What about Ice Hockey ?

The National Hockey League

Like some of its predecessors

Ice hockey is very well-known and well-liked in Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Latvia and Slovakia. Most

In 1967 the NHL undertook one of the greatest expansions in professional sports history when it doubled in size to 12 teams.

Each team faces each other about 3 times. They try to win the Stanley Cup at the end of the year.

International ice hockey

For much of the 20th century

. Another popular hockey league is the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), which has teams in Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Belarus, Slovakia, China and Croatia. In North America, women play in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and the Western Women's Hockey League

amateur athletes dominated international competition.

In North America and Europe, men's hockey is much more popular than women's hockey. Hockey is played by both men and women at the Olympic games, and at world championships.

In North America and Europe, men's hockey is much more popular than women's hockey. Hockey is played by both men and women at the Olympic games, and at world championships.

Ice hockey began in Canada in the 19th century. There are two types of penalty: The major and the minor.

The minor is the main one the referee will call during a game and the players have to go in the penalty box for two minutes.

Though considered a male sport

The major is when players fight with each other or when someone did something very dangerous. Most of time players are kicked out of the games but in a fight they only get 5 minutes in the penalty box.

The first all-female game was in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, in 1892, and the first world

In the National Hockey League (NHL) there are four referees. Two lineman and two head referee. Only head referees can call the penalty.

championship was held in 1990. Recognizing the growing

For the minor league, the time can be different for each category. Each period starts after the face-off.

hockey is typically played on a standard-size rink shaped like a round-cornered rectangle that is 200 feet

This zone is bisected by the red centre line.

The play is over after a whistle of any referee. After a whistle-blow, the time stops running. Each team can have a maximum of 20 players, including two goaltenders who have a zone to defend. Each team has one captain and two or three assistant captains.

. The lineman can whistle for two reasons: icing and offside. An icing is when a player throws the puck into the zone before he crosses the red line (center line) and an offside is when a player enters the zone before the one who has the puck enters with it.

Rules and principles of play

The goalie rarely leaves his goal area