An ice rink is a frozen body of water or an artificial sheet of ice where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The growth and increa
Interior of the Glaciarium in 1876
Ice rink in Amsterdam c. 1900, from the Amsterdam City Archives
1894–1895: North Avenue Ice Palace skating rink in Baltimore, Maryland
1901: St. Nicholas Rink, New York City
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
Ice rink
…of Scottish origin meaning "course", used to describe the ice surface used in the sport of curling, but was kept in use once the winter team sport of ice hockey became established. There are two types of rinks in prevalent use today: natural ice rinks, where freezing occurs from cold ambient temperatures, and…
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.