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Hockey players had alot of equipment so they wouldn`t get hurt like a helmet, skates, gloves, shoulder pads, elbow pads and knee pads. There is equipment that covers it like a hockey jersey and hockey socks (2). Hockey is played on ice and hockey players use hockey stick to handle the puck and put it in the other teams net. =====



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In the past people used a wooden curved bat and a wooden or leatheres balls before the excistence of hockey. It was a popular game in the low countries between the Middle Ages and the Dutch Golden Age. hockey was invented in the 1800`s created by the canadians. Field hockey was born before the birth of christ. The NHL season began in October 1995 for the first time in human history. before NHL, the rules of hockey were being made like icing in 1937 and the offside rule in 1929. The first hockey rink was built in Chelsea and London, England in the year of 1876. Canadians worked with Goalie Jaques Plante to make the first hockey goalie mask in 1960. A guy named Frank Zamboni invented the first self-propelled ice machine in 1949, which he named the Zamboni. ===== =hockey for kids=

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kids can learn to skate at age 2 and 3. they can start real hockey at the age of 4. kids are good for hockey if they are energetic and they can work as a team. for boys, the levels are: Mite, 8 years old and under; Squirt, 10 and under; Pee Wee, 12 and under; Bantam, 14 and under; Midget Minor, 16 and under; Midget Major, 18 and under. when it is not a hockey day and you want to practice rollerblades are the same as hockey skates but the difference is that rollerbades have wheel instead of blades and you play on cement not ice. if he still wants to play and he is 8 years old you`ll need to pay from $600 to over $3,000 a year. The season of hockey starts in fall and ends somewhere in Spring. There are 6 positions, 3 forwards, 2 defensemen, and 1 goalie. =====

=Public Skating= If you want to start hockey but you don`t know how to skate i would recomend to go public skating. most hockey rinks have a time for people to skate on there own. there are some outdoor rinks in the winter to public skate. if you are luckey there will be crates for new skaters to use or for big kids just to have fun with.

p.s. it will be cold at what ever hockey rink you want to go to so i hope you dress warmly.

=NHL= There is alot of team. (one team per state in USA). that play against each other atleast twice a season. they play hard especially in the places. the teams want to make the championship so work harder then ever. only two teams are in the championship. who ever wins the championship gets a gold medal and the person that looses gets a silver medal. most of the gold medals have been given to the Canadians or the United States.





=﻿Boston Garden=
 * opened November 17,1928
 * located on top of north station
 * designed by Tex Rickard