginner skates) - goalies may choose to use goalie skates
  • shin pads (or goalie pads)
  • protective girdle
  • ringette pants - covering pants.
  • gloves
  • elbow pads
  • jersey
  • helmet with ringette facemask (must be a triangular mask, or another shape that a tip of stick cannot fit through)
  • neck guard
  • shoulder pads - in some associations/provinces, shoulder pads are optional after U12. In Ontario, shoulder pads are necessary until 18+, other provinces may vary.
  • wrist guards - optional

- also, in some places mouthguards are necessary too but in most places they are not required.

The ringette facemask is much like a hockey one except the bars are situated so that the end of a ringette stick cannot enter the mask. (triangles not squares)

Ringette sticks have tapered ends, with plastic, rubber or metal tips specially designed with grooves to increase the lift and velocity of the wrist shot. A ringette stick is also reinforced to withstand the body weight of a player - a ring carrier leans heavily on his/her stick to prevent opposing players from removing the ring.

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