It’s called “Hockey” in Canada. Just as in India and Pakistan Field Hockey is called “Hockey”. I guess it just depends on which game is more prevalent where you live. Its like asking what is the Greater Than 23 23 Tee Shirt In addition,I will do this tastiest food – great conversation starter, impossible to prove. But here’s why for me strictly as a non-playing fan, hockey outstrips any other spectator sport: – Very high skill set. Those who think its thugs on skates hitting each other don’t understand what’s required. Just learning to skate at a professional level (forward, backwards, and cross overs) is a major achievement. Then you add passing up and down the ice at speed, wrist shots, slap shots, face-offs, blocking shots, deeking to get past your man (or woman), all while trying not to get creamed by a good body check (checking being its own skill set) – incredible to watch. – Fast pace. Baseball is leisurely. Soccer is slow. Football is fast for ten seconds, then stops (then starts, then stops); basketball is fast (then someone scores, then its fast, then someone scores) – but Hockey has a nice fast pace throughout, natural breaks at the right times – 60 minutes of great action (by contrast, NFL football has approx. 11 minutes of actual action).
– Strategy. As a coach, who do you start in net? Do you shake up the Greater Than 23 23 Tee Shirt In addition,I will do this lines on any given night? Who do you match against the opposing team – and when do you put each line out? Who’s on your power play, who on your penalty kill (and how will that effect the regular line rotation?). And of course player stratgey – think Gretzky with the puck behind the net, controlling the action like a general, waiting for the right moment to pass – intense. – Importance. #1 sports moments in both U.S. and Canadian sports history are hockey moments: the Miracle on Ice in 1980; and the Canada/Russia summit series in 1972. No other sport in North America has that international resonance.
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