Hockey pucks have been around nearly as long as the game of hockey itself (a ball was used in early games). Depending on who you talk to, the first use of a puck was in Kingston Harbour, Ontario, Canada in 1860. While it's unlikely that this first puck was made of rubber, it wasn't long after that that the rubber puck made its entrance into the game. Natural rubber is one of the most elastic substances known. A puck is compounded with other materials to give it strength and to make it less elastic, but pucks still have a rubbery nature.
To take some of the bounce out of a puck for a game, it's frozen beforehand, and even kept frozen between periods. Most substances behave similarly when heated or cooled. Adding heat to a system (the puck) is essentially the same as adding more energy to it; if the puck is storing more energy, it will bounce higher.
2007-03-24 09:30:44
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answered by kugarweb05@btinternet.com 2
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Tires! Well not exactly, tires and hockey pucks are made of vulcanized rubber.
2007-03-24 09:28:08
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answered by madrom 4
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hockey pucks aren't made, they're grown. they come from the jungles of borneo, on the puck plains. have you heard the expression, "get the puck out of here". it originates there during the puck harvest, followed by the puck fest.
2007-03-24 09:24:31
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answered by pinhed_1976 6
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Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung.
2007-03-24 09:23:34
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answered by Da Koolast Gal Yah'll Eva Me 1
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Rubber
2007-03-25 10:28:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Rubber
2007-03-24 09:27:27
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answered by Emo Kid 2
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It replaced into made out of timber, and it replaced into developed from the sport Ice Hurley circa 1860. Ice Hurley began circa 1800, and used a cork ball held jointly by way of leather-based, inspite of the undeniable fact that it replaced into unmanageable on the ice. They flattened the ball, and used timber.
2016-10-19 12:51:14
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answered by Anonymous
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Vulcanized rubber!
2007-03-24 09:23:27
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answered by Derek B 4
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Very hard rubber.
2007-03-24 09:22:43
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answered by Ryan S 1
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