Question: What are the main differences between pond hockey and traditional?
About the article "Ice hockey", section "Pond hockey".

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Pond hockey is a form of ice hockey very similar in its object and appearance to traditional ice hockey, but far simpler and designed to be played on part of a natural frozen body of water.
The rink is 50-80% the size of a standard NHL-specification rink, and has no "boards" or "glass" surrounding it to add to the convenience of setting up and removing the rink (usually only a barrier of snow keeps the puck in play).
In addition, because there are no protective barriers behind the goal to contain high errant shots, the top of the goal is far lower, in fact only slightly taller than the width of a puck, and the game more often that not does not have a formal goalie.
Because of these differences, pond hockey places more emphasis on skating and puckhandling ability and less on shooting and checking.
Non-competitive pond hockey is often played with no proper goals (shoes and customized pond hockey nets are often used instead), rinks of almost any size and no boards at all (even snow barriers).
There exists a World Pond Hockey Championship and several other events for players to aspire to.
The term "pond hockey" is also often used, especially in Canada, as a synonym to Shinny.
In this context it is meant to describe any form of disorganized ice hockey that is played outdoors, typically on a naturally frozen body of water. 
Pond hockey is a form of ice hockey played generally as pick-up hockey on lakes, ponds and artificial outdoor rinks during the winter.
Pond hockey is commonly referred to in hockey circles as shinny.
Its rules differ from traditional hockey because there is no hitting and very little shooting, placing a greater emphasis on skating, puckhandling and passing abilities.
Since 2002, the World Pond Hockey Championship has been played on Roulston Lake in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada.
Since 2006, the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships have been played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships have been played in Huntsville, Ontario.
The rules of pond hockey generally follow the same set of rules as ice hockey but are typically less strict depending on the players and the level of play involved.
There is also variability in the rules depending on other factors such as how many players there are and what equipment is available.
More rules are often followed in high level play, such as in organized tournaments.
Many ice hockey rules are not observed in pond hockey due to the different playing areas.
Rules such as offsides and icing are often not followed due to the difficulty in their regulation.
One of the other major differences in pond hockey is that checking rarely occurs due to players not wearing the same level of padding as they would playing normal ice hockey.
Another distinctive rule in pond hockey is the concept of picking teams, which usually occurs in pick-up games.
Since teams are generally not organized, they have to be picked before the game starts.
Teams are often either picked by designated captains or by a method known as “drawing sticks” or “sticks in the middle”.
This method involves all the players putting their sticks in a pile where one of the players then separates them into two groups, each with half the sticks.
The players who have their sticks in the same group are then on the same team. 
The exact boundaries of Orchard Pond Plantation are not available.
What is known is that Orchard Pond lay between Lake Jackson and the Ochlockonee River to the west.
The land is bisected east to west by Orchard Pond Road, a rural county dirt road.