With "ice dancing", ballroom dancing is transplanted onto ice. Why not do the same with a much more entertaining pastime, pinball?
A tilted sheet of ice could be placed into a pinball machine with the obstacles and other gadgets frozen right into it. Instead of a ball, the player could use the flippers to knock around a small puck. Of course, due to the difficulty of keeping the ice frozen, the game would probably be best kept outside at a ski resort.-- DrWorm, Feb 20 2010 [+] Distinct possibility of life-threatening injuries to both players and spectators.
[-] Lack of gratuitous, ill-considered and entirely unnecessary employment of pyrotechnics, explosives and/or projectile weapons.
Vote: Neutral.-- 8th of 7, Feb 20 2010 Oh, sorry... I wasn't thinking of a full-sized game. I was just thinking of a small pinball table with ice inside.
*there: I've edited the idea for clarity.-- DrWorm, Feb 21 2010 [+]-- FlyingToaster, Feb 21 2010 Canadian Pinball, cool.
Unfortunately, a puck can get stuck.-- Cuit_au_Four, Feb 21 2010 Pinball using rolled-up Canadians ? Wouldn't that hurt ?-- 8th of 7, Feb 21 2010 Can you get a little zamboni to drive around and resurface between games?-- tatterdemalion, Feb 21 2010 Your idea [+].
Full-size version [++].-- wagster, Feb 21 2010 Ice hockey meets pinball? Hell yeah! [+]-- Wrongfellow, Feb 21 2010 [tatterdemalion]: Uh, yes!-- DrWorm, Feb 21 2010 I love this.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 22 2010 What [wagster] said. You should convert ice rinks into giant ice flipper battle fields, think hungry hungry hippos with 1000 pucks. +-- daseva, Feb 22 2010 random, halfbakery