Patent ID: 6966853

Claim:
A hockey practicing device for hitting hockey pucks on and retrieving said hockey pucks, said device comprising: a panel having a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, a top side and a bottom side, said top side having an apex extending from said front edge to said back edge and positioned between said first and second side edges such that a first portion and a second portion of said top side are defined, said first portion being angled toward said first side edge and said second portion being angled toward said second edge; a platform being attached to and extends away from said front edge, said platform lying in a generally horizontal orientated plane; a net being attached to said top side of said panel and being positioned nearer said back edge than said front edge, said net generally resembling a hockey goal having an open side facing said front edge; a pair of conveyor belts, each of said conveyor belts being positioned along one of said first and second side edges of said panel and along sides of said platform such that pucks sliding down said panel move onto one of said conveyor belts; and each of a pair of motors being operationally coupled to one of said conveyor belts for rotating said conveyor belts in a first direction such that said pucks are moved toward said platform.