Cosom Hockey is a fast and exciting indoor form of hockey played in Elementary and High School gyms. We use plastic sticks and an orange plastic puck. Many schools in Canada have the same equipment for use in their PE classes. While Cosom has the same basic concepts of ice hockey and ball hockey, it also has many unique aspects that set it apart. These differences make it a much more accessible sport to kids of all athletic skills and sports backgrounds as well as kids with no experience in sports at all. You can read more about the play of the game and rules on our About Us page and by reading the Coach’s Handbook.

No! In fact we feel we are the best sports value you will find in Richmond among the usual organized sports such as Ice Hockey, Soccer, Baseball etc. The registration fee even includes your jersey which you get to keep and team and player photos as well as participation medals for the Jr. Squirt and lower divisions.

Our league accepts kids from grades 1 through 12. We also have a new coed Adult Division for adults age 18 and up.

Yes! We are co-ed (boys and girls play together). We used to maintain a separate high school age Girls division but due to the smaller number of girls registering it is no longer possible.

Our season runs from mid-October until early March. Dates will vary based on school gym availability, etc. but our season end tournament will always fall before the Spring Break.

All games are on Saturdays or Sundays. We cannot guarantee times as our scheduling is determined by overall enrollment numbers. On our registration page we have a list of which divisions play on which days and approximate times such as morning, afternoon or early evening. We do our best to limit conflicts with other sports and activities but we cannot guarantee there will not be conflicts.

Because all of our coaches are parent volunteers, practice days and times are chosen by the coaches to best suit their schedules. For this reason we cannot tell you when your child’s practice will be until they have been placed on a team and the coach has chosen a day/time from our pool of gym rentals. We can say that all practices are Tue-Thurs (no Mondays/Fridays) at either 6:00, 7:00 or 8:00pm. Typically the younger age groups will get all of our available 6:00pm time slots. You can request your preferred practice day when registering which will assist our coordinators in placing your child on team that practices on that night but it may not be guaranteed.

No! Cosom Hockey is a non-contact sport and rough play is penalized. Excessive or repeated rough play will result ejection from a game and possibly from the league altogether. We have many rules in place for the safety of the players and our referees are trained to keep rough play out of the game. The league motto is “Players play the puck, not the body”.

No experience necessary! Whether your child is just starting out or in high school, we do not require anything more than enthusiasm. Our coaches teach the skills necessary to pick up the game. We frequently have high school age kids joining that have never played hockey before and they pick it up fast!

No! All games and practices are played in Richmond at the same gyms where its warm and dry.

No! All teams have one (1 hour) practice per week and one (1 hour) game per week.

The league supplies all of the sticks, pucks, goalie equipment, etc. The only equipment that parents are required to supply for their kids are knee pads and shin pads. Hard shell knee pads (such as rollerblading pads) are not permitted, but hard shell shin pads are allowed. The league recommends the volleyball style knee pads and the “shin sock” style all-in-one shin pads that are built into socks, or the all-in-one pads that are used in ball hockey.

The league has a supplier for these pads and will arrange for them to be at our gyms during evaluations and other times once the season has begun. www.phantomsports.ca

Here are some examples of acceptable knee pads (top) and 2 types of acceptable shin pads (bottom):