Street Hockey

1. Street Hockey

2. History: 1800-1850 • There are many conflicting theories on when and where the game of hockey started but for all accounts the game evolved out the Irish field game called Hurley. • Hurley is played year round in Ireland on a field with a ball and stick. The game of Hurley was played regularly in the fields of Nova Scotia back in the early 1800s. • When winter came around, Hurley was to difficult to play because of the rough ground caused by snow so the game was eventually moved onto the ice. • This new game called "Hurley on Ice" started at King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotiaand became very popular on the East coast for the first 50 years of the 1800s.

3. History: 1850-1900 • “Hurley on Ice” was also called Rickets and Shinny but was eventually called Hockey somewhere in the later part of the 1800s. • In the early 1870s an engineer named James Creighton taught his friends at McGill University on how to play this new game of hockey he learned while living in Nova Scotia. • 1875 Montreal: the first organized hockey game that was played inside a rink. • James Creighton wrote up new rules called the "Halifax Rules" which had 9 players on each team. • Hockey became very popular in Montreal at that time and James Creighton who had a law degree decided to move on to Ottawa and eventually became the Law Clerk of the Senate. He then started Ottawa's first organized hockey team called the Rideau Hall Rebels in the late 1880s. • Around this same time the first organized amateur hockey league started in Kingston, Ontario with 4 teams.

4. History: 1900-1950 • The number of  players allowed on each team changed from 9 to 7 (3 forwards, 2 defenseman, 1 rover and 1 goalie). It stayed this way until the NHL was formed and the rover position was dropped which meant 6 players aside. • 1917 NHL was formed: The National Hockey League was started with 5 franchises; Montreal Canadians, Montreal Wanderers, Toronto Arenas, Quebec Bulldogs and Ottawa Senators. The National Hockey League eventually gained control of the Stanley Cup in 1926 and from then on it could only be won by NHL teams instead of other league champions challenging for this cup. • The Original Six (1942-67): By 1942 after seeing many teams come and go from the NHL, the league settled in with 6 franchises; the Montreal Canadians, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. These 6 teams stayed this way until the 1967 expansion and have become fondly known as "The Original Six."

5. History: 1950-Present • The last 50 years of this century saw the invention of the curved stick in the late 1950s by Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita which before was always straight. • Goalie masks also came into vogue when in the late 1950s. Jacques Plante took a shot off the face during one game and decided in the following season he would where a mask. • Hockey helmets were not worn on a regular basis until the early 1970s and were eventually mandated by the NHL for the 1979-80 season.

6. Wayne Gretzsky: 1979-1999 • He was arguably the best player ever to play organized hockey. • His stats are almost mind boggling when you compare them to players today or players from the past. • He played 20 seasons in the NHL and won the Scoring Title (Art Ross) 10 times, MVP (Hart) 9 times, the Stanley Cup 4 times, and was the only player to have a 200 point season and he did it 4 times. • His all time career stats were 894 Goals, 1963 Assists, and 2857 Total Points.

7. Goal of Game • Shoot the puck into the other team's net. • Not as simple as is sounds. • Street hockey requires stamina, stickhandling skill, and pinpoint passing between teammates.

8. How to Play • You must have 12 players in the game at any given time (6 per team). • The positions are 3 Forwards, 2 Defensemen and 1 Goalie. • Since running is such a big part of the game, you'll need a lot of players to stay fresh. • There are 3 forwards on a line: center (C), right wing (RW) and left wing (LW).

9. The Game • The Clock: You play for three 15-minute periods. The clock should continue to run even if play stops (this is called running time). There is a 3 to 5 minute break between each period. • Time Outs: Each team gets 2 time outs. A time out lasts 1 minute. That's it. Just enough time to catch your breath and plan your next play to score. Time outs can only be called when the referee's whistle has stopped action.

10. The Game Cont. • Starting Play: Time to FACE-OFF! Basically, there are three types of Face-Offs: 1. Standard Face-Off: Opposing centers face each other with their sticks one foot apart on the ground. Be ready because the ref is going to drop the puck and then it's HOCKEY TIME! 2. Stick-To-Stick Face-Off: Opposing centers face each other, sticks on the ground, the puck in between them. Tap the ground and then your opponent's stick three times (ground-stick, ground-stick, ground-stick), then go for the puck, because its HOCKEY TIME! 3. In-Bounding Face-Off: When the puck goes out-of-bounds, the last team to touch it loses possession. Players on the defending team must stand at least 10 feet from the spot where the puck went out-of-bounds, then the inbounding team puts the puck back into play. The inbounding player must make a pass before a shot on goal is taken. • Stopping Play: Play stops after a goal, when the puck goes out of bounds, or when a penalty or infraction is called. When the referee blows the whistle, that means play stops. The following violations will stop play: 1. Knocking the puck into your opponent's goal with anything other than your stick (feet, hands, nose - or anything else). 2. Falling on the puck to stop play (unless you're the goalie).

11. Players • (C) Center - The center usually leads the forward line when attacking the opponent's goal to score. The center also sets up plays for his teammates to score goals in the opposing zone and take most of the face-offs. • (RW)(LW) Right Wing/Left Wing - The "wingers" play on the right or left side of the center. They cover their areas as the forward line enters and plays in the opposing zone. If you are a winger, you should always be looking for an open space, either ahead of the center to receive a pass or behind the center to send a pass.

12. Players Cont. • (D) Defenders - The defenders usually play behind the forward line so that they can keep the ball in play in the opposing zone. This way, they can more easily defend their own goal when the play returns to their zone. There are two defenders, right defense and left defense. • (D) Right Defense/Left Defense - Like wingers, right and left defenders mainly cover their areas both in their opposing zone and their own zone. In their own zone, they stay close to the goal so that they can help defend the goal from the offense. • Tip - Like the forward line, defense positions are interchangeable.

13. Players Cont. • (G) Goalie - The goalie's job is to stay in or near his goal area ("the crease") and stop the other team from scoring. A goalie does this by stopping the puck from entering the goal. He or she can kick it, catch it, grab it or bat it out of the way - just don't let it go past the goal line. The goalie usually plays the entire game and rarely moves away from his "crease."

14. Equipment • Street hockey is played with street hockey sticks (usually a wooden shaft with a plastic blade) and either a plastic puck or no-bounce ball. • This equipment is especially designed for street hockey and works best on playgrounds and gym floors. It's only slightly different from the equipment the pros use to play ice hockey. • Wear comfortable sports clothes or jeans and a T-shirt with your equipment. • Wear athletic shoes that are good for the gym or the playground.

15. Penalties • HIGH STICKING - Keep your stick DOWN. A player who carries his stick above the waist is a penalty waiting to happen. If your stick goes above your waist, you will sit down. • CHECKING - Body checks are illegal in street hockey. Do not use your body to force another player into a wall or barrier or out-of-bounds. • INTERFERENCE - You may NOT interfere with another player who does not have the puck. • CHARGING - Similar to checking; you can't run or jump or fling yourself into an opponent.

17. Penalties Cont. • ELBOWING - NO throwing elbows. • SLASHING - NO striking or slashing at an opponent with your stick. • BUTT ENDING - NO jabbing an opponent with the but end of the shaft of your stick. • FIGHTING - You know what it is. DON'T do it. • TRIPPING - Knocking your opponent's feet out from under them with your feet, that's called tripping. Knocking your opponent's feet out from under them with your stick is still called tripping and it is a penalty.

18. Penalties Cont. • HOLDING - You may NOT interfere with your opponent's progress with your hands. • HOOKING - You may NOT interfere with your opponent's progress with your stick. • CROSS-CHECKING - If you hold your stick with both hands and slam the shaft of it into your opponents, that's cross-checking... Now, go sit down and watch the rest of the game from the bench.

19. Extra Credit (5 points) • Go to the following link and write down five Hockey terms and the definitions. Due the Friday, Jan. 20. http://www.streethockeyking.com/hockeyterms.html Don’t forget to put your full name and class period in the upper right-hand corner.