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Highest governing body: International Ice Hockey Federation
First played: 19th century Canada
Team members: 6 per side (including goaltender)
Type: Team sport, stick sport, puck sport, winter sport
Equipment: Hockey pucks, sticks, skates, shin pads, shoulder pads, gloves, helmets (with visor or cage, depending on age of player and league), elbow pads, jock or jill, socks, shorts, neck guard (depends on league), mouthguard (depends on league)
Ice Hockey is a sport in which two teams compete on a certain area of ice. One of the most important sports in Russia and several other countries.
Players put sleds on their feet so they can move very quickly. Players carry hockey sticks to push or pass the Puck on ice. The team scores a point when the disc enters the goal, as the opponent's goalkeeper tries not to let them. Each team has 6 players.
Ice hockey is most popular in Canada, central and eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the northern regions of the United States. Ice hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the modern version of the sport was created, and enjoys immense popularity; alongside Canada, hockey is the most popular winter sport in Finland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, Belarus and Switzerland. In North America, the National Hockey League (NHL) is the highest level for men's hockey and the most popular.
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