Rules of Hockey???

Question

I want to play for school and as long as u can skate u can make the team because not many girls wanna play. What are the rules???

Answer 1

I posted this a couple of months ago here when someone asked the same question:

ce hockey is played with two teams having six players on each side on the ice at a time. Each team has five skaters and one goaltender, who stands guarding a net at each end (a red line called the goal line).

The object of the game is to gain possession of the puck (a disc of vulcanized rubber that's deceptively small and alarmingly hard when you get smacked with it (inevitably on the two inches of your body that aren't currently covered by padding)), and work with your team to get the puck into the other team's net.

Much like in other games like soccer and basketball, the strategy of the game is two-part: offense and defense. The five skaters on the ice are designated as either forwards (offense) or defense (defense), with two of each of those (right wing, left wing and right defense and left defense (usually you say right or left D)). The fifth skater is a center, whose job is to cover both ends, assisting with defense in front of the net, and driving plays coming out on offense.

There are far too many rules in hockey to cover here. They have to do with everything from the face-off -- where the puck is dropped by the ref where play stopped or at center ice -- to what kind of contact is illegal versus legal -- you can push and shove in front of the net but you can't whack somebody with your stick, for example -- to what can be done where on the ice, which is divided up by lines.

The lines are what really differentiate regulation hockey from "pond" hockey, which is hockey in its simplest (and some might argue purest and most fun) form. The lines are the goal line where the net is, and the two blue lines, which form a "neutral" zone in the center of the ice. The zone where your goalie is, behind the blue line closest to you, is "your" zone. After you cross the neutral zone over the other blue line, you're in enemy territory (aka "their zone" or for real, the offensive side (and believe me, some teams are move offensive than others)).

If you think the lines are confusing now, just wait until you hear this next part. Ready? Coming out of your zone, you can do anything you want with the puck. Go back, forth, across the blue line, up and down the blue line, anything you want.

But when you get to "their" blue line, the puck carrier has to cross first.

This is apparently the single most difficult rule to understand in hockey, for players and spectators alike. So let me explain it again.

If you're coming out of your zone towards the offensive zone, the person with the puck *has* to cross the far blue line first. If anyone else does, they're "offsides" and play stops and everyone gets all crabby and if you're the one who blew a really good play by getting your skate ahead of your linemate who had the puck, you're all embarassed and some girl in the stands is going "wait, why did they stop play, now?" and it's just bad all around.

That's just one rule that has to do with the lines. There are others. Icing, which is basically just an excuse for the ref to blow a whistle after you've sprinted end to end, and then gloat while you limp wheezing to the faceoff. There's also a rule called a two line pass rule, which is basically an offsides rule and everyone ignores it anyway.

There are also rules about what you can and can't do around and with the goalie, most of which you get thumped by the goalie for doing anyway, and if not the goalie his or her enforcer. Not that I'm speaking from experience.

Every time you get the puck in the net (their net, not yours) you get a point. Regulation games are played in three 20 minute periods, which usually wind up being longer on account of all the time people spend between whistles arguing their case with the refs.

Hockey is played with sticks, and there's rules around what you can and can't do with your stick (eg. you can't whack other players with it however much they deserve it), and how you can and can't handle the puck (for example just picking up the puck in your glove and running with it (or better yet concealing it on your person until you're closer to their goal)). The beauty of hockey is that people get away with bending or out and out breaking the rules all the time, which almost makes up for some of those bogus icing and offsides calls.

Finally, a large part of hockey, even non-contact recreational hockey, is contact. Over the years fights have slowly been phased out of the sport, with increasingly tighter rules and an overall intolerance across the board (fans and officials and organizations alike) for some of the rough stuff we saw in what is affectionately referred to as "old time hockey."

(Note: "Old time hockey" is a popular halcyon myth generated by a lot of geezers who neglected to wear helmets through much of the first half of this century and consequently can't remember d**k.)

I don't think it's possible to sum up hockey much more than that. There are great books on the subject, but really the best way to learn about the sport is to find someone who knows the game, and either get yourself to a college or AHL or NHL game... or better yet, find a rink and a league and learn to play.


Sorry this is kind of long, but hey. It's an involved question.

Answer 2

GO FOR IT!
be the leader... and go try out for it
i hope you can inspire some girls to start it. .. maybe start your own team! or stay on the team you are trying out for. im sure if girls see you do it.. they wont be as nervous or shy to try out!
go for it girl
good luck.. and i hope you can skate well!
= )

Answer 3

What are the rules of love?

There are billions, and there are none, which is why I love Hockey!!

Answer 4

Rule book on www.nhl.com Another must have: a good dentist.

Answer 5

I'm sure when you make the team.....
they will give you the rules.

Answer 6

skating exhibitions between fights

Answer 7

twelve players on the ice . five skaters and one goalie for each side,no hitting from behind ,no high sticking, and no offsides

Answer 8

search on the net

Answer 9

check with a coach or go to wikipedia.org

Answer 10

UUuuhhh.....what lotusice said!!!