No mallets. You stand at your end of the rink with a jack under each corner. Lift them and the puck slides away downhill, while the player at the far end lifts the same table back at you.
Host a game and send your friend the code, or type in the code a friend sent you.
Red playerA lifts your left cornerD lifts your right corner
Blue player← lifts your left corner→ lifts your right corner
Hold a key to jack that corner up. Let go and it settles back down. Lifting drains stamina, and holding both corners up drains it three times as fast, so pick your moments. Two players on one screen get a split view, one from each end. On a touchscreen, hold the pads by your corners. V switches to an overhead camera, P pauses, M mutes.