Ice hockey is the best sport to see in person.

Hockey players are some of the most humble, respectful, polite and generous of the athletes around the world. These guys don't fake being hurt and roll around on the ground for 20 minutes to try and get a penalty. They really get hurt, go to the dressing room, get fixed up and get right back out there. And if anyone ever crosses those lines, they fight.

Every reaction channel ever : “these hits are terrifying” Most hockey players: “these hits make me want to go play RIGHT NOW”

This is why Canadians are so nice, the settle everything on the ice

What I love about hockey is there’s a lot of contrast between the elegance of skating and skill versus the brutality of combat. The speed of the game can go so fast too.

"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" ~ Rodney Dangerfield

Miss Marie, hockey is awesome! ❤ from Canada 🇨🇦

Puck (rhymes with the Bad word.) :) Goal, goalie pads, Women do play hockey. Never boring. The big hits and the fights are actually a small part; the speed and skating is impressive and a good goalie is amazing to watch do their thing. Ice hockey and ice skating both are filled with incredible speed and skill.

Marie, allow me to speak as a journalist who authored a few books on hockey. The NHL has players from France! Antoine Roussel (from Roubaix), Alex Texier (Grenoble), Pierre Bellemare (LeBlanc-Mesnil) & Cris Huet (St-Martin-d'Heres) are a few. The collisions you saw? Old-school fans love them. Hockey's the only sport that permits fighting, so they love that too. But with head injuries now a crisis, many fans frown on such excessive violence, like watching NASCAR for its car crashes. I prefer hockey for its beauty, skill, skating, stickhandling and puck shooting. Also, do you know what the word "hockey" means? It's derived from the French word "hoquet," meaning a shepherd's crooked stick!

I'll be honest. Never thought much about hockey until I went to a live game. I loved it!

You may be interested in viewing the Montreal Canadians of the NHL, as they are a French Canadian favorite. They have both French and English Commentary, as well as a long Hockey Tradition. My favorite in person game was at the old Montreal Forum in 1972. It was the Montreal Canadians versus the Boston Bruins. Bobby Orr was playing or the Bruins in a hard fought game against Montreal at a time when ties were part of the outcomes. Also had the opportunity to see the Russian-USA Olympic Hockey Game at the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games.

They ain't angry, cause after the game, they go out for a beer and laugh about it

Dallas Stars fan here for 30 years. When someone hits a player, especially if they are a scoring forward, that team will hit back. It can get brutal, but the rules have changes, so fights and stuff aren’t the same as they were back in the day. It’s my favorite sport. Brutal, but you have to be precise. I love hockey, I can talk hockey all day.

Each year in Canada, (not this year though), there is a series titled "Battle of the Blades). Pro hockey players ,male and female, are teamed with an Olympic caliber figure skater in a judged competition. The best part is seeing how much respect there is for their partner's sport.

Hey Marie! Great video! I was blessed to play hockey for 6 years in elementary, middle, and high school levels and it was by far the most fun sport I've ever played (others I've tried: basketball for 5 seasons, soccer for 3 seasons, and baseball for 4 seasons). We wear a ton of padding to protect ourselves while on the ice. Our padding consists of leg pads, shoulder pads, elbow pads, hockey pants (which protect our upper thighs), and of course a helmet. The skates can also protect your feet. At the levels I played at, we had guards on our helmets that protected our whole face, however, in the NHL, most players opt for only the covering that protects their eyes. The blades on the bottom of the skates are a real danger to hockey players, particularly when someone is hit and their feet fly up. I saw a hockey player have to get around 80 stitches in his face after a skate flew up and caught him in the face. He recovered and was playing again by the next game. In order to protect their neck from possible skate blades causing them harm, some players (I was one) wear "neck guards" which can best be described as a thick fabric that is velcroed around your neck that will block skate blades if any were to go up around your neck. In terms of knowing which hits would be penalties, penalties that are often associated with hits would be things like interference (hitting someone about 5 or more seconds after they have passed the puck), cross-checking (putting your stick horizontally on someone's side, chest, or back and pushing against them into the boards), and boarding (when you hit someone into the boards directly from behind with the intention to hit them rather than pursue the puck). Hockey is a sport where tempers can get hot very quickly, and as a safety measure, they actually let the players fight in order to let them cool off their anger. Each player that fights is assessed a 5-minute penalty, however, this does not reflect on the number of players on the ice for each team. Hockey is, believe it or not, a self-regulating and gentlemen (or gentlewoman) sport where the players make sure that no one is unfairly "ganged up against" and if an illegal hit does occur, the receiving players will usually retaliate later in the game or next time the two teams meet. There are opportunities for you to watch entire NHL games through the NHL website (NHL.com). I am unsure how this feature will fare for you in France, particularly because of the time zone differences, however, if you go to the website, at the top, there will be a banner that lists all of the hockey games being played on that particular day. Every two days or so, the NHL streams an entire game for free. Looking at the site, the next free game will be April 22 at 7pm Eastern Time, which, accounting for the time zone difference, would be around 1 in the morning for you. Unfortunately, the time differences and the lack of morning games here in the states mean that most games played would be very late or early in the morning for you. I highly recommend watching an entire game though as you are indeed correct when you say that it is not a sport that gets boring. The playoffs for the NHL are coming up soon, though I honestly don't know when they are for 2 reasons: 1) My team (the Detroit Red Wings) are not going to make the playoffs, and 2) I am currently in law school and finals are approaching fast so I am having to focus on those. I believe the playoffs will begin around the middle of May, with the championship series occurring in June, possibly reaching into July. The way NHL playoffs happen is that the teams will play in a best-of-seven series where the first team to win 4 games against that particular team during the series wins the series and moves on to the next round. Including the championship series, there are four rounds. Sorry for the long comment, I've been eagerly anticipating your videos on the NHL because it is my favorite sport to watch, I am actually currently watching a game on TV as I type this. I can't wait to see more of your NHL videos! And keep up the great work!

The hockey hall of fame is full of French Canadians best goalies ever

Hockey Players are the most skilled athletes. Live it is amazing.

Recently college hockey just finished with university of Massachusetts winning division 1 championship.

One of the younger guys on the team I'm a fan of (the Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio) is actually from France. His name is Alexandre Texier.

En Amérique, surtout au Canada, nous utilisons uniquement le terme hockey (nous enlevons le « sur glace » ou « ice »), car pour nous, le vrai hockey se joue automatiquement sur glace.

Bonjour pour aidé un peu avec les termes: Le puck ( often said like POK by Francophone) est appelé la rondelle en français Canadien et fait de caoutchouc dur et est assez lourde pour sa taille pret de 200g. Il y a enormement de joueur francophone au Hockey le sport en fait as son histoire avec le melange des Francophone Québecois et des soldats britanique a la fin du 19ieme siecle. Deux équipes de la Ligne National de Hockey (NHL/LNH) utilise le Français dans toute leur parti et communication, soit les Canadien de Montréal et les Senateur d'Ottawa.

There is women's ice hockey - in fact, the French women's national team is the #10 ranked team in the world (the French men are 14th). The women do hit each other just like the men. France does also have a domestic professional league, the Ligue Magnus; the major differences from the NHL being a wider rink (IIHF rinks are 30.5m wide, NHL are 25.9m) which encourages more passing and less hitting, and no fighting (in NHL hockey, 2 players can drop their gloves and fistfight, only getting a 5 minute penalty while their team can replace them on the ice; IIHF rules say fighting is a match penalty and immediate ejection from the game). There are currently 3 NHL players from France - Antoine Roussel, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, and Alexandre Texier.

I love the way you contrast the different aspects of the sport. The elegance and precision with the aggression and brutality. Hockey encapsulates more of reality than any other other sport. It has everything in a single game.

As a 45 yr old Florida native, I've never seen snow and never been ice skating. I was never interested in hockey until about 4 yrs ago my mom got season tickets to the Lightning. My family loves hockey and after my first live game I was sold. I've only been watching hockey for 4-5 yrs but it's by far my favorite sport. It's fast, hard hitting, exciting and sometimes heart stopping. I love hockey! Go Bolts!

"Some of those seemed like they were on purpose!" Oh... Sweety...

“Does this happen often” Every minute of every game

Most beautiful and aggressive sport in the world. The skill, speed and strength is unparalleled. Thanks for giving hockey a watch.

As long as you don't jump/leave the ice or you take less then 2 steps after he passes the puck it's legal. Shoulder to shoulder hits are 95% legal!

The skates are incredibly sharp and dangerous. They are very different from figure skating skates. The puck is made of super hard rubber. Don't let the rubber part fool you. It's hard as a rock. I can think of two occasions where a player took a skate to the neck. Both were lucky to survive. There are medical staff and a Dr on each bench because of the first of the accidents. From his wiki: Clint Malarchuk had a skate hit him in the neck severing his carotid artery and partially cutting his jugular vein. Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight. The excessive amount of blood that Malarchuk lost caused eleven fans to faint, two more to have heart attacks, and three players to vomit on the ice. Malarchuk's life was saved due to quick action by the Sabres' athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli, a former US Army combat medic who served in the Vietnam War. He gripped Malarchuk's neck and pinched off the blood vessel, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin stabilizing the wound. He led Malarchuk off the ice then applied extreme pressure by kneeling on his collarbone-a procedure designed to produce a low breathing rate and low metabolic state, which is preferable to exsanguination. It took doctors a total of 300 stitches to close the 15.5 cm wound. He was back on the ice in ten days.

Hockey brings the strategy of baseball, the athleticism of basketball, and the physicality of football onto a sheet of ice. With no disrespect to fans of any other sport, hockey truly is the greatest game.

The hockey puck is made from compressed hard rubber. Hurts like heck when You get hit by one, especially on the ankle of the hockey skates.

Bonjour Marie! The team that may interest you the most is the Montreal Canadiens due to their French-Canadian location and heritage. Another team you may like is the Detroit Red Wings as you already have a number of Detroit sport's apparel, and they have a great logo, colors, and history. Voici le boom! ~Be Blessed

Canadians are so nice and polite, that their underlying anger comes out during the violent sport of ice hockey.

Fantastic video, Marie! The puck the game is played with is quite dense and made from rubber similar to vehicle tyres. It can and does knock out teeth or break bones in the face. The cold will give way soon for you to be able to enjoy sport again. All my best to you, Marie! Take good care.

as a kid in canada you get more excited each year, next year is the last year you have to play no contact....by the end of that year you dream of nothing more. it's one of the most exciting things a kid that plays hockey can pass into. you are now a hockey player. thank goodness fake teeth look so good these days!

Most of the hits are legal Fighting is allowed but you do get a penalty HAHA

Yes Canada’s favourite winter sport

In Quebec this sport is extremely popular. The Montreal Canadiens players are worshipped by their fans. There are very many very talented French players on the team. Women's hockey is also organized and popular.

This is great but the fights are even better. They are allowed to fight as long as they are standing.

La LNH existe depuis près de 100 ans, le trophey pour l'équipe gagnante de la saison, de 82 parties normalement(covid reduit a 56 parties) avec 31 équipes(32 l'an prochain avec la nouvelle franchise de la Ville de Seatle) canado-amiricaines qui jouent pour être une des 16 qui entrent dans les séries éliminatoires... ses 16 équipes jouent des séries 4 de 7(1ere equipe à 4 victoires) contre la même équipe qui ont été définies par rapport à la saison de 82 parties... donc 4 rondes de 4 de 7 pour arriver à gagner la Coupe Stanley(gagné pour la 1ere fois en 1983) et qui est depuis le trophé officiel. 🙂 Tu peux consultée assez facilement l'histoire du hockey en googlant... Et vu que tu as parlée de Football de la NFL, juste un brin d'histoire vu que les USA s'auto attribuent le sport... la plus vieille équipe, tous sports confondus, est De la Ligue Canadienne De Football, les Argonauts de Toronto fondé en 1873 et la coupe Grey est là pour les gagmants depuis 1909 et celui de la NFL Championship depuis 1966.!!! Je parlais bien sur des équipes d'amérique du nord! 😎

I’m a Home Fry Marie (Home Free fan) and I also love hockey. It’s popular in the US and Canada. There are a lot of French Canadian players in the game so you might like that. You can hit a player who has the puck but it’s a penalty if it’s a late hit (he passed the puck already some seconds ago) or if you target the players head. There have been concussions and injuries from bad hits especially into the boards. The game isn’t quite as rough as it used to be. They’re trying to clean up the hits to keep injuries down. There are also fights but not as many as there used to be. What I like is all the skill they have in scoring a goal and its a fast game and the players can really skate. There have been injuries from skates but it doesn’t happen very often. Hope you watch a game if you can. I’m a Pittsburgh Penguin fan so I love Sidney Crosby and he’s very good! You can watch some videos of him to see how skilled he is. Have a great day!

I love your reaction to the hits. I would say that 80 percent of those hits were legal hits in todays game. 99 percent would of been legal in 1980's. Best game on earth... lol

Hi Marie, years-long hockey fan here. (And yes, you do pronounce the H.) Hits along the edge of the rink aren't quite as dangerous as they look: you'll notice that the boards and glass tend to sway a bit, which means they absorb some of the kinetic energy of a high speed hit. It's the open-ice hits that are the scary ones. The penalties are mostly about unsafe play, and they tend to be variations on a couple of themes: 1) Don't use your stick as a weapon; 2) Don't hit someone who doesn't have the puck; 3) Don't hit the puck carrier harder than necessary; 4) Don't, DON'T try to deliberately injure someone; 5) And don't, don't, DON'T mess with the other team's goalie. There are a few others--bench minors and delay of the game--that you'll see now and then, but most of the player-on-player penalties tend to involve either unsafe play, or unsportsmanlike conduct.

Great video Marie. Hockey is a violent sport and that's probably why so many people like it. There are a lot of injuries and missing teeth in Hockey. Yes there is women's ice hockey and it's a little less violent. Keep the reactions and culture videos coming!

Yo, you have a Minnesota Golden Gophers banner behind you. I like your style!

What I like best about ice hockey is the incredible teamwork, which you don’t really see the best of in these videos. When 2-3 people work together perfectly to score is definitely worth watching. Also seeing people with really sharp stick handling skills.

“Does this happen often” yup almost every game

while hockey is high contact sport.....you really don't see too many of these spectacular hits that often

it would be cool to see you watch the Montreal Canadiens in Quebecois French lmao. also in Quebec they call the puck la rondelle :)

There is beauty in hockey: The skating and puck handling skills are incredible. Every once in a while a body-check interrupts the action, but it starts right back up. Yes, hockey players wear a lot of pads. They are light in weight (plastic), but protect all a person's vulnerable spots: gloves, helmet, elbow pads, shoulder pads, shin pads, pads in the pants to protect thighs, bums, private parts. Amazingly, it is rare for a player to be cut by a skate, and part of the unwritten code is that you don't use your skates as weapons.

There's a well known bit of Quebecois literature, a short story to be precise, that really captures the significance of hockey in Canadian and Québécois culture (along with the cultural tensions of the day - it's a well-written tale). I believe the English translation is called "The Hockey Sweater" and in French it's known by two names "Le chandail de hockey" ou "Une abominable feuille d'érable sur la glace". It's a recollection of one of the author's childhood memories (set back during the glory days of the Montreal Canadiens in the 50s or 60s). One of the most noteworthy lines: « Nous vivions en trois lieux : l’école, l’église et la patinoire; mais la vraie vie était sur la patinoire. » (to paraphrase: We lived in three places : the school, the church and the ice rink; but our real life was on the ice.)

If you decide to try this , Marie, make sure you have a really good dentist!

Quand COVID est terminé, venez à Québec et assistez une match des Canadiens de Montreal!

Our team The Las Vegas Golden Knights goalie is French Canadian- Marc-Andre Fluery- nickname The Flower (translation). The puck is made out of hard rubber. The rectangular shin pads are specifically for the goalie.

Hockey is a beautiful sport...yeah hits and fights happen, but the speed and athleticism are another level. Hockey is the best sport live, constant action and noise.

Marie, les mises en échecs sont partie intégrantes du sport et sont légale tant que le geste ne cherche pas à blesser son adversaire ou à viser la tête. C’est un sport très robuste et très rapide mais les joueurs portent des équipements de protection adéquats malgré qu’il arrive qu’il y ait des blessures dues au contact. Et oui, il y a du hockey féminin mais règles sont différentes où le contact est moins sévère. Et, même si c’est un sport plutôt agressif et que la frustration peut avoir un impact sur le comportement des joueurs, généralement ces athlètes limitent leur agressivité envers leurs opposants.

A lot of French speaking Quebecois players/fans for this sport.

@8:30 they are just called leg Pads, or a slang term we use is pillows because in the early years of hockey they were very soft and made of similar materials as pillows.

The original ice hockey sport is skating, passing, shooting, scoring. Players who are not so good at mastering those skills rely on violence & intimidation to stay professionally employed. Watching any game featuring the 'Montreal Canadiens teams' from the 1970's Lord Stanley Cup years is the 'purest example' of original ice hockey.

The best part is if somebody really pisses you off you can always punch him...fighting is allowed

HOCKEY 🏒 There called ice skates not shoes. Yes they call penalties for some hits. Love your baseball screaming.😀

Luv to hear that you discover Ice Hockey... Combination of Artistry and Athletic Skill on Skates!! So many good Ice Hockey players from Europe!!

Enjoyed your reactions. Nice to watch the game/religion we enjoy so much as Canadians through fresh eyes. Ps the puck is made of vulcanized rubber.

There are some really great Womens teams !

NHL Hockey Spectator: I went to the fights and a hockey game broke out. NASCAR Auto Racing Spectator: I went to car crashes and a race broke out. I'm really glad that you are giving sports a try. You are very inspirational. Up next, NBA Basketball? Penalties in hockey are pretty confusing. You just go with it. Fights occur all the time. There likely is a video of the worse hockey injuries or worse sports injuries...you may not want to watch those if there are. There have been a couple times where guys got cut badly from a skate, one not too long ago the guy had his throat slashed and he bled...a lot. I hope you are doing well and coping with your current lockdown. ~Be Blessed

Hello Marie and greetings from Canada! You should look up some videos on the NHL's best dangles if you want to see the elegant, high-speed side of hockey. I love big hits, but that's only part of what makes hockey great! Seeing these huge athletes moving so well at such high speeds is unforgettable :)

You bring up a great point. About 1/3rd of these hits are penalties, and its VERY hard for a new fan to grasp what is and isn't allowed due to very inconsistent riffing. Its a legit barrier to the sport.

I had the absolute biggest smile seeing how happy you got catching the ball in that clip. I really hope you can find the same joy in hockey as well as other sports because that’s so enjoyable and refreshing to see. There is no better sound on this earth than the excitement of another human being

Great job with your reaction to NHL Hardest Hits and your thoughts about it .Those are very talented skaters and the glass some players go through it plexiglass sheets and very strong but can break.

As someone living in ontario with family from Winnipeg. Hockey is the English way, but we hear Ockey a lot, so it's perfectly fine to say.

It’s a beautiful sport, fast, aggressive and honourable. Love from 🇨🇦

really interesting to see the point of view of a french person about my favorite sport. I want more video of you reacting to it, because it is more than big hit and fighting. Pour répondre a ta question sur les pénalités. La mise en échec (le fais de pousser un joueur contre la bande) est légal si le coup est donner avec l'épaule. l'épaule ne doit pas toucher la tête sinon pénalité. Le joueur doit posséder la rondelle (le palet pour les Français) pour recevoir une mise en échec, sinon c'est une pénalité. A part ca si les deux élément sont respecter, tu peux quasiment tuer ton adversaire et ca devrais être correct :D

You can also search on KZfaq for games in any of these sports.... television broadcasts of entire games, going back from today, back decades, as well as histories.

Hi Marie! So very sorry to hear about your best friend 😢. Like others here I suggest you watch the history of the Montreal Canadiens. Great video as always!

Took a quick look and didn't see the answer to your question about what the puck is made out of, it is vulcanized rubber and is frozen, so it is quite hard Edit: If you want to check out women's hockey try Hayley Wickenheiser one of the best all time

Hi Marie, I’m glad I came across your channel. I enjoy learning about other cultures, and seeing the perspectives of others outside of my own milieu. Sorry to hear about your friend. This video just popped up on my recommended feed. I’ll subscribe for more. Keep up the great work.

Its very expensive to play as a kid, hence why its not a global sport like soccer or basketball. But ive been playing for 31 years and its my love and passion. Hope you become a fan for life :) love from Canada

Some penalties that can be enforced on hits are charging, interference, elbowing, boarding, cross checking, and they can also be of the minor or major variety.

Nice video! There are also some French ice hockey players in the NHL! One of them is Alexandre Texier who plays for the Blue Jackets from Columbus, Ohio. He used to play in Finland - where I'm from and where hockey is also huge sport - before going to the NHL, so that's how I know him.

I love the Minnesota Golden Gophers flag in the background!!!

Does it make me be strange to watch a french girl watching ice hockey for the first time as I am french also ? Maybe this is due for the love of this sport. La bizzz FrenchTastic !

Hockey players are on another level. One time, a player got hit by a car, stood up and said “it’s ok, I’m a hockey player”, then played that night. You should seek out a video about fights.

hitting, or "checking" as it is called, is allowed in certain circumstances. You are allowed to check the player that has possession of the puck (they give you a 1 - 2 second grace on that, so if you are about to hit someone and they pass the puck off before you make contact, it is still ok). If you check a player that does not have possession of the puck it is a penalty for interference.

Hits like this still happen but far less frequently than they used to unfortunately

Hockey the fastest and hardest sport on the planet. I takes a special breed to be this tough and I love it

To answer a few of your questions: -Hits and physical contact is allowed against a player who has the puck, there are sometimes penalties issued if the hit is illegal(too late, to the head, from behind, into the boards) There is also a "code" that will be respected or basically another player will come fight you. Fighting is a 5minute penalty. -Women do play hockey, it is also very competitive, they only hit along the boards, they are not allowed open ice hits like the big ones you saw in the first video. -The puck is made of volcanized rubber, it is actually somewhat heavy(170 grams) for its size and is commonly shot at the goalie at around 100km/hour. Players can get hit in the face by it and lose teeth, need stitches etc. -Injuries are common in Hockey due to it's fast pace(they skate around on average 30km/h, up to 48km/h) and concussions do happen like on some of the hits you saw. These are some of the best athletes in the world due not only to the physical demand but the intelligence for strategy, fine motor skills and agility. I watch almost every major sport in the world but Hockey is by far the most entertaining and incredible one.

I’ve played every sports nothing compares you truly have to love it to play. The puck is solid vulcanized rubber

Couple of thoughts. 1. One of the challenges with whether hockey is popular or not is that the equipment costs are fairly steep. For example, I used to be a goalie...and back in the day, it would be $15-$20 per stick. But, those sticks were made out of wood. Similar sticks now run in the $50 range (and up) for a single stick. And everything else has similarly gone up in price. So, because equipment costs a lot (not just at the professional level...also the youth levels), it can be a barrier to entry. 2. Speaking of having been a goalie, there weren't a whole lot of images of goalies being successful in what you watched. It might be worth checking out a video or two of goalies making ridiculous saves. 3. And yeah, hockey is not exactly the safest of sports. There are people that have gone from skating one moment...to being paralyzed by virtue of how they may have hit the boards. One of the most gruesome incidents took place in 1989 when Clint Malarchuk (a goalie for the Buffalo Sabres at the time) had a skate blade cut into his neck. And no, I wouldn't recommend watching the video. It's not easy to watch. Just know that there are a lot of potential ways to be injured while playing hockey...and if you can imagine it, it probably happened. Getting sticks/pucks in the face? Yep. Happens fairly regularly. Though, at different levels, there are different requirements when it comes to what kind of helmet/face protection a player wears. In the US, everyone through college levels are required to wear a helmet and a full mask (covering the entire face). Only at the professional levels are they allowed to wear a partial mask (or none at all.) There used to be time dating back to the 70's where helmets weren't required. And, you can go further back in time (late 50's or thereabouts) where goalies did not wear masks. And yeah, I could probably keep going on and on. I happen to love hockey (currently have a game on right now while typing this.)

Your only seeing the most violent parts, now you need to watch the skating and the great goals that are scored, it's like ballet on ice.

PEtit salut du Québec ! Pour répondre à ton questionnement, les mise en échec (hits en anglais), sont légale au Hockey si elle sont faite correctement. Si celui qui a fait la mise en échec lève l'épaule plus haut que l'épaule de celui qui se fait mettre en échec (donc épaule à la tête) c'est une pénalité (dépendemment la gravité de l'état du joueur qui a recu le coup la pénalité peux être de 2 minute, 5 minute ou 10 minute avec expulsion du match) TOUTE les mises en échec où le coude de l'agresseur est lever et donc les coups est donné avec le coude est une pénalité de 5 minute, même chose pour le genou. Le problème est que le jeu se passe très vite au Hockey et donc les arbitres ne voit pas toujours le coup et le règlement est fait en sorte que si l'arbitre ne l'a pas vu il n'y a pas de pénalité, donc, certain joueur font exprès de faire des coup illégaux qui peuvent blesser l'adversaire en s'assurant que les arbitres ne verront pas le coup qu'il porte à leur adversaire. D'ailleurs c'est un sujet chaud dans la communauté du hockey, beaucoup pense que les entraineurs ou même les coéquipiers qui sont témoins d'un geste dit "salaud" puisse demander au arbitre d'aller voir à la reprise vidéo s'il s'agis belle et bien d'une infraction. Pour l'instant ce n'est pas le cas donc plusieurs joueur sont blesser pour de longue duré à cause de coup comme ça chaque années.

A lot of the players look big because the skates make em look tall, but the average height in the NHL is only 6’1-6’2

I watch most team sports regularly (except rugby and cricket) but hockey is my favorite one.

A guy who once commentated for the Red Wing games and at one time play for the Red wings when he was younger Mickey Redmond used to say that hockey is not a place for a nervous fella. Hockey is yes a very brutal sport probably the most brutal of the major sports yet at the same time it takes a lot of grace and elegance and technical skill and can be a beautiful sport.

Interesting video. Hard to believe they didn't make helmets mandatory until 1979. Kind of nuts. :-)

Hockey is probably the most difficult sport of all : you have to hit / be hit like in football , you have to be an expert skater , and you have to have amazing hand - eye coordination to handle / shoot the puck 🏒

I had to laugh at your reaction to catching the baseball....good job! Enjoyed the video, but here in Canada we just call it hockey The ice is just a given :)

Hockey is so much more than just big hits. The talent of some the top stars is amazing. I recommend you try watching a video showing hockey's best dekes, dangles, etc.

A less-violent version of hockey, field hockey, is a women's sport. Both of my daughters played it in high school. The game is similar to ice hockey, but it is played on grass or artificial turf and uses a ball (73 mm +/-) instead of a puck. In field hockey, only the goalkeepers wear protective gear.

Frenchman Crisobal Huet was a great goalie for Montreal and Chicago.

In person, you appreciate the speed and skating abilities of the players.