I was pleased to see that my suggestion was appealing enough for you to actually construct a test case. Even more impressed that it worked; so few of my ideas do.

My suggestion was inspired by my powered watch winder...

Powered watch winder

which was later obsoleted by finding the detent on the winder stem so that the date could be advanced without winding through 24 hours.

I live in an area where ice hockey is relatively unknown (thank Zeus) so, were I to build one, I would have to use rubber laboratory stoppers, of which I have a good supply...

Fish hook storage