Winter Olympic Games Hockey

Ice Hockey - Sports Game, a subspecies of hockey, which consists in the confrontation of the two teams, who, passing the puck sticks, try to throw it into the opponent's goal and not to miss in their own. The winning team, scored the highest number of goals.

The first Olympic Ice hockey tournament was in 1920. It were summer Games. Hockey is a program of the winter Olympics since 1924

Participants
Since that time to date has participated 30 teams but there are just 6 winners.

There are 2 teams who lead by the number of gold medals: Russia and Canada

Play-off stage

The final

RUSSIA - CANADA
The main ice hockey
competitors

RULES
The tournaments follow the rules used by the IIHF. The current IIHF rules differ slightly from the rules used in the NHL. One difference between NHL and IIHF rules is standard rink dimensions: the NHL rink is narrower, measuring 61 m × 26 m (200 ft × 85 ft), instead of the international size of 61 m × 30 m (200 ft × 98.5 ft).

Teams
At the same time on the part of one team must be six players - five of the field and one goalkeeper. Goalkeeper may be replaced with the sixth field player. Players can change how the pauses during a stop of play, as well as directly in the game.

NHL vs IIHF
Players from the NHL can take part in the tournament just after the NHL tournament finished. But with the 2014 Winter Olympics being held in Russia, a number of Russian NHL players, including Alexander Ovechkin, have stated that they will play in the tournament with or without the NHL's approval.

Interesting facts
The largest score in the history of the Olympic hockey was recorded in the match between Canada and Switzerland in 1924, 33:0

Equipment
Hockey stick - must be made of wood or other material approved by the IIHF, such as aluminum and plastic. They should not have any irregularities and all corners shall be rounded.
Dimensions Stick:
Maximum length - 163 cm from the heel to the end of the stick
maximum width - 3 cm
maximum thickness - 2.5 cm
stick should be straight

Hockey skates
Players must play in skates designed for hockey, with safety blades

Equipment
Protective equipment consists of:
helmet;
visor;
Eye protection
Shields (knee and elbow pads);
Gloves (Cragie) - have to close his hand and wrist;
Mouth guard;
Hockey pants (shorts);
Shell;
Hockey sweater;
Most junior hockey players under 18 in place of the visor must be fixed to the helmet like a hockey goalie mask.

Hockey puck
The puck shall be made of vulcanized rubber or other material approved by the IIHF and be mostly black.
Size washers:
Diameter: 7.62 cm
Thickness: 2.54 cm
Weight: 200 g

Final reason
Hockey - it's really masculine sport, because it would allow the fights between players. Hockey - it's really masculine sport, because it allows the fights between players. It is also one of the reasons why millions of people are so fond of hockey!