At this meeting a demonstration of skating and hockey skills was conducted by several members from the community. Approximately 50 people attended the first meeting with 12 volunteers signing up to help. The park district contacted several schools, businesses and churches in an effort to secure a suitable parking lot or asphalt play lot to host the program. The park district itself had no suitable surface available at that time. Highlands each play for a team consisting of 12 members.
Players rotate every two minutes with a stoppage in play.
Players are required to wear complete protective equipment including helmet with cage, hockey gloves, elbow pads, shinguards, protective cup and mouthguard. Over half of the boys and girls in the program were from LaGrange Park. The surrounding communities fed into the program because no other villages offered the activity at that time. Players are required to wear complete protective equipment including helmet with cage, hockey gloves, elbow pads, shinguards, protective cup and mouthguard. Each team is made up of 12 players, and players rotate every two minutes with a stoppage in play.