Ice hockey
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Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in North America and parts of Europe, is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs
A forward (Bryan Rust of the Pittsburgh Penguins) shoots toward a net defended by a goaltender (Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals).
Players from the South Carolina Stingrays perform a line change. A line change is a substitution of an entire line at once.
A player checks an opposing skater into the board that surrounds the ice.
Scoreboard for a hockey game during the fourth period. If a game is tied at the end of the third period, several leagues and tournaments have teams play additional sudden death overtime periods.
Shinty
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Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. It is played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland. The sport was formerly more widespread
Ice hockey
…sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor game was played on March 3, 1875. It draws influence from shinty which originated in Scotland, as well as field hockey which originated in England. Amateur hockey leagues began in the 1880s, and professional ice…
A shinty game in progress
1835 woodcut illustration of a game of shinty being played in the Scottish Highlands
The field of play
Shinty field (Winterton), Inveraray