Ice hockey is such a fun sport!  Hockey on ice, a puck and sticks.... what could be better?
I know!  I love it! I even like the fights!
It's such a fast paced game, with all 5 players and the goalie zipping up and down the ice!
Yes, it's great! I don't know a lot about how the game is played. It goes so quickly. How long is a typical game?
I believe it's like soccer - two halves.  My son played one year, but never a full game.  It's the official winter sport in Canada.  In AZ, it's the official summer sport!  All the mom's want their kids in hockey in the summer - not soccer or baseball!
I can understand that! It's nice to be inside in the Arizona heat!  What else do you know about hockey? Do girls play?
Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey, with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking. Worldwide, there are ice hockey federations in 76 countries.
In Canada, the United States, Nordic countries, and some other European countries the sport is known simply as hockey; the name "ice hockey" is used in places where "hockey" more often refers to the more popular field hockey, such as countries
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,