| Ice hockey, a very fast and physical team sport | | | | which one is a goaltender. The game involves scoring |
| played on ice, is usually referred to simply as hockey in | | | | goals by hitting the puck - a hard, vulcanized rubber |
| the United States and Canada. Ice hockey probably | | | | disc - into the goal net of the opposing team, with the |
| developed from field hockey in colder regions. History | | | | help of a long curved hockey stick. Each player on the |
| is replete with team games where a curved stick hits | | | | ice rink plays with ice skates on. The modern game |
| an object across the field - with a picture of such a | | | | consists of three periods lasting 20 minutes each. In |
| sport found in drawings at the Beni Hasen tombs in | | | | case of a tie at the end of the third period, the National |
| Egypt, dated 4000 years back. 16th century Dutch | | | | Hockey League (NHL) in its regular season allows one |
| paintings exist that depict a game similar to hockey | | | | extra period of 20 minutes, followed by a penalty |
| being played on a frozen canal. European immigrants | | | | shootout, if the score still remains tied. In the shootout, |
| are credited with bringing both the versions of hockey | | | | three players from each team are allowed taking |
| to North America. The Modern Hockey The first | | | | penalty shots. The team with the most goals is the |
| organized game of indoor ice hockey was said to be | | | | winner, and if the teams are still tied at the end of the |
| played at Montreal's Victoria Rink on March 3, 1875. In | | | | shootout, a sudden death format takes place, where |
| 1877, students of the McGill University in Montreal | | | | the team scoring the first goal in this extra time wins. |
| formulated seven ice hockey rules, and the McGill | | | | The Tickets With professional women's hockey, |
| University Hockey Club, the first ice hockey club, was | | | | professional men's hockey and collegiate hockey, |
| established in 1880. The game caught on very fast and | | | | among others, the hockey calendar in the United |
| its popularity spread. The first Ice Hockey matches | | | | States is full. Hockey fans throng to the venues where |
| were played in the United States at the Yale and John | | | | their favorite teams are playing. Hockey tickets for the |
| Hopkins Universities in 1893. By this time there were | | | | games during the season are not easy to come by. |
| already more than a hundred teams in Montreal, and | | | | Hockey tickets are eagerly awaited and sought after, |
| leagues throughout Canada. Though there were | | | | and grabbed up as soon as they are put on sale. You |
| already individual professional players in Canada, the | | | | have an excellent alternative source for procuring your |
| first professional Ice Hockey team formed in the | | | | hockey tickets. Hockey tickets can be purchased |
| United States in 1903, was the Portage Lakers in | | | | through the services of legitimate ticket brokers, such |
| Houghton, Michigan. Played on a ice rink, Ice Hockey | | | | as Reedstickets.com, who are also members of the |
| has six players to a side on the rink during play, of | | | | National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB). |