There are six players per team, including a goalkeeper.
How many players are there per team ?
Where can you play ice hockey ?
A game of ice hockey lasts for three periods of twenty minutes.
How long is a game of ice hockey ?
The "Montreal Canadiens" is the best NHL (National Hockey League) team ever, with twenty-four Stanley cups won.
Which is the best NHL team ever ?
There are fourteen substitutes, including only one goalkeeper.
How many substitutes are there ?
The equipment that players wear is a helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, shin pads, a mouth guard, gloves and ice skates.
What is the equipment that players wear ?
The objective of the game is to score goals, by shooting the puck in the opponent's net, using sticks.
What is the objective of ice hockey ?
Wayne Gretzky is the best player ever, with 894 goals scored over his twenty-year carreer.
Who is the best ice hockey player ever ?
The three roles are the strikers (called "forwards"), the defenders ("defencemen") and the goalkeeper ("goaltender").
What are the roles in a team ?
The object that players shoot to score goals is a "puck".
What is the object that players shoot to score goals ?
The officials that arbitrate the game are two referees and two linesmen (equivalent to umpires).
Who are the officials that arbitrate the game ?
When a player scores three goals in one game, the spectators throw their hats on the rink. It is called a "hat trick".
What happens when a player scores three goals in one game ?