What is Ice Hockey?
Ice hockey is a fast-moving team sport. It is usually played on an ice surface called a rink. Hockey players wear ice skates and move with great speed and skill across the ice. Two teams of six players compete to score the most points, or goals. A team scores when it moves the puck—a small, hard rubber disk—into the opponent’s goal. Hockey is a rough sport, with a great deal of body contact between the players.
Facts about hockey:
- There are 82 ice hockey games in a regular season
- An average of 17,456 people go to a hockey game in the US
- The New York Rangers are the most valuable franchise team in the NHL
- The NHL holds outdoor games as well
- The record for most shots in an ice hockey game is 92
- Canada has won the most gold medals in hockey at the Olympics
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