Ice hockey is a sport that is played in halls on ice surfaces around the world. The leading countries of this sport are: Canada, the United States, Russia, Sweden and Finland. The sport of hockey is a very intense and fast sport that requires high skill in skating on the ice and complete control of the body and movements while doing so. The physical fitness of hockey players is among the highest of all sports due to the fact that they are constantly in motion on the ice. The puck moves at a tremendous speed on the ice and is difficult to follow.
Ice hockey is a fast and exhausting game, and for this reason the teams change the players on the ice frequently - every half a minute to a minute. The exchange can be made when the game is stopped for some reason, or while the game is being played (in English: changing on the fly). For this purpose, 22 players are registered in the roster of each team in international ice hockey, including two goalies (only 20 players are registered in the NHL).
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The league that is considered the best and most popular in the world is the
Each team has 20 players including: 2 goalkeepers, 7 defense players, 11 attack players. On the field at any given time there are five players and a goalkeeper who are usually divided into two defenders and three strikers. In practice, all five players participate in both the defensive and offensive efforts, although their roles in the team formation change according to their position.
You can make as many exchanges as you want, but the exchanges are made while playing and the game is not stopped for this. Six players can be brought in but in this case the goalkeeper has to be taken out of the goal, a case like this usually happens when there are only two or three minutes left in the game and one of the teams is behind by a goal and then it prefers to take the goalkeeper out to try to equalize. There are times when it works and times when it doesn't, it's a bet that each group takes on to do it.
An ice hockey game lasts three quarters of 20 minutes each, in "net" time - that is, the game clock is stopped when the game itself is stopped. If no decision is reached, an extension takes place. The length of overtime varies depending on the league and the frame (5, 10, or 20 minutes), and it takes place using the "golden goal" method (known in English as the "sudden death" method) - when a team scores a goal, the game ends immediately and the team that scored declared the winner. The composition of the players on the ice also changes according to the league and the framework - in most frameworks, overtime is played with reduced compositions on the ice, of four and even three skaters per team instead of five. If the game is not decided even after overtime, a
There are several central rules in hockey, the violation of any rule is a suspension for two minutes and the team of the player who committed the offense is left with only four players. There are also cases where there are two violations in the same move or two different moves and then both players go to a two-minute suspension and the team is left with three players against five.
Offenses and penalties (Penalties)
In ice hockey, there are several prohibited actions that constitute an offense, and the punishment for them is the removal of the player from the field for a set period of time, or for the entire game, depending on the nature and severity of the offense. A player who has been sent off for an allotted period of time will serve his penalty in a special area demarcated on the sides of the ice arena, called the "penalty box" (in English: penalty box). A player in the penalty box will not be replaced by another player, and his team will play with a numerical disadvantage for the duration of the penalty. When the penalty time expires, the penalized player can leave the penalty box to the ice arena and immediately join the game.
The period of time when a team has a numerical advantage on the ice is called
Most offenses result in a minor two-minute ban. If the team with a numerical advantage scores a goal, the expulsion penalty ends. More serious offenses result in a double minor penalty (a four-minute suspension that gives the opposing team the opportunity to score two goals with a numerical advantage) or a five-minute major penalty, during which the opposing team has the opportunity to score as many goals as it can.
Particularly serious offenses, such as a deliberate and serious offense that resulted in the injury of an opposing player, or improper behavior towards the referees, can lead to a player being sent off for 10 minutes for a misconduct offense, or for the rest of the game for a more serious game misconduct or match offense (for example - a deliberate attempt to injure an opponent) . This time his team has the option to replace him, but in practice in most cases his replacement will be forced to serve an accompanying minor or major penalty in the penalty box. A match offense automatically carries with it an accompanying major penalty.
There may be a situation where one team faces two penalties at the same time. In such a situation, she is two players short on the ice. However, it is forbidden to have less than three skaters on the ice for each team; In the case of another offense against a team that already has two penalties against it, the new penalty on it is suspended, and will only be implemented when one of the players who have already been punished before can return to the ice.
In situations where teams play with three skaters on the ice in a normal situation - such as overtime in the regular season of the NHL league - the penalty for the offense will be reflected in adding an additional skater on the ice for the other team.
When the judge sees an offense for which he intends to award a penalty, he will raise his hand to indicate the offense. The game will continue until the offending team touches the puck, then the foul will be whistled and the game will be stopped. This allows the opposing team to temporarily take out their goalie and bring in another skater to increase the offensive pressure on their opponent who committed the offense, without fear of conceding a goal.
The main rules are:
These are the most common offenses:
Hooking
High Sticking
Holding
Interference
Elbowing
Kneeing
Checking from behind
Cross-checking
Tripping
Slashing
Boarding
Charging
Roughing
Fighting
Spearing
Illegal Check to the Head
Too many players on the ice
Delay of game
Embellishment
Body Checking
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