Tents sprout from the parking lot. Workers have even built makeshift entrances and emergency exits to handle the hundreds of athletes and spectators expected to watch the floor-hockey competition beginning Sunday. Karl Aughe as he assembled one of the rink's plastic yellow floors. He and other volunteers from the 98th Maintenance Company and the Charlie Company's 84th Engineers spent most of Friday erecting the rinks, which were donated by National Bank of Alaska. The Army's craftsmanship will get its first test today when 53 delegations begin practicing for the eight-day hockey competition, which runs Sunday through March 11, said Todd Heesch, who is coordinating the setup and is in charge of the venue.
Floor hockey is like ice hockey, but without the ice, skates, winged sticks and hard pucks.
Players, who wear tennis shoes, carry poles and use a doughnut-shaped puck. They move the puck by inserting their poles through the ring. It's not the first time the FedEx hangar has played host to floor hockey. This year's floor hockey event is much larger, with more than 1,200 athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators expected to show up. Please tell us your thoughts about this topic.