ice hockey

     

Two efencemen and a goaltender guard their goal. The referee's raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty.

Trivia about ice hockey

  • Before the first winter games in 1924, this sport was played in the summer games; Canada won gold in 1920
  • The Stanley Cup
  • Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull & Wayne Gretzky
  • Dave "Tiger" Williams holds the career record for penalty minutes in this sport with 3,966
  • A team called the Sudbury Wolves plays in the regional league of this sport
  • Between the pipes,icing,bodycheck
  • Moose Goheen, Moose Johnson, Moose Watson & Bobby Hull are all in this sport's hall of fame
  • In Canada it's this "puckish" sport
  • Using your stick as a spear calls for a 5-minute penalty in this sport
  • 6 teammates, a center line, a blue line, a crease
  • After a minor penalty in this sport, an offending player must leave the playing area for 2 minutes
  • In this team sport, the neutral zone is located between 2 blue lines
  • Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame
  • It's the pro sport played by the New Jersey Devils
  • In six of the first seven Winter Olympics, Canadian teams took the gold in this sport
  • The first group of inductees into this sport's hall of fame included Georges Vezina
  • The Brooklyn Blades is a woman's team in this sport
  • In 1998 the republic won Olympic gold in this sport thanks to Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek
  • Henri Richard, Marcel Dionne & Bobby Clarke had their No. 16 jerseys retired in this sport
  • Red light,mucking,penalty killer
  • Eveleth, Minnesota & Toronto, Canada each have halls of fame devoted to this sport
  • Plaster Rock, New Brunswick hosts the championships of the pond version of this sport--a frozen pond

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