Ice Hockey
The fastest team sport in the world
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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 towards the opponent's net to score goals.
Watch this
introduction
to find out basic facts about the game.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the regulating body and World Championships are held annually. It is also an Olympic sport.
There are many ice hockey leagues worldwide, with the NHL being probably the most well-known.
Women's Ice Hockey
Ice hockey is also one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world.
While there are not as many organized leagues for women as there are for men, leagues of all levels exist. There is an annual IIHF World Women's Championships.
The chief difference between women's and men's ice hockey is that body checking is prohibited in women's hockey. In addition, players in women's competition are required to wear protective full-face masks.
Coded by Sylva Parizkova