Facts about Hockey
The sport itself is played on numerous levels, including men and women's NCAA hockey.
Field hockey is played on gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turfs, with a small, hard ball.
North America's National Hockey League (NHL) is the strongest professional ice hockey league, drawing top ice hockey players from around the globe.
The ball is of a similar weight and bounce to a "dead" tennis ball and sticks are identical to roller hockey sticks.
The 116-member governing body is the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Field Hockey has been played at each summer Olympic Games since 1908 (excluding 1924).
Hockey is a sport that is not only one of the major sports in the United States, but also extremely popular throughout the world.
The NHL rules are slightly different from those used in Olympic ice hockey–the periods are 20 minutes long, counting downwards.
Ice hockey is played on a large flat area of ice, using a three inch (76.2 mm) diameter vulcanized rubber disc called a puck.
Roller hockey (Quad) Roller Hockey is the overarching name for a roller sport that has existed long before inline skates were invented.
Roller Hockey was a demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.
Unicycle hockey is similar to roller or inline hockey; however, each player must be mounted on their unicycle—with both feet on the pedal—to play at the ball.
Sometimes the sport is called Quad Hockey, Hуquei em Patins, International Style Ball hockey, Rink hockey and Hardball hockey depending on the part of the world it is played.
Men's ice hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924, and was in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Inline hockey is a variation of roller hockey very similar to ice hockey, from which it is derived.
All versions of hockey require hard work, discipline, and teamwork to succeed.
The competition is between two teams which try to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick.
Hockey can be classified as a family of sports because of the diverse forms that the game has evolved into worldwide.
The first of which is the minimal contact allowed in road hockey, and the limited use of protective gear.
Roller hockey has been played in 60 countries worldwide and thus has many names worldwide.
Another popular form of hockey is road hockey, sometimes known as street hockey.
The game is broken down into four 15-minute periods with a variation of the ice hockey off-side rule.
Some notable players in ice hockey have included Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, and Dino Lelis.
