Old Hockey Equipment

Ice hockey is one of the most famous sports aroundkinds of hockey pucks. The difference between these
the world. Even though it is a very physical andpucks lie on their weight, color, and usage. Your
sometimes brutal sport, ice hockey promotes goodstandard black puck weighs around six ounces and is
sportsmanship. Because of the many people who playalways used for playing. There is also the blue puck
this sport, manufacturers of hockey equipment havethat weighs about four ounces that is intended for
spent millions of dollars to create more sophisticatedyounger players who are not yet accustomed to the
types of gear and equipment.standard puck. There is also the heavier reddish puck
The hockey puckthat weighs around ten ounces and is used to improve
The hockey puck is a small black disk made out ofthe strength and stick handling of a player. There is
vulcanized rubber. A typical puck measures aroundalso the puck that is made of steel that weighs a
one inch think and three inches in diameter. Usually, astaggering two pounds. It is used by players who wish
hockey puck would weigh about five point five to sixto strengthen their wrists for better stick handling.
ounces.The mighty puck
During the early years of hockey, players used aDuring professional hockey games, the puck can reach
round ball on ice fields to play but soon realized thata speed of one hundred miles per hour or more and
this rubber ball bounced too much on the hard, icycan inflict serious harm to both the players and
surface. To solve this problem, they cut off the topspectators. Due to the incredible speed it can reach,
and bottom part of the ball to create the standardspecific types of equipment such as the goaltender's
puck.mask have been designed to protect the goaltenders
Types of hockey pucksfrom potential harm.
Though they may look the same, there are different