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For the Love of Ice Hockey
This is a game that sets standards apart from other sports, this is a game that is exciting and fast paced, this is a game that you can watch non-stop and still want more, this is Ice Hockey! I love ice hockey and consider it the best sport invented so far. Here are some quick facts:
a.) Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey in Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Sweden and the United States, is a team sport played on ice.
b.) Equipment you need to play the game include hockey sticks, hockey skates and protective gear like helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, mouth guard, protective gloves, heavily padded shorts, athletic cup/jock, shin pads, chest protector, and a neck guard.
c.) 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.
d.) For most penalties, the offending player is sent to the penalty box and his team has to play without him and with one less skater for a short amount of time. Most penalties last for two minutes unless a major penalty has been assessed.
e.) A typical game of ice hockey has two to four officials on the ice, charged with enforcing the rules of the game. There are typically two linesmen who are responsible only for calling offside and icing violations, and one or two referees, who call goals and all other penalties.
f.) A game consists of three periods of twenty minutes each, the clock running only when the puck is in play. The teams change ends for the second period, again for the third period, and again at the start of each overtime played.
g.) Variations include sledge hockey and pond hockey
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