Hockey

More notably there are far less players on the ice at one time. In an NHL game there are six players on the ice at the time, 5-center ice and one goal tender. In ice hockey the arena is much less crowded, and a less variety of skills than in footy. However due to the fact that the game takes place on ice there is much more skill and dexterity on ice that requires much more training. However, the actions done in hockey are quite repetitive, only navigating, passing, and shooting a puck with a hockey stick. However ice hockey seems to breed much more aggression than with footy. Players seem to be more aggressive with their opponents to gain control of the puck, and more so every player for themselves, when in the AFL fellow team mates seem to be more collectively supportive to their teammates. Last, playing ice hockey requires very good coordination to be able to control the puck on ice, but to also maintain there own coordination very slippery ice. By watching closely it seems that in Australian rules Football, with more players on the field there seems to be a more cooperative team environment where all players work to defend members on their team, where in the NHL there are less players, but more aggressive and militaristic with one another, and any altercation between players is more visibly one on…

As I stood in line waiting for the doors at Chelsea Piers Sports Complex to open a woman behind me questioned the bleacher already filled with youth hockey players, the man in front of me answered that many of the girls teams around Stamford had purchased tickets. I couldn’t help but chime in that I was glad they were getting seated first and he agreed, saying he’d be happy to stand, the girls are who are important today. With the inaugural game of the NWHL young girls sporting sticks and…

The sport of hockey has, for one reason or another, become an integral part of the Canadian identity. It is a cultural myth that Canadians are born with hockey sticks in their hands and a couple missing teeth. In fact, in 1994, hockey along with lacrosse was named the national sport of Canada. So it is no surprise that when the 1972 Summit Series between the USSR and Canada was set to be played, national identity was on the line. Therefore, this essay is going to analyze the iconic image that…

This sport is the best thing that has happened to my life, and it does the same thing to people all over North America, enticing parents to allow their children to play in this sport. Parents, trying to make the next me, will make their children start at a young age. More and more parents will do this, sparking an age of hockey players that will put up numbers similar to mine. Hockey then will be more exciting to watch, with all the talent that is being shown. With what the parents are…

For as long as any Canadian can remember when winter comes, bringing with it all the usual cold, snow, and ice, Canadians young and old are struck by the passion known as hockey. Whether on a backyard rink, playing minor league, rep or professional, the level hardly seems to matter as the players skate up and down the ice trying to shoot and score. Whether this is because it’s a nationally loved sport, developed in Canada or because it simply provides a way of embracing relief from winter, this…

of physical activity was hockey. Like many other children from my community in Kingston, hockey has been a true passion of mine for as long as I can remember. My father was the one who introduced hockey into my life at a young age, as he did for my older brother Andrew as well. Growing up, my father would dedicate many winter days and nights building and maintaining an outdoor rink in our backyard. The three of us would spend countless hours back there after school and on weekends throughout the…

In the National Hockey League (NHL), fighting is a culture that has been a part of the sport for over a century and deserves to be forever glorified due to the excitement it delivers on witnessing fans and players that love to drop the gloves, or also known as fighting. The NHL has been around since 1917, and since then, dropping the gloves has been somewhat inevitable. Though fighting on the streets or in public is frowned upon, it is encouraged during a game of professional ice hockey.…

Do I Really Know The Game of Street Hockey? 1) WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT STREET HOCKEY? Street hockey is also known as ball hockey, road hockey, and dek hockey. Street hockey is a variation of the game of ice hockey, in which the game is played outdoors with people wearing inline skates, roller skates, or just shoes. The game is played with a hockey stick and a ball or puck. Although it is preferable to play on an outdoor surface, such as tennis court, parking lot, a street, or any other asphalt…

The game of Hockey is an extremely intense game, with bone crushing hits, 80 to 90 mile per hour frozen discs of vulcanized rubber flying in any direction, and, of course, the renowned fighting that has been celebrated for over a century. Through all of this, it’s hard to imagine Hockey helmets didn’t become mandatory for players to use in the NHL until 1979. Today, Helmets are by far the most important protective device used not only Hockey, but many other sports where the head is susceptible…

always used to use the tv to watch the hockey games, he’d be cheering for goals and yelling at the referees, and I would always be so confused. “What are they doing?” i’d ask my dad. He’d only reply with, “playing hockey,” and then he’d go back to the game. I never understood why he was so into the game until I got older and ended up watching it next to him. Now I still ask that same question, only its towards the referee’s. “Crap calls, that's what.” Dad always got into the games, actually my…