Hockey birthday party ideas

Updated October 9, 2026

A hockey birthday works at a rink party room or in a basement. Some skating if you can, food shaped like hockey things if you're ambitious, and something for everyone to do when they're off the ice. A four-player hockey video game on the TV covers that last part, and it's free.

At the rink

• Book the party room around a public skate, or rent ice for half an hour of shinny.
• A shootout contest on the ice, or in the game: its Shootout mode keeps a top-10 board, so the birthday kid can try to put their initials on it.
• A TV in the party room with Brudvig Hockey 2027 and four controllers. Kids rotate in while the cake gets cut.

At home

• A video game tournament. Teams of two on the TV, a printable bracket on the fridge, a trophy from the dollar store.
• Mini sticks in the hallway, with a parent-approved list of things not to hit.
• Hockey food: puck-shaped cookies, a rink cake with blue lines in icing, orange slices at intermission.
• Jerseys: ask everyone to wear one. The ones with the wrong team's jersey are the opponents.

Setting up the game

A TV, a computer or laptop, a cheap USB hub and four USB controllers. Open brudvighockey.com in Chrome, press Rink Lobby Mode, and each kid presses A to join and picks a side. Guests can also join from a phone by scanning the QR code. The full walk-through with a diagram and the exact controllers and hub we use is in the setup guide.