Ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice Hockey is a team sport played on an ice rink in which players skate on ice skates while using a wooden stick to hit a rubber puck into the opposing team's goal. Hockey is a full contact sport and full body padding must be worn.

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Match-up

Sports; Ice hockey

A pairing of players on opposing teams who will cover each other during the hockey game.

Minor penalty

Sports; Ice hockey

A type of penalty lasting 2 minutes; if the non-penalized team scores a power play goal during this time, the penalty ends immediately.

National Hockey League (NHL)

Sports; Ice hockey

A professional league started on November 22, 1917; currently contains 30 teams in the U.S. and Canada.

Neutral zone

Sports; Ice hockey

The area of the ice between the blue lines.

Norris Division

Sports; Ice hockey

With the Smythe Division made up the Campbell Conference until the 1992-93 season; renamed the Central Division of the Western Conference starting with the 1993-94 season.