Hockey’s version of Banana Ball is coming to town — and it’s glow-in-the-dark

There’s a fundamental problem that plagues every professional sports league: One team has to lose. Look, no one is saying the best athletes in the world should be content to not keep score and go home with participation ribbons. But no matter what happens, one team’s fans — who paid good money to be there — are going to leave the game feeling shortchanged because their team lost. In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters reimagined the sports viewing experience. Rather than making their games all about winning and losing, they turned them into spectacles. They simply became displays of elite talent, and every fan in the building could have fun no matter what. Cosmic Hockey is following that same model now. Although games will still be competitive, fan experience is at the forefront. It takes one of the fastest, most physical sports in the world and turns off the lights. The puck, goalposts and players’ equipment are all kitted out in neon colors, making them glow under black light.

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