Ice Hockey

Ice hockey is one of the more popular sports in North America, and indeed the world, but it is also one of the most difficult for new fans to understand. There is a lot of different terminology to...

The penalty shot used to be considered the most exciting moment in ice hockey. As rare as it was thrilling, the penalty shot has lost some of its panache because it is seen regularly now that the...

There may come a time when your hockey team desperately needs to go on the power play. You may try to draw a penalty by any means necessary. You may consider taking a dive. A dive could give your...

The penalty shot is one of the most dramatic moments in all of sports. It's just one-on-one; shooter versus goalie. If you're the shooter, a rush of both fear and adrenaline will hit your body....

Sometimes in a hockey game taking a penalty can be used as a strategy to get the team fired up, open the ice up or keep an opponent from scoring a goal. In addition, a player may take a penalty in...

Penalty shots in ice hockey are different from those in other sports. Unlike other sports, such as soccer and field hockey, in ice hockey the shooter can skate with the puck and bring it to just...

Fighting is as much a part of hockey as spitting is a part of baseball. Both are decried, but without these "vulgar" displays, the games would probably be unrecognizable. Baseball has no formal...

Ice hockey is a rough sport. Fortunately for players, rules are in place that provide some protection against injury. The penalties vary in seriousness, ranging from 2-minute minor infractions to...

An offside penalty is called if any player on the offensive hockey team is too far ahead of the puck. In order to avoid an offside penalty, you must always stay between the puck and your team's...

Ice hockey has some of the most fast-paced action of any sport around. Stopping that action on occasion is the referee's whistle signaling a penalty. Penalties are part of the game of ice hockey....

Ice hockey is an aggressive game. There are five men zooming along on skates on a somewhat small rink. So it is important to referees that they keep the rough play down to a minimum. One way they...

In ice hockey, checking a player literally means keeping an opposing player in check. The physical act of checking, or using your body or stick to push a player onto the ice or boards, can get you...

Fighting and aggressive play are staples in ice hockey. Of course, if you're caught fighting during an ice hockey game, you will definitely get penalized. But if another player takes a swing at...

Of all the penalties that can be given during an ice hockey game, a misconduct penalty is the only one that does not reflect the behavior of one player toward another. Instead, a misconduct...

Any time an official calls you for a penalty, you run the risk of leaving your team short-handed and open to a power play. In the event that you receive an instigator penalty, your team will be...

Aside from picking your skates up to move, there shouldn't be a time in which the blade of your skate is off the ice. In fact, hockey players never bring their skates too far off the ice while...

Ice hockey is a fast-paced, physical contact sport with a long list of penalties--so many, in fact, that there's even a penalty box where guilty players sit out for a required length of time. One...

Slashing is a hockey penalty. It occurs when any hockey player swings his stick at another player in attempt to prevent him from moving across the ice. Depending on whether you hit your opponent...

In ice hockey, the word "checking" refers to any time one player pushes another. If one player checks another hard enough, it may be deemed a rough play, and the checker will get a penalty. Cross...