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