I have always thought about getting into ice hockey.
It's a tough activity. It's a contact sport played on ice and ice skates where players try to use sticks to get a rubber puck into each others goals.
It sounds fun. Do people all over the world play ice hockey?
Yes, they do. It's most popular in Eastern Europe, Canada, Scandinaia, the U.S. and Russia.
What is the professional ice hockey league in the US and Canada?
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.
The National Hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.
Ice hockey is most popular in Canada,