The increasing popularity of floor hockey can be attributed to the coverage of the Olympics and growing interest in ice hockey and street hockey. Eight years ago, Changuris began awarding the Changuris Cup, modeled after the Stanley Cup in the National Hockey League, to the winner of the floor hockey championship. The trophy is a small cup with the name of the winning team engraved on the side. One of her fondest memories was when a championship team lifted the guy who scored the winning goal onto their shoulders and kissed the cup. According to Changuris, floor hockey teams form out of friendship, recruiting and gym classes.
Some teams form after a successful team breaks up into two rival teams.
Friends off the floor are enemies on the floor during the intense games. Since starting out mainly as a boys' sport, floor hockey has since diversified. Special teams, such as an all-girls team, a field hockey floor hockey team, and a teachers' team called the Arthritics have appeared recently. The past Graduates often look back on their floor hockey experiences as being the highlight of the winter season. Graduate Lauren Datz, Class of '96, played floor hockey before he graduated in '96.