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An Ice Hockey Wiki article.

Popularity of ice hockey worldwide, 2008. This map shows the number of registered hockey player per 1000 inhabitants.
     More than 10.00      Between 5.00 and 10.00      Between 1.00 and 5.00      Between 0.50 and 1.00      Between 0.10 and 0.50      Between 0.01 and 0.10      Some hockey, but no data      No hockey

Dear visitor, welcome to the Ice Hockey Wiki. As its name suggests, this wiki is dedicated to ice hockey. But what is this? Ice hockey is a fast and exciting team sport played on a specifically designed rink. The goal of the game is very simple: the players, two defencemen and three forwards per side, must score goals in the opposing team's net, located at the other end of the ice and protected by a goaltender. Instead of shoes, each player wears a pair of skates to move around the rink. In order to score goals, they must send a vulcanized rubber disc called puck in the aforementioned net using a specially designed stick.

The game originates from Canada and has spread all around the world. If you want to learn more about this sport that passionates us to the point of dedicating ourselves to a wiki, then you've come to the right place. Please take a look around, read a bit, and, if you have knowledge we still miss, feel totally free to add it by editing our articles or creating new ones!