Ice Hokey
The game, its history and rules.
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History
Ice Hokey, or hokey, is an exciting winter sport played on an ice rink. The modern game started in Montreal, on 3rd March 1875. In the USA, the first hockey game was between Yale University and Johns Hopkins University in 1893. Today, the National Hockey League ( NHL ) is the largest organisation for the sport in the US and Canada, hokey is the official winter sport of Canada.
The Game
There are six players in each team. Players skate on the ice and try to score a goal by shooting the puck into the other team’s goal. There are three twenty-minute periods. If there is a tie at the end, there can be an extra “sudden death” overtime period, or even a shootout. In a shootout, the players take turns trying to shoot the puck into the other team’s goal.
Rules
There are referees and officials on and near the ice to make sure no one breaks the rules. When players break the rules, they go to the “penalty box” and sit there (for two, four or five minutes) until their penalty is over. Examples of offences are: moving the puck with your hands, raising your stick too high (high-sticking) or tripping another player.
