[3] The film is an examination of the changing culture of pond hockey.

Director Tommy Haines and his Minnesota crew chronicle the changing culture of hockey through interviews with Wayne Gretzky, Neal Broten, Sidney Crosby, and local rinkrats, interwoven with the story of the first ever U.S. Pond Hockey Championships.

Pond Hockey showed at several North American film festivals and ultimately aired nationally on the NHL Network.

The film was hailed as the "best and purest hockey movie ever" by ESPN's John Buccigross and one of Indiewire's "10 Great Sports Docs".

[4] The film was also included in the New York Times coverage of outdoor hockey's article "N.H.L.