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Description: Sports: Ice Hockey / Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport ... more
Ice Hockey in General ... played on ice. It is a speedy and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice rinks it has become a year-round pastime at the amateur level in major metropolitan areas such as cities that host an NHL or other professional-league team. It is one of the four major North American professional sports, and is represented by the National Hockey League (NHL) at the highest level, and the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), the highest level of women's ice hockey in the world. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity, and is also the most popular spectator sport in Finland. Only six of the thirty NHL franchises are based in Canada, but Canadian players outnumber Americans in the league by a ratio of almost four to one. About thirty percent of the league's players are non-North American. The sport's popularity in the U.S. is concentrated in certain regions, notably the Northeast, the Midwest, and Alaska. This concentration helps to make ice hockey the least watched major sport in the United States, though it is by far the most watched sport in Canada. Nonetheless, in certain major U.S. cities (notably Buffalo, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Tampa, Denver, San Jose, Dallas and Columbus) it commands popularity levels similar to and occasionally exceeding basketball for winter sports fans.

Newest Review: ... but surley that will be a much more complicated journey for many people, and it may not be built for years to come yet. So what will become of our ice hockey teams, the Cardiff Devils and Cardiff Comets? I don't think this is fair, and we should rebel against this outrage. Something needs to be done, and it needs to be done soon, seen as our lease runs out in November 2005. Surely they can ... more

 ... find somewhere else to construct the new David Morgan Centre? We have a number of ice hockey teams, ages ranging from 3 years old to our senior Cardiff devils team, I don't see why we should be left without an ice rink for a shops sake. As a gent...more

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Premium Review Ice Hockey in General: Cardiff Ice Rink to be no more? (351 words)
by HanaLukey - written on 29/11/04 (Useful, 335 readings)
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I have been an ice hockey player now for 3 years. I am part of a team at the Cardiff Ice Rink. As you may or may not know, it is the only ice rink in Wales and the council are now determined to knock it down to place a new David Morgan shopping centre. I think this is scandalous, where are our ice hockey teams meant to go? There are rumours of building a new rink in the bay, but surley that will be a much more complicated journey for many people, and it may not be built for years to come yet. So what will become of our ice hockey teams, the Cardiff Devils and Cardiff Comets? I don't think this is fair, and we should rebel against this outrage. Something needs to be done, ...

sammih
Premium Review "Giant" venue in Belfast (365 words)
by sammih - written on 23/03/02 (Useful, 20 readings)
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The Odyssey Arena in Belfast is the home of the current champions the Belfast Giants. For those pucker fans from "the mainland" this is a great away trip and easy to get to. Although the home of the "Giants" it was recently the venue for the world amateur boxing championships. Game tickets are competitive by todays sporting standards. For a family of four a family ticket is around £28.00. Compare that to £28.00 for one person for a category "A" premier league football match. The location of the arena is close to the docks so arrival from Scotland is very handy and can take as little as an hour and a half by the ...

Ice Hockey in General: Winter Olympic Champions (188 words)
by - written on 28/02/02
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After 2 weeks that is the Winter Olympics over with. The games themselves havent been going on as long as the Olympic games. With which they have been going on for thousands of years. Various sports are competed here, but the one sport am away to write about is ice hockey. The two countries that are usually conected with ice hockey are Canada and the Usa. How ever other countries such as the Soviet countries are good. But Canada has always been the best. Canadas main sport obvouisly is ice hockey. There are many leagues and temas in Canada, so they take the sport very seriously. Which is why there national team is probably so strong. ...

 
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