11.   It cited high dealer inventories, a poor performance from its street hockey line and generally soft holiday sales.

12.   Jockey Chris McCarron, who went from playing street hockey in his native Dorchester to the Hall of Fame in Saratoga, N.Y., has decided to retire.

13.   L.A. Gear has signed hockey star Wayne Gretzky to endorse a line of street hockey shoes.

14.   Moog also is a regular participant in the neighborhood street hockey games.

15.   Otherwise, early summer has been full of pickup scrimmages and hanging out, sometimes for a little street hockey, perhaps with his brother Greg in net.

16.   Sponsor a popular weeklong street hockey event in Tempe.

17.   StreetStars, a program that provides street hockey equipment for underprivileged youngsters, is growing, and the availability of street hockey rinks and ice rinks is expanding.

18.   The catch is that he became pals with Joe Charbanic, having bonded while playing street hockey.

19.   The cup, itself, meanwhile, spent the afternoon serving as the hook for a new street hockey program.