Hockey birth. Game was born in Canada, and the first match has been spent in Montreal in In 1893 the governor general of Canada lord Stanley has founded the Cup for the best Canadian command. Till 1910 this prize - began to be called as Stanley's Cup. In 1917 the National hockey league (NHL) which have united all Canadian professional commands has been formed. And in seven years, in 1924, the first American team has joined Canadians in NHL from Boston also.

Hockey has come to Europe already in the XX-th century beginning - the first championship of the Old World has been played in Modular Great Britain (she became the winner), Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.

The World championships and Europe, Olympic games. Since 1932 titles “Hockey kings of Europe” are played only within the limits of the World championships and winter Olympic games. In 1924 hockey was included for the first time into the Olympic program of winter Olympic games. First three places of a place in Olympic games: , Italy: 1. The USSR, 2. The USA, 3. Canada , the USA: 1. The USA, 2. Canada, 3. The USSR , Austria: 1. The USSR, 2. Sweden, 3. Czechoslovakia , France: 1. The USSR, 2. Czechoslovakia, 3. Canada , Japan: 1. The USSR, 2. The USA, 3. Czechoslovakia , Austria: 1. The USSR, 2. Czechoslovakia, 3. Germany , the USA: 1. The USA, 2. The USSR, 3. Sweden , Yugoslavia: 1. The USSR, 2. Czechoslovakia, 3. Sweden.

The national team of the USSR for 1987 was the 20-fold world champion, the 7-fold silver prize-winner and the 4-fold bronze prize-winner of world superiority, the 25-fold champion of Europe, the 4-fold silver prize-winner and the double bronze prize-winner of the European championship.

Game rules and rules of carrying out of game. Hockey is spent on an ice platform in the size 61 х 30 m, squared, with the rounded off corners. All platform is fenced by wooden boards in height 122 see Players, moving on ice on the fads, aspire to throw sticks a washer in gate of the opponent and to protect the gate. Game proceeds 60 minutes of "pure time” (3 periods for 20 minutes with breaks for 10 minutes between the periods). Directly 6 players participate in game: the goalkeeper, two defenders and three attacking. Players are replaced through minutes.

At all thus it is possible to add for what punish and as punish: The most widespread penalty in hockey - a sending off the field for 2 minutes of pure time. It is appointed here for what: 1. For a delay of the opponent a stick. A footboard a stick, the fad. 2. For a knocking-out of a stick from hands of the opponent. 3. For dangerous game by a stick lifted above a shoulder. 4. For game by the broken stick. 5. Washer pressing to a board or to the basis of gate when the player is not attacked by the opponent.

But also there is also a 5-minute penalty for following infringements of rules: 1. The damage put to the opponent by a stick, lifted above a shoulder. 2. A delay of a stick of the contender with danger to put to it damage. 3. A throw of a stick or a washer in the player.

Following infringements of rules of conducting power struggle are punished by 2-minute removal from a platform: 1. A push of the opponent who is not owning a washer. 2. A push aboard. 3. A push hands (elbow). 4. Deliberate falling under the opponent on purpose to bring down it. 5. A delay of the opponent hands. Removal for 5 minutes: 1. A push of the opponent aboard with danger to put to it damage. 2. A push of the goalkeeper in the area of gate. Removal till the end of game: 1. Deliberately rough game in any zone (replacement with other player in 5 minutes). 2. Deliberately rough game in which result the opponent has received damage (replacement with other player in 10 minutes).

Position is "off side fixed in a case: 1. If the player of an attacking command has entered into a zone of the contender earlier, than the washer there has come to be. 2. If the player has accepted a washer behind the central line, prothrown by its partner from the zone of protection. 3. If a washer проброшена from the half of field for a line of gate of the opponent.

The well-known hockey players Уэни Грецкий— the Canadian hockey player Дэни Хитли— the Canadian hockey player Райан Гетцлаф— the Canadian hockey player Александр Валерьевич Сёмин— The Russian professional hockey player. Маттиас Вейнхандль— The Swedish hockey player attacking

Александр Михайлович Овечкин— The Russian professional hockey player. Маттиас Вейнхандль— The Swedish hockey player attacking