History/Equipment
The hard rubber disc that players try to shoot past the goalie for a goal
What is a puck?
The playing surface of the rink
What is ice?
In ice hockey you can you both sides of the blade to play the ball/stick, but in FIELD hockey you can only use this side of the blade
What is the front?
How the game starts or resumes after a stoppage in play
What is a face off?
The player who stands in the crease and is responsible for blocking the opposing team shots
What is goalie/goaltender
True/False- You should hold the hockey stick the same way you hold a broom stick
What is false?
The ice on which the game of hockey is played
What is a rink?
The vehicle used to prepare the rink's ice surface before the game and during intermissions
What is a Zamboni?
The objective in hockey is to
What is score more goal than your opponent ?
The maximum number of players on the ice at one time for a team
What is 6?
Professional league in United States/Canada
What is the National Hockey League? (NHL)
The wooden wall surrounding the rink that keeps the puck in play
What are the boards?
A penalty called when a player raises their stick above their shoulder ( waist height in PE)
What is high sticking?
A Hockey Game is split up into 3 20 minutes _________
What are periods?
Offensive player/forward who plays in the middle of the ice and is responsible for doing the face offs
What is the center?
Players use these to move around on the ice
What are ice skates?
Blue semi-circle in front of the goal which only the goalie is allowed to stand in
What is a crease?
Using your body contact or hit an opposing player in hopes to remove them from possession of the puck.
What is checking?
True/False- It is legal for a player to kick the puck into the goal
What is False?
The two players who play in front of the goaltender and attempt to keep opposing team from getting shots on the goal
What is a defender/defensemen?
The end part of the stick which you use to pass and shoot the puck
What is the blade?
This is where a player goes when they commit a penalty
What is the penalty box?
The term for carrying the puck along the ice with the stick. Called dribbling in soccer and basketball
What is stick handling?
Happens when a team has a one- or two-man advantage over the opposition due to penalties.
What is a power play
Offensive players/forwards who line up on either side of the center position
What are wings?