Hockey Party Ideas

Shoot and score with these hockey party ideas. Your event will hit the crowd with a 2 minute penalty for having too much time. So, with 2 minutes for dancing, an icing call on eating too much cake, and more, the party will definitely go into overtime. This is great for your guests who will want to stay until the very end to make sure they do not miss any of the fun action.

Hockey Party Invitations

Make invitations for your party using different elements of hockey and the game. Here are some hockey party ideas for invitations:

Hockey puck - make your invitations look like hockey pucks by cutting an oval from a colored piece of paper of your favorite team. Then, cut a rectangle of the same width with a rounded bottom from black paper. Then, glue them together with the colored paper on top and write your party information on the colored paper. Say something funny like: “puck yes, it's time for a hockey party”.

Game tickets – make your invitations look like tickets for a hockey game. Write something on the top like: “time to face off at __(name’s)__ hockey party”.

Hockey sticks - on a typical invitation size paper, draw crossed hockey sticks in the middle and write your party information around them.

Hockey Party Decorations

Use the color theme of white, red, blue for the colors of the arena ice and lines
Play “stadium rock” and walk on pump up music
If possible, host the party on the day of your jersey number or your favorite player's jersey number and then display it during the party.
Hang balloons and streamers to match your favorite team
Have Mylar balloons of hockey sticks and player figures
Have different hockey jersey for guests to wear or tell them to bring their own
Wear hockey team baseball caps for party hats
Starting lineup photos - when the guests arrive, take their picture and print them off. Then, display them on a bookshelf or mantel saying “starting lineup”.
Have a light blue table cloth
Have plates, cups, napkins, etc. of hockey theme or your favorite team
Make a big Stanley Cup trophy

Hockey Party Activities and Games

Hockey Hall of Fame - Get a life size cut out of your favorite players. These are fantastic for decorations and also for pictures. Print out the photo of the player with the guests and sign them with a black sharpie (forge the players signatures).

Stick Painting - Get all the guests their own hockey sticks. You can get some wooden hockey sticks for reasonable prices now. Set up a painting stand with permanent paint. This is a fun activity and makes a great party favor.

Play Air Hockey - Air hockey is awesome fun for an indoor party. This game is played usually with two players and the 'puck' floats as it slides across the hockey table. You could even set up an air hockey tournament.

Rent the Rink - Go to your local ice rink and it is possible to rent by the hour. Host the party or part of the party as a skating party. Or it is also possible to go to a "free" skate. These are not free for the cost, but mean free choice skating time.

Pin the Puck in the Net - Who will be the first to score. Make the pucks different to represent the different hockey teams. Sharpie markers and team stickers work wonders.

Who's the Biggest Fan - Face paint, temporary tattoos and nail paint the guests the colors and logo designs of their favorite teams.

Shooting Contest - Who can shoot the most amount of pucks into the net in a certain amount of time. Have a kids net and multiple sticks and pucks (or balls). If you wish you could even blind fold the guests (depending on the age).

Hockey Trivia - Set up some hockey trivia questions

Snowball Fight - Kids love a good snowball fight. Set out some ground rules at the beginning e.g., no rocks or ice in the snowballs, etc. Safety first.

Watch the Big Game - Set up multiple televisions just like at the local bar.

Hockey Party Food

Make a “concession” stand for your food table and have mini hockey nets on the back of the tables.

Snow cones - these are fun and you can have flavors that match your favorite team
Arena food - have food that you could get at a hockey game, like french fries, onion rings, sliders, hot dogs, etc.
Popcorn with chocolates the colors of your favorite team
Order in pizza and chicken wings to watch the game
Hockey pucks - Oreo cookies
Hockey sticks - large pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate
Powder play - small powdered donuts
Arena ice - colored sugar crystal sticks
Go to a sporty restaurant where the hockey game will be on
Vegetable tray that looks like an arena

Hockey Party Drink Ideas:

Soda, bottled water, coffee, and hot chocolate for the non-alcoholic crowd
Keg beer for the older guests - Serve in hockey beer glasses (these come with all the different hockey logos).

Hockey Cake Ideas:

Puck Shaped Cake - chocolate cake with black chocolate icing
Ice Hockey Rink Cake - use a rectangle shaped cake. Ice the cake with vanilla icing tinted white (Wilton colors) and the pipe in the lines. You can also get the hockey figures to place onto the cake (also made by Wilton).
Hockey Logo Cake - This will be different by the different shapes and colors of your favorite team.