Sentence:  Hockey fiction shows that the focus on "ludus" in organized hockey threatens to strangle the primal play spirit, which is why <WSD>shinny</WSD> is more easily romanticized than versions of the game that seem to require fighting, that motivate parents to violence, and, at the highest level, give rise to lockouts and strikes. In <WSD>shinny</WSD> the playful core of hockey is retained, while the overly confining rules and restrictions are discarded. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.