I am a virgin to the Hockey sport....tell me what I need to know?

Question

Ok so, I have only heard about Hockey and Seen a few scenes in movies and Television but i've never got into it. Recently I saw a few clips of Hockey games and it looks like an awesome sport, very exciting. I'm not really into sports, but i really like Hockey so far and I want to get into it more. .. ... Tell me what I need to know about This sport...

Also I saw fights like mad, is it always like this...and no one does anything they just leave them to fight...lol

I'm in new york, is there games held here? And where can I buy tickets?

thanks :)

Answer 1

wow  -_-   ten points...yay.

I am going to try extra hard now..... life goes on.

Answer 2

If you want to watch a good hockey movie...watch Slapshot.

Answer 3

Not going to add to the aspects of the sport, been hit on pretty good. The teams it all depends on where you live in the state. I'm from NY as well, I live near Rochester...where we have the Amerks minor league affiliate of the Florida Panthers, as well as the Sabres near by. NYC obviously the Rangers, Islanders, Devils, but also the Hartford Wolf Pack within decent driving distance. There are other minor league and college teams that you can go see depending on the part of the state you live in.

Answer 4

Usually the movies do a really lousy job of portraying hockey. You're lucky to live in N.Y. You have the Rangers, Islanders and Devils to choose from.

Here are some places to go if you want to get into NHL

http://www.nhl.com/

http://www.hhof.com/

http://thehockeynews.com/

http://tsn.ca/nhl/

You can also buy some selected games on iTunes.

Answer 5

If you live in New York, there's the NY Rangers, in NYC, the NY Islanders, in Uniondale, and the Buffalo Sabres, in Buffalo. You can buy tickets on your teams website or at the arena.

I don't really know what you want to know about ice hockey, but I'll try to give you a basic overview...

There are 82 games in an NHL season, 41 home, 41 away. There are 30 teams in the National Hockey League, 15 in the Eastern Conference, 15 in the Western Conference. There are 3 Divisions in each conferece, in the East: Atlantic, Northeast, Southeast, and in the West: Central, Northwest, Pacific. In order to make the playoffs, the team must finish the regular season within the top 8 teams of it's conference, the division champions being seeded first-third. If that's confusing, don't worry about it for now....lol. And in the end the winner of it all gets to hoist Lord Stanley!! The Stanley Cup!

Hockey is played on a rink 200' long and 85' wide, with rounded corners. The ice surface has painted lines on it, which indicate face-off circles, the goal crease, and the various zones. The most important lines are the red line (which runs across the center of the ice) and the blue lines (which are parallel to the red line and are painted 73' from each end of the rink). The red line indicates center ice. The blue lines divide the ice into three zones, and regulate offsides. Each team plays from one side of the ice, and the area behind a team's blue line is called its defending zone. The area behind the opposing team's blue line is called the attacking zone. Finally, the area between the two blue lines is called the neutral zone.

A hockey rink picture-

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Thirteen feet from each end of the ice, right in the center, is a stationary set of goal posts with a net attached behind them. The object of the game is to put the puck in the net more times than the other team does. The posts are six feet apart and the top post (or crossbar) is four feet from the ice. A.K.A. the net is 4X6. A red line called the goaline connects the two posts, and the puck must cross this line entirely for a goal to be counted. The puck cannot be intentionally kicked or thrown into the net, or hit with a stick above the crossbar, but it can bounce off of someone's body part and still count. A blue area is painted in front of the goal. It goes out a foot from each side, then extends straight forward for four and a half feet and ends in a semi-circle whose furthest point is six feet from the goal line. This is called the 'crease'.

There are three basic kinds of players: forwards, defensemen, and goaltenders (goalies). Unless a team is shorthanded due to a penalty or overtime, each team will have six players on the ice during play. Three forwards line up at the front of the team, and they are (from left to right) the left wing, the center, and the right wing. Two defensemen line up behind them, one on the left and one on the right. The goalie is the sixth player. The forwards are responsible for most of the offense, and they tend to stay out front, while the defensemen are largely responsible for hanging back and making sure they are ready to protect the defensive zone. The goalie rarely strays far from his crease, but he does skate out and pass pucks to the other players, but cannot leave the trapezoid extending out from the back of the net, or he will receive a penalty.

Fighting is allowed in hockey - it results in a 5 minute penalty for each player involved, but doesn't leave either team shorthanded, unless one of the players receive an "instigator" penalty, or a game misconduct.

If you want to learn about the basic rules of the game[penalties, offsides, icing etc.] because you probably stopped reading this by the second sentence lol, check out this site.

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/hock...

I hope I didn't bore you to death, bottom line:: Hockey is the greatest. =D

Answer 6

omgg you don't know what you've been missing..hockey is so awesome. it is an exciting sport. but there's so much i can tell you about hockey. no it's not always like fighting central. well they let them fight for awhile usual then the refs would break it up. yes there's games in ny but its offseason right now, the new season starts in october. i can't wait. the only thing i hate about summer is that there's no hockey. =(

Answer 7

dont shove the stick up ur @ss thats a start its not a d**k

Answer 8

'Go Pens' has a great answer, but I wanted to put in my 2 cents!

Hockey is special - my first game hooked me and I knew I'd make an effort to see another, and that was after a lifetime's disinterest in any sport.

Everyone is telling you about the NHL - National Hockey League, and you might find a team closer to home, and nicer to your wallet in the AHL - American Hockey league.  It all depends where you are in New York.  Remember your College hockey too, when the season starts up again.

Edit:  Jimbo just above me makes the same point about local teams, and has the local knowlege!

Oh, and don't expect quite the brawling that you may have seen in 'Slap Shot'.... these days it's a bit more genteel than that, LOL, and players get sent off for 5 minutes for fighting.

Answer 9

blood, speed, ice. yahooooooo! Um, NY in summer, no hockey. it is a winter sport.

Answer 10

Watch and learn. Its a beautiful sport...

Answer 11

Blood, Endurance, goalies, forwards, defense, teams in your area: Buffalo sabres, NY Rangers, and NY Islanders. good luck, and read go pens answer...

      ...GO FLYERS AND HOCKEY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 12

ok hockey is really simple!

2 teams of 5 guys on the ice at a time (plus 2 goalies) try to use their sticks to put the puck past the opponent's goal line in the net to score 1 point! the team with the most points at the end of the game is the viktor!

if you live in Eastern New York you'll want to go to a New York Rangers game or a New York Islanders game

but if you live in Western New York you should try the Buffalo Sabres!

here are some websites to try...

New York Rangers: http://rangers.nhl.com/

New York Islanders: http://islanders.nhl.com/

Buffalo Sabres: http://sabres.nhl.com/

NHL: http://www.nhl.com