Customer Reviews

Stiga NHL Stanley Cup Hockey Table Game (Detroit Red Wings / Toronto Maple Leafs)

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Way cheaper than the bubble hockey games that go for over $1000 and still a lot of fun. Plus, the little plastic guys never go on strike !!!

The kids love it but some care is needed for the littlest kids so they don't bend the rods or break the players. I'd say from about age 8 or 9 and up should be fine with some basic "ground rules".

The three main ground rules for a long life are 1. Don't touch the players, just the rods; 2. Push the rods back in when you're done playing; and 3. Keep the puck in the goal when not in use. (I'm not sure where to get replacement pucks, I still have the original from my 1980 version.)

Younger than age 8 or 9 should probably be supervised by adults. Teens should really love it, especially if they are hockey fans.

Very cool game. Lots of teams available, too. I've loved this game for 30 years. In fact, my 25 year-old version is still working perfectly. The best part is that my kids (ages 6 through 15) love it just as much as I ever did.

Beats all those video games I don't understand.

This is not bubble hockey. We play bubble hockey and bubble hockey is insanely fun. But Bubble hockey is $1000. This is under $100. It is 100% quality plastic and it does need to be cared for. You will not bang on it or fling the rods, the way you can with Bubble hockey or foos ball, but it is tons of fun.

One big advantage I think over bubble hockey is - there is a real advantage in this game, the way it is designed, to team play and passing the puck. Straight shots on goal will have difficulty going in, but using the wings to pass to the center, if you pull off the center pass, you should be able to beat the goalie with easy.

The other big plus is the players are interchangeable. You can buy teams for about $10 and than change what team is playing what team every game.

Another fun one is that play starts by popping the puck out of the goal - if you do it just right, you can pop it with a perfect arch and it will land in your opponents goal - GOALIE SCORES! A fun little cheat!

A good game.

As a kid, I remember receiving the old, 2d version of this "rod-hockey" game. It was the Flyers vs the Rangers. It consisted of a similar platform, but the players were just flat, black plastic with stickers! The game was so vintage that the goalies still wore the Jason Vorhees goalie masks (or should I say the "Bernie Parent" mask), and the players didn't even wear helmets. Everybody should have had a #8 on their Jersey in the style of Brad Marsh!!! Anyway...eventually Sportcraft came along and put this very same 3d version of the game, and ultimately dveloped a few variants on it. For example, some didn't allow for passing the puck behind the net until tthey came up with the hinged rod (on a universal joint) that let's you set up passes to the slot from behind the net! I remember one of our teachers in Jr. High School - Mr. Stern - set up a table hockey league and the winner's got to keep the game at the end of the year! I personally went through about 4 of these as a teenager...just playing them so much that the components wore down.

I don't know who "Stiga" is as a manufacturer. They are apparently a European group that manufactures sledding gear and so on. Whatever their gig...they did a great job with the specs on this table hockey game. The rods slide smoothly. The gears don't mesh. The players rest level on their pegs so that their sticks don't scrape the ice. The "glass" behind the nets helps to keep quite a few stray wrist shots from flying across the room.

For anybody who always wanted (but couldn't afford or didn't have room for) a classic arcade version of Chexx (aka "Bubble Hockey"), then this is the ideal alternate for you. It's well worth every penny...and I am certain my son and I will get plenty of games in on this puppy before we wear it out. Seemingly even more so than the old Sportcraft version. Thanks to you, Stiga, for keeping this one available to us!

This is an excellent product! We got this for our son's 7th b-day present and we've already had hours of fun with it. Set-up was easy and the quality seems very good. The surface looks like ice, which allows the puck to glide, and the arena boards are decorated with the logos of all the NHL teams. At least one player can reach the puck at all times during play, so there are no "dead spots" on the ice. It's much like the game I remember as a kid, except that the flat metal and plastic players have been replaced with authentic-looking 3-D Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings players. The fact that my wife is from Ontario and grew up a Leafs fan adds to the excitement. Hockey fans will love the game, but any kid (and parent) who likes air hockey or foosball will enjoy the competition.

I'm not busting on the game but...the top needed to be secured better with glue. The players sticks are too thin that sometimes the shot goes right over the puck...these misgivings were all "tweaked" by gluing the top down better as previously mentioned and by adding pieces of plastic onto the business end of the sticks with epozy so that better contact was made with the puck.
Also, the pucks of old had a small ball bearing held within a hard plastin outter ring. You could maneuver that puck much, much better.
All in all though, my grandkids have left the video games and are now becoming hockey legions. A great, fast moving game. Provides much happiness.

I ordered the Stiga hockey table as a surprise Christmas gift for my 2 sons, ages 15 and 23. They both think it's really cool and fun to play with, even in this age when video games rule! This table-top hockey table is very sturdy, and just the right size. The design of the table and players is very realistic, and you can even replace the teams that come with the table (the Red Wings and Maple Leafs) with your favorite teams (sold online). I highly recommend the Stiga hockey table as a family game for anyone (and not just hockey fans).

I purchased this game based on the great reviews it was given here on Amazon and I was really disappointed when I received this product. This review will go against the grain of most here...

I originally purchased this for my two boys (and myself). My oldest son really got into hockey this year and I thought this would be a fun way to keep his interest during the offseason... (hey the Islander and Rangers didn`t make the playoffs so the seasons over). I also figured this would be a cool way to get my younger son (4) slowly into the game as he watched his older brother and me play. He wasn`t interested in playing in a league so I figured this may be the next best way to get him hooked.

The game arrived today and the first thing that struck me was when UPS delivered it, the game shipped in its original box. Considering it traveled 500+ miles, I can only imagine the drops and hits it took on its journey. The box was roughed up a bit but our excitement was still strong.

When we opened the box, my kids excitement grew but mine quickly gave way to disappointment.

After removing all the pieces and starting to construct the game, we discovered that several pieces were missing and the side boards had scuff marks on them as if it had spent some time next to someones sneaker so most likely we received a product that was used already and beaten up a bit.

Aside from this is the disappointment is the build quality which is really a shame. The only metal parts are the rods that control player movement. Aside from that, this product is made of thin plastic and the ice surface is a joke. I guess if you put the players on the rods, it`ll keep the plastic sheet on the game but we never got that far because we discovered that a leg was missing.

I cannot honestly write a good review on a product that costs $90 that is made of several pieces of plastic snapped together and a thin sheet of paper to mimic the ice surface. So tomorrow morning, this product will be returned, refunded and I`ll look elsewhere for something worth my $$$.

We also ordered several more teams just to make it more interesting and play a mini season but those teams did not arrive yet. When the Islanders and Blackhawks do get here, they`ll be wondering where the rink went.

Let me be clear, this was a fun game to play. But it took power tools to adapt the pieces to get them together. Malformed players didn't go onto the pegs, cheap stuff, flimsy plastics. Don't buy this online, get one you can test in the store. The packaging was just the box it goes on the store shelves with, take your chances on this one.

I used to have a game like this when I was a kid. Guests on the holdiay also had interesting comments/memories of playing the game as kids themselves. Great "old-fashioned" fun! Would recommend it as a gift for all ages. Thanks for promoting a quality product and providing timely delivery for the holidayBought this item as a gift for 8 year old nephew. Don't know who had more fun........my nephew, , his father or me. It was so "heartwarming" to see them all so excited about a gift that didn't need batteries or need to be hooked up to a computer or tv to use and enjoy. It is not super durable but still a lot of fun.

The game is a lot of fun. As many others already mentioned, it's a bit flimsy. What I had in the 80s was made a LOT sturdier. However, it hasn't yet fallen apart after about a month of heavy use.