Draft:Outline of ice hockey

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ice hockey:

Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck into the other team's net. Each goal is worth one point. The team with the highest score after an hour of playing time is declared the winner; ties are broken in overtime or a shootout. In a formal game, each team has six skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, including a goaltender. It is a full contact game and one of the more physically demanding team sports.

Ice hockey can be described as all of the following:

• Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness.
• Game – structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional sports).
• Sport – form of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
  • Competitive sport – sport in which one or more participants or teams compete against one another. The one that is the most successful in achieving the objective of the game or sport event is the winner.
  • Team sport – sport that involves players working together towards a shared objective.
  • Recreational sport – sport engaged in as a leisure time activity.
  • Spectator sport – sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
  • Professional sport – sport in which the athletes receive payment for their performance.

History of ice hockey

• Slap Shot

• Game Change
• The Game
• A Great Game
• The Hockey Book for Girls
• The Hockey Sweater
• Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game
• NHL Official Guide & Record Book
• Odd Man Rush
• Orr: My Story
• Playing with Fire
• The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
• The Ultimate Book of Hockey Trivia for Kids