Women have started to break social and political barricades by playing sports that previously were played mostly by males. Ice hockey is played by both sexes but there are several differences in each game with the bylaws as well as origin. Although the United States is more heavily populated with females than males, ice hockey is a predominately male dominated sport. Over recent years, ice hockey's primary organization, USA Hockey has noted that there is twice the number of female participants registered over male participants. Women have started to make a difference in USA Hockey registration. .
The game of ice hockey first started on a pond or lake with just sticks and steel blades on players shoes. Men's ice hockey originated in the 1800's in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canada's first college, Kings College School, established in 1788, adapted the exciting field game of hurley to the ice and originated a new winter game, Ice Hurley. Later on ice hurley evolved to ice hockey and was modified by others throughout Canada and European countries. Men adopted the game of ice hockey first and inspired women to create their own version of the game. Women's ice hockey originated in Canada by the Sexton sisters. By 1890, females had joined leagues and began to play. In the 1930's women's ice hockey started to develop as its male counterpart had 100 years prior. Women started to wear leather gloves and shin pads, instead of just their long wool skirts and turtleneck sweaters. It wasn't until 1996 when women's ice hockey became an Olympic sport and started to truly develop in the United States and Canada.
Although both women's and men's ice hockey follow the bylaws of USA Hockey, there are several differences in the rules of each game. For instance, women's ice hockey is played without checking. According to USA Hockey, "a body check is one in which a player checks an opponent who does or does not have possession of the puck, by using his or her hip or body, diagonally from the front or straight from the side, and does not take more than two fast steps in executing the check"(USAhockey.
Hockey Starting hockey at the beginning of sophomore year has helped my body in many ways. ... You have to stay out on the ice long enough to make something happen and if I couldn't there would be no point going out there. ... Starting hockey has bettered my life in more than physically. ... I would be one of those kids if I wasn't playing hockey. ... If there is open ice we go most of the time to stay out of trouble. ...
Hockey is a game of tradition that has great meaning in people's lives. ... Camaraderie and friendship has sprouted in my life through hockey. ... As players get older, we are able to associate off the ice more and build better relationships. High school hockey brings friends together. ... A hockey team is more than a group of players meeting a few times a week. ...
We've all seen NHL Ice hockey players drop their gloves and start swinging at each other. Fighting in Ice hockey has been an ongoing tradition and is an unwritten rule for many decades. Ice hockey has always been seen along the lines of being "barbaric," "boxing on ice," and "long on blood, short on teeth." ... Without the fights in ice hockey, whether it is staged fights or not, fans would not enjoy hockey in the same way. ... If fighting in ice hockey does more good than damage, then why is there so many people arguing, fighting in hockey should be banned? ...
FLOOR HOCKEY HISTORY Floor Hockey originally started as a different ice hockey, which could be played on streets. ... As floor hockey developed, rules were kept simple to encourage maximum activity, continuous play, and safety. ... Playing Area - A standard basketball court is usually used for floor hockey. ... Equipment - Hockey sticks, goalkeeper's sticks, a lightweight plastic disc called the puck, and a low bounce hockey ball, are used. ... Teams - A regulation team consists of six players, just like ice hockey. ...
Every time a player steps on the ice, he is constantly being pounded into the boards, shoulder first. ... Knee injuries usually occur in the open ice area when a player is cutting hard and is kneed or tripped by an opposing player. ... These three zones all exist in the centre of the ice, telling people that players are receiving most of their injuries in the neutral ice area. ... All of these zones occur right in the middle of the ice. ... Centres sustained 17% because they mostly stay in the neutral parts of the ice and are not involved in most of the physical activity in...
The History and Advancements of Ice Skates Comfort, speed, looks, brand and style, what do you look for in a pair of skates? Ice skates have advanced so incredibly much over these thousands and thousands of years. What did people use skates for so long ago when hockey wasn't even invented yet? ... The ice hockey skate boot if somewhat low but tough, a reinforced toecap and a vertical leather section at the back to protect the Achilles tendon. ... About 75% of hockey players stay with the brand of hockey skates that they started off with at the beginning of their hockey career. ...
This makes the puck more likely to fall flat on the ice. This is really important because passes are one of the most important things in hockey, and if they connect flat on the ice to someone's stick it is easier for that player to make the next play or shoot the puck. ... The player will swing their stick, striking the ice about 3 to 5 inches behind the puck. ... If the stick connected with the puck before it hit the ice it would be a slower shot. ... The force required to move the puck on the ice is very little due to the coefficient of friction being low between the puck and the ice. ...
During the winter when the lakes and ponds became frozen, many of the athletes playing field hockey took the game to the ice. The ice game known as kolven was popular in Holland in the seventeenth century and the game became really popular in England. ... During the 1870's students from Montreal's Mcgill University began playing ice hockey against each other. This led to the first ice hockey league in Kingston, Ontario, in 1885 and consisted of four teams. ... Today hockey is being played all over the world either on the field, ice and even on the streets. ...
