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Ice hockey penalties

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Altercations often occur near the goal after a stoppage of play, since defensive players are extremely concerned with protecting their goaltender. All rulebooks call for penalties if an offensive player interferes with a goaltender’s ability to defend the goal. A typical game of ice hockey has two to four officials on the ice charged with [...]
Ice hockey game

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Typical layout of an ice hockey rink surface Ice hockey is played on a hockey rink. During normal play, there are six players per side on the ice at any time, each of whom is on ice skates. There are five players and one goaltender per side. The objective of the game is to score [...]
Ice hockey equipment

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

The hard surfaces of the ice and boards, pucks flying at high speed (over 160 kilometers per hour (100 mph) at times), and other players maneuvering (and often intentionally colliding, AKA checking) pose a multitude of inherent safety hazards. Besides ice skates and sticks, hockey players are usually equipped with an array of safety gear [...]
The Professional Era in ice hockey

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Ice hockey in Europe; Oxford University vs. Switzerland, 1922. Future Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson is at right front. In North America, two openly professional leagues emerged: the National Hockey Association in 1910 and the Pacific Coast League shortly after. In 1914 these two leagues competed for the Stanley Cup before World War I forced [...]
Foundation of the modern game in ice hockey

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

The original Stanley Cup, in the Hockey Hall of Fame vault. The development of the modern game centred on Montreal. On March 3, 1875 the first organized indoor game was played there, as recorded in the Montreal Gazette. In 1877, McGill University students, James Creighton, Henry Joseph, Richard F. Smith, W.F. Robertson, and W.L. Murray [...]
History of ice hockey

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Dutch burghers playing a game that looks much like ice hockey. Games between teams hitting an object with curved sticks have been played throughout the world since prehistoric times. The word “hockey” has been used since the 16th century, but its etymology is uncertain. It may derive from the Old French word hoquet, shepherd’s crook, [...]
Ice hockey

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Ice hockey, referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is one of the world’s fastest sports, with players on skates capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces. The most prominent ice hockey nations are Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, [...]