What You Need To Know!
What Is Ice Hockey?
Ice Hockey is a full-contact, fast-paced team sport played on ice-covered hockey-like surface. It's part of the hockey family of sports. In this game, two teams compete against each other using sticks and a rubber disc which is known as a "puck". The aim is to shoot the puck into the other team's goal, with each goal being a point and the team with the most goals winning.
Where Is Ice Hockey Played?
Though the main areas where Hockey is most popular are North America and Northern and Eastern European countries like Sweden, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic, countries in Asia such as Pakistan and the U.A.E, Africa such as Algeria and Morocco and Australasia such as New Zealand and Australia are some of the 64 countries or regions which have national Ice Hockey teams and programs.
When Did Ice Hockey Begin?
It is widely believed that the chief inspiration for Ice Hockey as it is known today is a game called Bandy, originally played in Britain in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It is also believed that when Bandy was brought to North America by British soldiers stationed in Eastern Canada in the 1850s, rules from the game Lacrosse were incorporated into Bandy giving the main foundation for what is now Ice Hockey.
Is ice Hockey Popular?
Due to the increase in exposure, it has received from TV and the internet, Ice Hockey has had its popularity increase massively. There are currently more than a million registered players in the world competing in either professional or amateur leagues. The biggest Ice Hockey league in the world the NHL also recorded revenues of $5.2 Billion for the 2021/2022 season making it the 6th highest-grossing sports league in the world.