Hockey is a fast paced team sport that is played on ice with five players on the ice at the same time. Every two minutes the five players change shifts. It is played with a hockey stick and a puck. The puck is 1" Thick by 3" round. The stick is 54'. Did you know a hockey puck can go 90Mph?
The rink has a half line in the middle of a circle. There are four smaller circles. Two on each side of the rink. A pro hockey rink is 185 x 85 feet. All NHL rinks are 200 by 85 feet.olympic rinks are 20 by 100 feet. A hockey goal is 6 foot by 4 foot.
There are thirty hockey teams in the NHL. Six from Canada and twenty-four from the USA.There are 545,737 hockey players in the US. That is 0.15% of our population. Sidney Crosby is one of the NHLs best rookies. Here are his stats. He plays center. His height is 5'11''. His scoring percentage is 14%.