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The Ice Hockey Varsity Match is a longstanding competition between the Cambridge and Oxford University Ice Hockey Clubs.. Tradition places the origin of the match in 1885, when a game is said to have been played in St Moritz. [1]
In ice hockey, holding the stick is a penalty called when a player intentionally holds an opposing player's stick in his hands and between any part of his body (i.e. under arms or between legs) to restrict the opposing player's ability to play the puck. [1] The referee will call a minor penalty for this infraction.
Girl with a field hockey stick. A hockey stick is a piece of sports equipment used by the players in all the forms of hockey to move the ball or puck (as appropriate to the type of hockey) either to push, pull, hit, strike, flick, steer, launch or stop the ball/puck during play with the objective being to move the ball/puck around the playing area using the stick, and then trying to score.
The Richmond Renegades were a professional ice hockey team in Richmond, Virginia that played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1990 until 2003. The Renegades played at the Richmond Coliseum, which they marketed in later years as the Freezer. The Renegades folded in 2003, but were succeeded by the Richmond RiverDogs of the United Hockey League.
A table hockey game, also called rod hockey game, stick hockey, bubble hockey, and board hockey, is a game for two players, derived from ice hockey. The game consists of a representation of a hockey rink; the players score goals by hitting a small puck into the opposing "net" with cutout figures that represent hockey players.
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Slashing – Using the stick to hit an opposing player's body; Interference – Using the body to move a player from his current position on the floor or preventing him from playing the ball or puck; High Sticking – Allowing the curved end of the stick to come above your waist; Pushing Down – Using the stick to push an opponent down
Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. [1]