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The sport itself is played on numerous levels, including men and women's NCAA hockey.

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Field hockey is played on gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turfs, with a small, hard ball.

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North America's National Hockey League (NHL) is the strongest professional ice hockey league, drawing top ice hockey players from around the globe.

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The ball is of a similar weight and bounce to a "dead" tennis ball and sticks are identical to roller hockey sticks.

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The 116-member governing body is the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

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Field Hockey has been played at each summer Olympic Games since 1908 (excluding 1924).

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Hockey is a sport that is not only one of the major sports in the United States, but also extremely popular throughout the world.

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The NHL rules are slightly different from those used in Olympic ice hockey–the periods are 20 minutes long, counting downwards.

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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.

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Roller hockey (Quad) Roller Hockey is the overarching name for a roller sport that has existed long before inline skates were invented.

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Roller Hockey was a demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.

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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.

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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.

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Men's ice hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924, and was in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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Inline hockey is a variation of roller hockey very similar to ice hockey, from which it is derived.

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All versions of hockey require hard work, discipline, and teamwork to succeed.

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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.

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Hockey can be classified as a family of sports because of the diverse forms that the game has evolved into worldwide.

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The most popular form of the game is ice hockey.

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The first of which is the minimal contact allowed in road hockey, and the limited use of protective gear.

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Roller hockey has been played in 60 countries worldwide and thus has many names worldwide.

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Another popular form of hockey is road hockey, sometimes known as street hockey.

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The game is broken down into four 15-minute periods with a variation of the ice hockey off-side rule.

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The most popular form of the game is ice hockey.

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Some notable players in ice hockey have included Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, and Dino Lelis.

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Women's ice hockey was added to the Winter Olympics in 1998.

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