What is Ice Hockey?
Hockey, sometimes known as ice hockey or just hockey, is a team sport that is played on ice skates on a surface that has been specially marked out for the activity. It is a member of the hockey family of sports.
A closed, vulcanised rubber disc called a “puck” is controlled, advanced, and shot into the opposing team’s goal in ice hockey by two opposing teams using ice hockey sticks.
One point is awarded for each goal. The winning team is the one with the most goals scored. In a formal game, each side has six skaters on the ice at once, with the goalkeeper being one of them, barring any penalties.
Ice hockey is one of the more physically demanding sports because it is a full contact sport.
Is Ice Hockey a famous sports?
One of the sports represented in the Winter Olympics is ice hockey, and both the men’s and women’s contests at its primary international event, the IIHF World Championships, are overseen by the IIHF. It is one of the most popular sport in the world.
The sport is simply referred to as “hockey” in North America and many European nations. In America, it is considered as one of the most popular sport in America.
Yet, “hockey” typically refers to field hockey in other nations. The designation of hockey as the national winter sport of Canada was made official in 1994.
How did Ice hockey develop?
The first indoor game of ice hockey was played on March 3, 1875, in Montreal, which is considered to be the birthplace of the current game. The length of the ice rink and the usage of a puck are two elements of the game that have persisted to this day.
Professional ice hockey first appeared about 1900, while amateur ice hockey leagues first appeared in the 1880s.
The Stanley Cup, a symbol of ice hockey club dominance, was originally given out in 1893 to honour the Canadian amateur champion. It eventually changed its name to the National Hockey League championship trophy after being commissioned in 1892 as the “Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup” (NHL).
The International Ice Hockey Federation’s predecessor, the League Internationale de Hockey Sur Glace, in Paris, France, accepted the Canadian regulations in the early 1900s. The 1920 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was played there.
Although women participated in the game’s early development, it wasn’t until mid-1980s that body checking was legally banned from female ice hockey. By that time, the sport had already gained popularity in Europe and a number of other nations.
Women’s play was first included in the Olympics in 1998, and the inaugural IIHF Women’s World Championship took place in 1990.
