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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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Ice hockey
Rink
Sports; Ice hockey
The iced area inside the boards on which the game of hockey is played; it is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide with rounded corners.
Rockered blades
Sports; Ice hockey
Used by professional ice hockey skaters; the gentle curve in a very sharp blade of an ice skate produced by rounding the toe and heel of the blade to make it easier for hockey players to turn ...
Roughing
Sports; Ice hockey
A minor penalty which occurs when a fight between players is more of a pushing and shoving match; a less severe penalty than fighting.
Scramble
Sports; Ice hockey
Several players from both sides close together battling for possession of the puck.
Screen shot
Sports; Ice hockey
A shot on goal that the goalie cannot see because it was taken from behind one or more players from either team standing in front of the net.
Shooting angle
Sports; Ice hockey
The angle determined by the position of the shooting player in relation to the goal at the moment he shoots the puck.
