ICE HOCKEY REPORT BY LYNTON LOUIS

DESCRIPTION ice hockey is a fast, exciting sport played by two teams on a sheet of ice called a rink. Each team has six players on the ice, and all the players wear skates. The players skate up and down the rink, hitting a hard rubber disk called a puck along the ice with long sticks. They try to score points by shooting the puck into a goal cage or net.

LOCATION As mentioned earlier ice hockey is performed on an ice ring the length of the rink is 26 meters across and 61 metres long. The blue things near the ends of the rink are the goals. The red line in the centre is the halfway mark (line).

CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT Ice hockey can be a very brutal and dangerous game to keep safe players wear shoulder pads, elbow pads, a garter belt and shin guards they also have padded pants and padding around the kidney and thighs. (As well as the more delicate areas). For equipment each player uses an L-shaped stick. The handle is made of metal or in many cases, technologically advanced composite materials. It may be no more than 140 centimetres long. Except on goalies’ sticks, the blade must be no more than 32 centimetres long and 8 centimetres wide. The blade of a goalie’s stick may be up to 39 centimetres long and 9 centimetres wide.

JUDGING Every game has an achievement that u want to get to win for example in soccer you want to score a goal. In rugby union to win you need to score a try or kick a goal. To score points in hockey you need to shoot goals the goals are defended by goalies who have hockey sticks.

INTERESTING FACTS The first organized indoor hockey game was played March 3, 1875 at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink, between two teams of nine players each, many of whom were McGill University students. The Montreal Canadians have won the most Stanley Cups in league history, with 23. The most recent came in Before 1914, referees used to place the puck on the ice between the players’ sticks for faceoffs. This led to many cuts, bruises and even broken hands for the referees. Starting in 1914, the referees were allowed to drop the puck between the players’ sticks.

Wonderful information Lynton and well presented. You need to add some graphics and some sound. Good use of transitions and animations. Quite a few spelling mistakes to fix, look for the S boxes and fix, then resave into Collaboration folder. 20/5/14