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A human phenomena often resulting when a small group of people stay out in the cold weather too long, and decide the best way they could possibly spend their time would be to grab a hooked stick and start chasing a flat, round, frozen and rubber object around a sheet of ice, and make up rules to make the whole thing appear credible. They'll find some poor, naive chap and put him between the pipes to shoot the puck at under the pretense he is protecting the net. The game inherently evokes anger amongst it's players, which can often only be relieved by momentarily pausing the game so that two players can attempt to punch each other as frequently as possible.
Hockey is the most insane team sport currently known to man, followed closely by Aussie Rules Football.
Players often use a stick specifically designed to propel the puck at high speeds (although harder shots do not make the game more exciting and the composite stick is the worst thing to happen to hockey since Billy Ray Cyrus's
villainization of the mullet). The stick is similar to the design of a golf-club, but with a "blade" instead of a "club" at the firing end. Due to the violent nature of the game, players are equipped with near full-body protection, although some areas are less protected than others.
Hockey is best epitomized by the goaltender position, whose job it is to get hit by a frozen rubber object that is often propelled faster than 100 mph. Players are encouraged to block shots in order to spare the goaltender from having to be the only players to get hit. Players on the professional level often suffer from concussions - Michel Goulet and Adam Deadmarsh are two examples of great hockey players that had to retire due to concussion. Brett Lindros is an example of a player that had to retire early due to concussions.
Hockey is the only single entity that remotely binds Canada as a society, followed by curling (the thinking man's hockey). Is also somewhat popular in some northern American States, as well as many cold-weather European nations.
Players often skate much faster than an athlete can run, resulting in mind-numbing open ice hits. It's easier to understand how hard they hit if you go to a game.
The NHL is hockey's elite league, best known for it's constant altering of major aspects of the game (like the off-side rule), making ridiculous rules (the trapezoid crease extension) whilst deciding not to adopt good ones (European icing), and persistently pushing the game in non-hockey markets (i.e. Atlanta, Carolina, Dallas, California) with varying or negligible amounts of success. To it's credit, the NHL's on-ice penalizing system isn't getting as ridiculous as the NFL's on field rules, and frequently does improve the game.
Hockey has been recognized as the most difficult game to officiate. Hockey officials must also be in better shape than most other professional officials.
Whilst every other league in the world removes and suspends the athlete for fighting during a game, hockey generally penalizes them for five minutes. Players have developed their own unofficial on-ice code (especially over the last twenty years or so) in regards to violent personal altercations (otherwise known as fighting). Professional players will occasionally fight each other just for fun (a concept difficult for people who grow up in large cities to understand re: City Slicker).
EXAMPLE: Hockey would be slightly more fun if they brought back bench clearing brawls and reverted to wooden sticks and more old-fashioned equipment.
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a sport that is played for three 20 minute periods at best and is equivalent to watching paint dry.
bill:dude r u going to watch the hockey game tonight?
Doug: naa, i spent the whole afternoon watching paint dry so i had my fill of excitement for today.
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A suprised remark used against one speaking of the sport.
Halo Player: no I don't like football.
Adam: what do sports do you like then?
Halo Player: hockey, it's a real man's sport.
*dramatic pause*
Adam: HOCKEY?!
JC: HOCKEY?!
Josh: HOCKEY?!
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the best sport ever, and is best played by girls. yet sadly, it is becoming a victim of the times; with the coming of gear combo packs, and meatheads who cant take a punch. the new "hockey" is even said to be put second to american football by some CANADIANS! its just sad. but we will fight on, we will rid the sport of the adulterating wusses who say they can play (sydney crosby), and we will prevail over the ever present need for sleek and new, and go back to playing on ponds and lakes.
1. dude lests go play some hockey!
2. naw man, renting ice is expensive and besides the fotball game is on
1. wtf?
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A game that lots of men love because it is very violent and pointless.
For some reason Canada is also always linked to it. As are missing teeth and blood.
Fun, huh?
Dude, that guy is missing alot of teeth!
It's cause he plays hockey!
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Buke Hockey, pronounced Bukkake, is a Team-Building strategy that focuses on increasing Organizational Management and Leadership. Similar to Six Sigma, Buke Hockey is rapidly expanding into Corporate practice around the world and is being introduced at the University level for Business students.
Buke Hockey Principle I: "There is no "I" in team, but there will be team in eye"
Buke Hockey Principle II: "Less me, more we"
Buke Hockey Principle III: "Individually we are one drop, together we are an ocean"
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Rink hockey, a sold out spectator sport in the 1992 Olympics, is internationally played in over 50 countries. World Championships are held annually for School Boys, Junior, Ladies and Senior Divisions along with intercontinental cup tournaments. Rink Hockey is a team sport that enjoys significant popularity in a number of Latin countries. Depending on territories, it is also known as Hóquei em Patins, International Style Ball hockey, Quad Hockey or Hardball Hockey. There have been many world championships, Latin countries dominating the sport since the 1940s: Portugal (15 World titles), Spain (14 World titles), Italy (4 World titles) and Argentina (4 World titles). Other countries, such as France, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Andorra and England are regular international competitors, but rarely overcome the traditional powers. Rink Hockey was recently referred to as Hardball Hockey in the United States until November 2008 when the USOC adopted the sports more common name Rink Hockey.
Rink Hockey was played as a demonstration roller sport in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
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