Informative Speech About Hockey

Not long ago, thinking of the generations of Canadians who learned hockey on rivers and ponds, I collected my skates and with two friends drove up the Gatineau River north of Ottawa. We didn't know it at the time, but the ice conditions we found were rare, duplicated only a few times the previous decade. The combination of a sudden thaw and freezing rain in the days before had melted winter-high snow, and with temperatures dropping rapidly overnight, the river was left with miles of smooth glare ice. Growing up in the suburbs of a large city, I had played on a river only once before, and then as a goalie. On this day, I came to the Gatineau to find what a river of ice and a solitary feeling might mean to a game.

If you do, keep reading. Today, I’m going to tell you some things about ice hockey. Hockey was invented on March 3, 1875. The game hasn’t changed too much over the years. The point is still trying to hit the puck into the goal. How is hockey set up? In hockey there is two teams of six players each. The players are required to wear protective equipment. The ice has four lines that run sideways across it; one red thin line at the end of each side in front of the goalie’s net, two blue lines about one third of the way towards the middle, and one center red line. At the start of each match both teams play three forwards, who are trying to score and assist goals,

3. The referees make lots of calls during the game, because there are many little rules that the players have to be aware of. Some of the most popular rules for refs to call are “shooting space”, crease violations, and dangerous checking.

Hockey is a sport thats origins may be from Persia, Egypt or China, while archaeological evidence shows an early ball-and-stick game played in Greece in the 400s BCE. As civilization spread, so did the games. In 1872, a young man from Halifax, Nova Scotia named James Creighton moved to Montreal, bringing the sport of ice hockey with him bringing with him hockey sticks and skates. Which in turn a man named Lord Stanley created the first national hockey organization. In 1912 the very first professional hockey game. I’ll present my information in chronological order with also talking about how and when hockey affected the country presented.

Why is it that when I picture Canada I am able to see snow falling, the night setting, with teenagers, children, and adults walking towards a rink with their the laces of their skates tied together and thrown over their shoulders, all getting ready to play the great Canadian game. What is it that makes hockey so profoundly important to Canadian identity, and a representative of our country? To start off, all across the country, on frozen backyard ponds, community rinks and state-of-the-art arenas Canadians are playing hockey which is Canada’s national sport. I believe that hockey is a representation of Canada because, the maple leaf, a familiar Canadian emblem, is found on Canadian hockey jerseys, and major chains selling our favourite food, donuts, were started by hockey greats Tim Horton and Eddie Shack.

Fighting can be used to show how tough a team is. This will show that they are a good team they wouldn't let any goals in during a power play for fighting witch is a 5 minute major. Another reason how fighting could give people a job in the NHL is becauses because ther are some players who get in the NHL because they can fight. Hockey is a tough sport it’s a very physical sport and with that fighting can occur in most circumstances. If a player on the opposing team decides to hurt one of the maine players on the other team, that team will send out a player to fight this will give people a job and a chance in the NHL. This also leads me in to my next reason on why fighting should stay in the

Hockey is a fast, exciting sport played by two teams on a sheet of ice called a rink. Each team has six players on the ice, one goalie, two defensemen, two wingers, and one center man.

Every sport in the world has had its greats or its greatest player. In the game of ice hockey the greatest player who has ever played the game is Wayne Gretzky. There has been other greats in the game but none have compared to Wayne Gretzky. Wayne Gretzky should be remembered as the greatest hockey player of all time.

Sometimes it is easy to forget the game played on frozen ponds and backyard rinks, and get lost in the overwhelming professional sport known as hockey. However, we strive to remember that hockey became Canada's game because it made our never-ending winter months more bearable . The game gradually became a sport, then an entertainment industry. It seems like the lockout was one of the biggest news stories of the year. Part of the amazing nature of the game is that it's origins are fairly vague. However, we always remember that hockey is our game. It may not be our official sport, like lacrosse is, but hockey is what Canada seems to be most well-known for, and it continues to have immense influence on our free society, with its unique style

People have always loved intense sports. Whether it's WWE, NBA, NFL, or even better, the NHL. Hockey has always been one of America’s most loved pastimes. The atmosphere created by the lights, noise, and ice enhances the spectators experience. Everyone either leaves the arena happy, mad, or upset.

Interferes with or impedes the progress of an opponent who is not in the possession of the puck.

On-ice performance: achieved playoff contention every year since 2003; Ranked third of thirty teams in NHL

Tied games in the Olympics is followed by ten minutes of sudden death, in the NHL, the game stays in the extra period

An ice hockey game consists of five players and a goalie per team on the ice. Roller hockey however, only has four players and a goalie. In ice hockey there are blue lines, which are approximately one-third of the way up the rink from each end. The blue lines are used to create zones on the ice surface. If an offensive player enters the other team's defensive zone before the puck, the play is whistled dead and it is called off sides. On the other hand in roller hockey, there are no such blue lines. Not having blue lines makes the game much more wide-open, which allows players to hang at the other team's net, unlike ice hockey.

The biggest difference between ice hockey and lacrosse is the playing field. In hockey its ice, in lacrosse its grass. In addition to this would be the field dimensions. A lacrosse field is rectangular, while a hockey rink is oval. Another difference would be the number of players present on the field at one time. In lacrosse, 10 players are allowed at one time to work together at scoring a goal. In hockey, only 6 players are allowed to grace the field during each shift. Which brings the topic to another distinction, the length of shifts. In hockey the shifts are only about two to three minutes long, allowing fresh players to take the ice more often than in lacrosse, where the shifts are about every 10 to 12 minutes. Another major difference is that usually hockey is played during the winter months, lacrosse in the springtime. I use the word "usually" because there are ice rinks that will operate and host leagues during the summer, but its is rare due to the expense of cooling the ice during the hot summer days. Lacrosse players use cleats, which are sneakers equipped with little studs on the bottom to increase traction. Hockey players use skates to glide along the ice. A last differentiation would be the origin of both sports. Hockey was invented by Canadians, and lacrosse was created by American Indians, who oddly enough, used to use squirrel skulls because an official lacrosse ball had not been invented yet.