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  2. National Hockey League rules - Wikipedia

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    The National Hockey League rules are the rules governing the play of the National Hockey League (NHL), a professional ice hockey organization. Infractions of the rules, such as offside and icing , lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent face-offs , while more serious infractions lead to penalties being assessed to the offending team.

  3. Cross-checking - Wikipedia

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    This article deals chiefly with ice hockey. In the rules of the National Hockey League, cross-checking is defined in Rule 59, [1] while the International Ice Hockey Federation rules define it in Rule 127. [2] While body checking is allowed in boys and men's ice hockey, the use of the stick increases the risk of injury to an opponent.

  4. Ice hockey rules - Wikipedia

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    The NHL's rule book is the basis for the rule books of most North American professional leagues. The IIHF, amateur and NHL rules evolved separately from amateur and professional Canadian ice hockey rules of the early 1900s. [1] Hockey Canada rules define the majority of the amateur games played in Canada.

  5. Checking (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    In women's IIHF ice hockey, body checking is considered an "illegal hit" as well as in non-checking leagues, and is punishable by a minor penalty, major penalty and automatic game misconduct, or match penalty. [1] Body checking was allowed at the first women's world ice hockey championship in 1990 but has been considered illegal since.

  6. Penalty (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    The first codified rules of ice hockey, known as the Halifax Rules, were brought to Montreal by James Creighton, who organized the first indoor ice hockey game in 1875. [2] Two years later, the Montreal Gazette documented the first set of "Montreal Rules", which noted that "charging from behind, tripping, collaring, kicking or shinning the ball ...

  7. Glossary of ice hockey terms - Wikipedia

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    The superstitious practice of a hockey player not shaving off his facial hair during the playoffs, consequently growing a beard. plus-minus A hockey statistic that can apply to a player or an offensive or defensive line indicating whether they were on the ice when the opposing team scored (a minus) or on the ice when their team scored (a plus).

  8. Tripping (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    Bobby Orr (dark uniform) being tripped by the stick of an opponent (upper left). A tripping or obstruction tripping penalty in ice hockey and ringette is called by the referee when a player trips an opposing player with their hockey stick or ringette stick, or uses their skate against the other players skate ("slew footing"), causing them to lose balance or fall and obstruct them from making ...

  9. Category:Ice hockey books - Wikipedia

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    The Ultimate Book of Hockey Trivia for Kids This page was last edited on 21 April 2020, at 13:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...