What's NewIn the beginning, hockey was played with a ball however after concerns of the ball flying and hitting people in indoor rinks, it was changed into what we all know now as a puck. A standard rink size was determined, 200ft wide by 85ft wide with a curve of 28ft. As well, goalies were not allowed to drop down to make a save, rather they were to only use their stick. This is different today as the most common and helpful way to make a save is with the "butterfly", where the goalie drops to his or her knees and spreads his or her legs out while keeping his or her knees close. Stick blades also use to be straight, but now, thanks to Stan Mikita, the stick blade is curved. Then, as time went on, calls like "icing" and "offsides" were added to the rule book to make the game more equal. |