The Complete Handbook of Hockey Goals
A Professional's Field Guide to Selection, Installation, Maintenance, and Business Opportunities
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
Every specification, installation, maintenance, and business detail for hockey goals, in one neutral, practical reference.
About this book
The Complete Handbook of Hockey Goals is the definitive practical reference for anyone whose job or serious hobby involves buying, installing, maintaining, or selling hockey goals. It starts with the fundamentals: how a goal is engineered, why the netting weave matters, how a one-piece frame differs from a knock-down model, and the regulatory landscape that governs goal dimensions and safety. From there it moves into a systematic evaluation framework for comparing products across materials, grades, and price tiers.
Reader Reviews
Christopher Gonzalez
★★★★★Solid reference. I run a two-sheet facility and I've bought goals based on habit for years - this book gave me a concrete checklist for comparing frame thickness, netting gauge, and anchor specs. Chapter 1 alone made me reconsider my current units. The chapter on maintenance is practical and I've already used it. It's not flashy, and sometimes the prose runs a bit dry, but I paid for information and got it. I deducted one star because the business opportunities chapter felt optimistic about margins.
Patricia Taylor
★★★★★Finally, someone wrote a book about hockey goals that isn't a sales brochure. I'm the purchasing coordinator for a youth hockey association, and we replace roughly 40 goals across three rinks every few seasons. The regulatory compliance section in chapter 1 and the maintenance chapter have already saved me from two bad purchases. The glossary at the end is worth the price alone. This is now required reading for our equipment volunteers. I've recommended it to two other rink managers already.
Joseph Lee
★★★★★It's decent, but I wanted more depth in some areas. I build and sell custom street hockey setups, and the chapter on construction techniques didn't go deep enough for me - it felt aimed at buyers, not people who fabricate. The installation section is heavy on ice rink use, with less on permanent backyard installations. What's there is accurate and well-written, just shallower than I hoped. I can see this being very useful for a rink manager or league buyer, but it's not for someone on the fabricating side.
Steven Nguyen
★★★★★I spent 20 years in the sporting goods retail business and thought I knew hockey goals. This book proved me wrong in the best way. The chapter on types and specifications finally explains, in plain English, the difference between a good weld and a failure point, and what the angled steel specs actually mean. The maintenance chapter is worth it for the netting replacement detail alone. It's straightforward, dense with real experience, and no fluff. I've already ordered two copies for my old store's staff.