We were on the April 27th (2002) Magic 7 day Eastern cruise. And YES they did have NHL skills competion (for kids and adults). I'll check the time from our Navigator, but i think it was Thursday afternoon. They ALSO had a NHL challenge as onbe of the daily kids activities. I I also think it was on St. Maarten day (afternoon).
For those of you that would like to know how the contest works, here it is:
That split you up into two groups (one kids and one adult group)
Each person gets seven shots on goal from half court. This is about a 25 foot shot.
They use a standard street hockey net, BUT then they lay a deck chair down in the goal mouth (this is the goalie)
So you have about 6 inches on each side and about 18 at the top. Its a bit windy up there too.
I have to brag a bit but my son won the kids cometion and I won the adults. They gave us each a nice medal. However, they did not give awards for 2nd and 3rd place, which kind of stinks.
If there is a tie they have the ones who tied shot 5 balls to break the tie.
A HINT TO THE ADULTS. If you can use a kids stick for the contest. The blades on the adult sticks are very worn and TOO flexible, so its hard to get a accuarate shot.
And don't shoot too hard, and don't panic if you miss the first couple. But on our cruise it took 6 out of 7 to win.
Good Luck!
