If you saw Tales of the arabian knights you will remember the lamp that spins.
The lamp in this case could be a defending hockey player that spins and deflects the puck from going into the net.

Imagine this, three periods, if you score on the goalie the score advances for team 1, if the ball drains, the score advances for team 2.
When the period time expires, all solenoids turns off and the ball drains but no score is awarded and the next period advances.

If no score after 3 periods, your periods shorten and you go into overtime.
Your backglass display would show score team 1, score team 2, time countdown clock, period number, shots on net (puck hits goalie) or goalpost.

Different concept then your original design.

Also launching the ball could be similar to the Grid Iron setup, so no plunger would be required. Draw back to this is no skill shot.

Well, when you make this just be prepared to win the title of best DAD EVER!!!!

I think though you might want a third flipper somewhere like in a faceoff circle so that you can from the wall shoot it into the net. Really like the layout though. Simple, but could be really fun...

Only thing I don't like is the timed nature of the games. Not a fan of timed games.
If you do have a timer... Maybe have a way to make it longer, like goin Nuts did...
Just my thoughts, which don't mean anything.

The left orbit seems kinda wasted just going into a pop. That could be the one timer lane. You could close off the top corner a bit and it could be like the beast lair on paragon, call it the fight corner or penalty box. Like the third flipper idea could go just above the upper right sling.

The divider between the right inlane and outlane seems too low - it's gonna be _hard_ for a ball to hit that inlane from above.

The left out lane needs a kick save (and a beauty!) Maybe also have the 3 targets relight the kick save aka t2?

I'm brainstorming my own hockey themed custom pin and I gotta say I really like the one timer lane! A 3rd flipper to the top right could be used for a tic tac toe goal (bottom flipper to target, to top right flipper to goal)

How about another flipper up on the right side. When I hear the name “one timer hockey” I immediately think about a quick pass up to the net and someone there to shoot it in. It would be cool to have a “one timer” shot that had to be made on the fly. Not stopping to line it up.

I like where this is going though. It’s a novel idea that could be really awesome if done well.

I really like the “shooting” lane you have going on. I am getting a symetrical feel from this game that you might find appealing. Maybe have a shooting lane on each side for a left or right shot. Then put the drops between them, and have then on a timer. You drop the targets to open up the middle but they dont stay down.

Maybe two sets of drops up the middle and if you get them both down its a “break away”?

I am wondering how the upper left shot works into the pop bumper. If you end up moving the drops to the middle, maybe put a pop on each corner to simulate checking around the net?

What would be really cool would be a goalie mech with a stick. He would lift the stick to push the ball away, but also reveal the 5 hole. Not sure theres enough clearance to make him big enough. If you made him big, maybe the ramps could be like champion pub or have flaps for top corner shots, and flaps up for lower shots.

Very cool idea. So many ideas could be had here. Ive always wanted an ice fever.

I have always wanted a hockey new game, I think a World Cup Soccer would work well for a retheme.

Make it an option on the auto plunge to go straight to the flipper or shoot up top,different idea

short version of vp subway (assuming using vpx), enable fall through on a kicker object sized appropriately, build walls and ramps with negative heights for the actual subway. or if using the latest vpx.6 beta you can also use a primitive playfield mesh with holes in it for the ball to fall through, this is a little more complicated. at the lower end you will need a kicker set onto the subway surface to kick the ball back up to playfield height, check through commandreference.txt for kicker commands for inclination to send straight up

Or shoot into the goal option

That looks amazing! Fantastic evolution of design. Do you plan on making it a more complete vpx table? I'd add it to my vpin

Looks sweet!

You could probably add flaps to the ramps to lift them and add an orbit shot if you wanted.

It could be cool to add a whirlpool feature to the plunge. It could add a skill shot, get x# of loops before the ball drops into the inlane, or a random point value for each ball based on the roulette wheel score from the plunge. Or a random reward for each ball (like 2x, 3x, ect) Just another way to change it up a bit between balls.

The 3 drops look tough to hit directly, kinda more of a rebound shot. Maybe move them around a bit to tweak their location.

You could add a mid playfield something (think f14 or a pop up troll) that prevents shots from the bottom flippers into the goal directly.

I like where this is heading. Looks simple and fun

if you wanted to get real fancy you could have some of those long range opto sensors that P3 has and compute the ball trajectory as it heads towards the goal and have a goalie try to move in front to block it.. AI hockey pinball.

A few things... First I really like the addition of the 3rd flipper. It adds to the one timer theme.
And I really think simple game... But, could be fun especially you could do a head to head mode. Where as you said its timed games. And you play against a friend not for points... But, goals.
I would still have points though... But, those points would be used to get more time. Just a suggestion. That way, there is a risk reward of going for points and going for goals. And maybe if you do combos or something it increases the time gained...

Last what program did you use to design that... Visual Pinball???? Just curious is all.