Ice Hockey

[rhuthwaite]

Could someone please explain the rules of this game too me please!
[I am from a country that doesn't play this game, (turf hockey is what we play)]

[EL]

Here's something:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey

[JasonRox]

You just have to watch the game.

They have enough replays that it should be easy to figure out.

[Chi Meson]

Two teams. It's like football (soccer) on ice. THe ball is a disk called a puck. The point is to get the puck in the goal and beat up the guys on the other team. It's like boxing too. Lots of fans never find out about the "puck in goal" part of the game.

[JasonRox]

Two teams. It's like football (soccer) on ice. THe ball is a disk called a puck. The point is to get the puck in the goal and beat up the guys on the other team. It's like boxing too. Lots of fans never find out about the "puck in goal" part of the game.

I think hockey is the only sport that let the athletes fight other than Boxing and such.

[rhuthwaite]

so you don't get sent off if you fight?! Is there offsides like in soccer?

[russ_watters]

Little black disk goes in net. How tough is that?

[rhuthwaite]

Thanks that makes it all clear... but I was referring to rules..

[turbo]

Thanks that makes it all clear... but I was referring to rules..That is tougher. There are rules regarding icing that need clarification and then there are rules regarding how roughly players can run oppenents into the boards and how high their hands can be when they attack opponents with their sticks... it's kind of a poorly-regulated brawl in many instances.

[JasonRox]

That is tougher. There are rules regarding icing that need clarification and then there are rules regarding how roughly players can run oppenents into the boards and how high their hands can be when they attack opponents with their sticks... it's kind of a poorly-regulated brawl in many instances.

Poorly regulated?! I think not.

[FredGarvin]

There is better regulation and consistency in hockey officiating than there is in basketball.

The rules are relatively simple: 6 guys a side. The puck has to enter the opposing team's end before any offensive player or it is off sides. If you pass from behind your side of the center ice line and the puck goes all the way to the opposing team's goalie line, it's icing and the faceoff goes all the way back to deep in your own zone. Other than that t's basically what gets you put in the penalty box.

[rhuthwaite]

Thanx! (finally someone told me what I wanted to know)

[FredGarvin]

No problem.

[Chi Meson]

Thanx! (finally someone told me what I wanted to know)
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