Play Hit the Ice Online

Summary

Hit the Ice (sometimes billed as "Hit the Ice: The Video Hockey League") turns a standard rink into a cartoon‑style brawl. Each side fields just three skaters – a forward, a defenseman and a goalie – and the usual rulebook is tossed aside for tripping, elbowing and even groin kicks, all of which simply make the loser wobble for a few seconds. The real kicker is the chargeable "super shot" that can knock the opposing goalie into the net, and when a team falls behind a "super drink" can turn every puck into a super shot for a short burst. The roster is a tongue‑in‑cheek parade of spoofed legends like Iven Yakashev and "Gunner" Hall, adding a layer of humor to the chaos. In the U.S. arcades the game raked in an average of $192.25 per unit in late 1990, and it even topped the PC Engine charts in the U.K. the following year.