QUESTIONS.
1. Today Ice Hockey is played in about 30 different countries. In which country is
it the national sport?
2. What is the shape and what are the dimensions of a standard NHL ice rink?
3. What are the dimensions of a U.S. college ice rink?
4. What are the dimensions of an international ice rink?
5. What is the minimum height of the board wall which encloses the playing area?
6. What are the dimensions of the goal cages, one at either end of the playing
area?
7. What is the zone called immediately in front of each goal, 4 ft deep x 8 ft wide,
marked by a red line into which no attacking player may enter, unless the puck
is there?
8. The playing area is divided into three zones by two latitudinal blue lines.The
zone nearest a team’s goal is called the defence zone; the zone nearest the
opponent’s goal is called the attacking zone.What is the central zone called?
9. The playing area is also divided latitudinally by three red lines.Two mark the
‘goal lines’ behind which the goals are erected.What does the third line
indicate?
10. The rink also has five red circles clearly marked, each with a radius of 15 ft
(4.6m), two in each team’s defence zone and one at centre ice.What are these
circles called?
11. How many players are there in a team, on the ice at any one time?
12. How many officials control a game of NHL or international ice hockey?
13. A game is divided into three periods. How long is each period, in minutes?
14. With what action does play begin, and begin again after every stoppage?
15. Substitutions are permitted during play.What is a change of player during play
called?
ANSWERS.
1. Canada. 2.A round-cornered rectangle. 200 ft (61m) long x 85 ft (25.5m) wide. 3.
200 ft (61 m) x 100 ft (30.5 m). 4. 184-200 ft (56-61 m) x 85-98 ft (26-30 m). 5. 4 ft
(1.22m). 6. 4 ft (1.22m) high x 6 ft (1.83m) wide. 7.The ‘Crease’ . 8.The ‘Neutral
Zone’. 9.The centre of the playing area. 10.‘Face-off’ circles. 11. Six. 12. One referee;
two linesmen and five off-ice officials. 13.Twenty. 14.‘Face-off’. 15.A ‘Line Change’.
1. Today Ice Hockey is played in about 30 different countries. In which country is
it the national sport?
2. What is the shape and what are the dimensions of a standard NHL ice rink?
3. What are the dimensions of a U.S. college ice rink?
4. What are the dimensions of an international ice rink?
5. What is the minimum height of the board wall which encloses the playing area?
6. What are the dimensions of the goal cages, one at either end of the playing
area?
7. What is the zone called immediately in front of each goal, 4 ft deep x 8 ft wide,
marked by a red line into which no attacking player may enter, unless the puck
is there?
8. The playing area is divided into three zones by two latitudinal blue lines.The
zone nearest a team’s goal is called the defence zone; the zone nearest the
opponent’s goal is called the attacking zone.What is the central zone called?
9. The playing area is also divided latitudinally by three red lines.Two mark the
‘goal lines’ behind which the goals are erected.What does the third line
indicate?
10. The rink also has five red circles clearly marked, each with a radius of 15 ft
(4.6m), two in each team’s defence zone and one at centre ice.What are these
circles called?
11. How many players are there in a team, on the ice at any one time?
12. How many officials control a game of NHL or international ice hockey?
13. A game is divided into three periods. How long is each period, in minutes?
14. With what action does play begin, and begin again after every stoppage?
15. Substitutions are permitted during play.What is a change of player during play
called?
ANSWERS.
1. Canada. 2.A round-cornered rectangle. 200 ft (61m) long x 85 ft (25.5m) wide. 3.
200 ft (61 m) x 100 ft (30.5 m). 4. 184-200 ft (56-61 m) x 85-98 ft (26-30 m). 5. 4 ft
(1.22m). 6. 4 ft (1.22m) high x 6 ft (1.83m) wide. 7.The ‘Crease’ . 8.The ‘Neutral
Zone’. 9.The centre of the playing area. 10.‘Face-off’ circles. 11. Six. 12. One referee;
two linesmen and five off-ice officials. 13.Twenty. 14.‘Face-off’. 15.A ‘Line Change’.
