Hockey

History:The name "hockey" has no clear origin. Its first known mention
is from the 1773 book Juvenile Sports and Pastimes, to Which Are Prefixed,
Memoirs of the Author: Including a New Mode of Infant Education, by Richard
Johnson (Pseud. Master Michel Angelo), whose chapter XI was titled "New
Improvements on the Game of Hockey".[7] The belief that hockey was
mentioned in a 1363 proclamation by King Edward III of England is based on
modern translations of the proclamation, which was originally in Latin and
explicitly forbade the games "Pilam Manualem, Pedivam, & Bacularem: & ad
Canibucam & Gallorum Pugnam". The English historian and biographer John
Strype did not use the word "hockey" when he translated the proclamation in
1720.
The 1573 Statute of Galway banned a sport called "'hokie'the hurling of a
little ball with sticks or staves". A form of this word was thus being used in the
16th century, though much removed from its current usage.
According to the Austin Hockey Association, the word "puck" derives from the
Scots Gaelic puc or the Irish poc (to poke, punch or deliver a blow). "...The
blow given by a hurler to the ball with his caman or hurley is always called a
puck."

Instruction:

There are five (5) lines on the ice, two (2)

goal lines (both at the end of the ice), two (2) blue lines, separating
the offensive/defensive zones from the neutral zone, and the centre
red line.The red line is not in play when making stretch passes.
Before the NHL lockout in the 2004-05 seasons, players could not
make two lined passes; resulted in offside.Hockey is played with six
(6) players on the ice for each team; five (5) skaters, one (1)
goaltender.

The typical roster size of a hockey team is twenty (20) players; twelve
(12) forwards, 6 defensemen, and two (2) goaltenders.There are an
unlimited amount of substitutions and they can happen at any time;
during play and/or a stoppage of play; except when the defensive team
ices the puck.The goaltenders have limited control over the puck, there
is a trapezoid behind the goal where goalies are allowed to handle the

puck, if they play the pluck outside this area below the goal line, and it
will result in a delay of game penalty. This trapezoid does not exist in
international play.

Material:Stick,Shoes,Mouth Guard,Shin Guards,Socks and Rash Guards,Ball,

Throat Protector,Helmet,Chest Pad,Arms and Elbow Protector,Right and Left Hand
Protector, Goalie Pants, Groin/Pelvic Protector, Leg Guards,Kickers.