What is Ice Hockey?

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The Sport

  • Fast, exciting action sport for spectators to watch in close quarters.
  • The fastest team sport in the world with the puck travelling up to 100mph.
  • The largest indoor sport in Great Britain in terms of spectator numbers.
  • Attracted in excess of 1.5 million paying customers last season alone, showing a significant growth over the past 5 years.
  • National sport, Oxford played in cities throughout Britain, including; Basingstoke, Bracknell, Cardiff, London, Milton Keynes, Slough, Solihull, Southampton, Swindon and Telford.

The Game

  • Played in three periods of 20 mins each.
  • 6 players (including a netminder) allowed on the ice at any one time.
  • Unlimited subsittutions allow for a continuously fast and exciting game.
  • Three leagues in the UK; Elite League, English Premier League and the English National League.
  • Top 4 teams in each league at the end of each season, all play each other again once more, home and away, for the 'play-offs'.

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