I love hockey.  The Stanley Cup finals were very exciting this year!
That's cool!  There are several types of hockey as well?  Bandy and field hockey are also popular sports.
Yes there are.  Do you know more about field hockey?  I am really only familiar with the ice hockey variety
I do know a little bit.  It dates back to the Middle Ages, and originated in England, Scotland, France, and the Netherlands.  It's amazing that it was so popular back then!
I would probably be better at field hockey.  I am not very coordinated when it comes to ice skating
It would certainly be easier to keep your footing, since it's played on grass, turf, or synthetic fields.
I really enjoy watching hockey on TV or in person.  Some only watch it for the fights though
& Bacularem: & ad Canibucam & Gallorum Pugnam". The English historian and biographer John Strype did not use the word "hockey" when he translated the proclamation in 1720, instead translating "Canibucam" as "Cambuck"; this may have referred to either an early form of hockey or a game more similar to golf or croquet.
The word "hockey" itself is of unknown origin. One supposition is that it is a derivative of "hoquet", a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave.
best known for his work in developing the USSR's ice hockey program.
Ice hockey builder.
After World War II, Tarasov was asked to put together a hockey program from scratch. He helped found a hockey department at the Red Army's sports club, CSKA Moscow with little more than several old hockey rulebooks. Before then, the most popular ice sport in Russia and the Soviet Union was bandy, a sport similar to field hockey, but played on ice. The Russian style of hockey, with its emphasis