Hockey

The game of hockey involves two teams which play with a ball or heavy disc and try to maneuver into the opponent’s goal or net using a hockey stick. Most played versions of football include field hockey and ice hockey. Hockey is played by both males as well females and at times even both the sexes play a game of hockey together. In all, Hockey is most played in Europe, Asia, Australia, and South Africa. The International Hockey Federation – FIH has a total of 116 members. Hockey as a game is very popular considering it has been played in almost all Olympic Games excluding one or two of them.

The National Hockey League (NHL), New York is the most prominent unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs. Of the total member hockey clubs 24 are located in USA while the rest 6 are in Canada. NHL as earned the reputation of being a premier professional ice hockey league in the world.
Included as a major professional sports league, NHL Hockey is ranked well amongst Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the National Basketball Association

NCAA hockey is an extremely popular hockey tournament held in USA. Most popular of the hockey tournaments being NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship and even the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. AS these hockey tournaments determine the collegiate national champion, they have become extremely popular and are equally viewed and followed on television as well. Frozen Four is a term given to the annual NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship tournament through which the top men’s ice hockey team in Division I and Division III of NCAA is decided.

Moving over to field hockey, most popular hockey tournaments include Olympic Games tournament, and the Hockey World Cup which are held every 4 years. India and Pakistan have dominated the hockey scene but with the arrival of hockey teams from Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Spain in the late 1980s, they seem to be pretty lost.Popular women’s hockey teams include India, China, Korea, Argentina, Netherland, Australia and Germany.

For Latest Hockey Schedules and Hockey news, you could always visit the Internet and download the Hockey schedule for your convenience as well. There many websites and hockey blogs which provide you with latest information and updates on hockey tournaments and hockey players. At all times you will be able to access lots and lots of information on hockey teams as well.

Watching and following Hockey tournaments brings itself excitement and enthusiasm. With each hockey game being divided into two equal halves viz 35 minutes each along with 5 mins for half time, each and every hockey game is different and incomparable as it has its share of free hits, penalty strokes and penalty corners. Also with the three tier penalty card system, the game takes interesting turns all the time. A green card stands for official warning; yellow card is a temporary suspension (usually of 5 minutes) and on issue of the red card means permanent exclusion from the game. The excitement and tempo of the game is so extremely high and hence hockey gets