QUINCY , Massachusetts ( CNN ) -- When Warren Lewis played ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles , they won the national title . `` You never get in the game unless you intend to win it , '' he says . Members of the Quincy Bald Eagles hockey team watch the action on the ice . At age 80 , Lewis ' team now is the the Quincy Bald Eagles , a group of senior players who meet three times a week at a local ice arena outside Boston , Massachusetts . `` Kids love to play it , '' he continues , `` and so do old guys , even though it 's slow-motion hockey . '' Out of the 60 players on the roster , five are in their 80s and 23 are in their 70s . The rest are in their 60s . A few players in their 50s are allowed to fill occasional gaps . Three times a week , they meet at the Quincy Youth Arena and divide up into two teams , one wearing black jerseys , the other white . The skills range between those like Lewis , who played in college , to pond hockey players , to those who only started playing in recent years . `` What 's unique about our group , '' says Bill `` Bibby '' Lewis , `` is that people are over seventy years of age still skating . A lot of people our age ca n't even walk . '' Bibby started the group 16 years ago as a way for players to continue after getting a little too old for other hockey leagues . He says it has gone from five players to 60 in that time . In addition to their inter-group games , the Bald Eagles have competed nationally in tournaments for players 70 years and up . It 's a non-checking play of hockey , which means they do n't hit . `` If they do , it 's really accidental , '' says player Dick Lyons . `` If one of us falls , '' jokes Wayne Gauthier , `` it takes two or three of us to pick each other up . '' Watch the Bald Eagles in action » . In the 16 years of the Bald Eagles ' existence , Lyons says , there may have been one or two skirmishes . `` We ca n't hit very hard , '' he adds . Some cruise the ice with skill and handle the puck with precision , while the pace of other teammates might be a bit sluggish . No matter how good they are , however , most of them play for the same reasons . `` I want to stay young , '' says Brian Caputo . He says he 's 73 but is quick to add , with a grin , `` Although I do n't look it . '' John Cusik is another player . `` Health is wealth , '' he says . `` If we could can this , we could sell it . '' At this age , players have various health issues that sometimes keep them off the ice . Bibby Lewis is having trouble with his knee , and Joe Gatreau has missed four months because of his arthritis . This is his first day back . `` There 's not going to be any good shots today , '' he says , laughing . Goalie Bill Parsely feels good today but admits , `` I feel my talents and skills are on a slippery slope to oblivion . '' Besides staying in shape , there are other reasons they show up . Says Dick Lyons : `` Most of us miss the social dimensions of work , and this kind of compensates in a small way for that kind of camaraderie . '' Adds Cusik : `` This is the only place you can go for an hour , hour and a half and all the cares are gone . '' Jack Buonopane sums it up : `` It beats daytime television . That 's for sure . '' When the game is over , the unofficial score has both teams in a tie . The players congratulate and kid each other . Warren Lewis , the former All-American who played for BC , is happy . `` You ca n't get a better game than that , '' he says as he heads off the ice . `` That 's kind of what we play for . '' `` Bibby '' Lewis , who , like Warren , is 80 , will come back to the rink as long he can . Hockey is everything to him . `` We do it , '' he says , `` and we come back for more . ''
Seniors -- the Quincy Bald Eagles -- gather to play hockey . The team is made up of players from all over the country and has been playing for more than a decade. `` A lot of people our age ca n't even walk , '' one player says .