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Hockey can be one of the most dangerous sports ever played, because there are so many ways a hockey player can get hurt. These players need to be in great physical shape in order to play the sport. A hockey player can be, severely injured while playing the game of hockey, because there are fights, they can get into, and falls on the ice could break bones.

When a hockey puck is struck with the hockey stick it can reach a speed of 150 miles per hour. If you are, hit with this puck, it could make a bruise; however, if you are, hit in the face with the hockey puck you could be looking for your teeth.

There have been many incidents, where players either have been, hit with the puck or have lost their teeth in a fight that ensued. However, if there is ever a fight in hockey, the players are supposed to throw their gloves and stick down. If players do not, throw their gloves and stick, they will be, suspended from the game.

Hockey players reach speeds of 25 to 30 miles per hour or more during a hockey game. However, if two players hit each other at these speeds the out come could be severe. There has been talk that many hockey games, had to be stopped when someone was hurt and had to be taken to the hospital.

Millions of hockey players suffer from broken bones each year, and many of them are never able to return to the game of hockey, because some of the injuries they have received. In addition, these hockey players wear pads to protect them but it does not matter how tough you are, or how much you have worked to protect your body from being, hit by another hockey player.

These hockey players weigh well over three hundred pounds, or more and when they hit you. It feels like you have been, hit with a wreaking ball, because they are traveling at speeds of 25 to 30 miles an hour when they crash into you.

There is really no way that a player can keep from getting hurt while playing hockey, so many of them constantly workout their bodies to ensure that they do not get hurt. However, the game of hockey can ware a person’s body down very quickly, and cause many knee and elbow problems as well as much more. Therefore, be safe and play hard if you play the sport of hockey.

The history of hockey is similar to that of golf as it basically is rooted from any game that involved a stick and a ball or rock which have all been played for thousands of years. Very rough and crude forms of these games have been taking place for thousands of years throughout Europe, Egypt and South America that have formed hockey history.

Hockey began to form clearer roots throughout England in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds. These were treacherous games that often combined the entire village versus another village and teams could often have up to a hundred players and the players often played through major injuries and endured several days of these games.

The sport that we are more familiar with today began to form at Eton University in England when they actually began to formulate rules around 1860. Then the first Hockey Assoc. in the history of hockey was formed in 1875 which clarified more rules.

Further growth of the sport was spawning in North America as new settlers came to the continent. Montreal was credited with the first organized game in the history of hockey that was played in 1875 by college students. The students then formed more associations and leagues and created new rules at the same time.

The game continued to grow in popularity and became so popular that Montreal offered the first World Championship of Ice Hockey in 1883. European hockey continued to grow at the college level while a number of universities formed fierce rivalries.

Some dramatic rule changes were applied that helped progress the game to a field of eleven players while hockey equipment began to evolve as well. The use of safety equipment to include pads, helmets, mouth pieces and protective eye shields have dramatically improved from the early days of hockey history. It was not uncommon to not even wear head gear until the last few decades.

The international appeal of hockey grew tremendously due to the Olympic Games. It was first played at the Games in 1924 and only allowed male teams. Canada was a safe bet to win the gold medal as they won the first six out of seven golds. From the mid fifties to the eighties the Soviet Union dominated. Although the US won its first gold medal in hockey history in1960 it was the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” where our college amateur team went on to beat the heavily favored Russians that spurred a growth in Americas appetite for hockey.

The NHL as we know it today was formed in 1917 and consists of 30 teams 24 of which are from America and the remainder in Canada. The bulk of the players come from Canada, Europe and America. There is also an International Association called the International Hockey Federation which was formed in 1908 and continues today by hosting some of the largest international ice hockey tournaments. These two organizations have helped to form and govern hockey as we know it today. The sport has grown a lot from twigs and balls to a major international activity that produces billions in revenue each year and has some of the most amazing athletes on the planet, so goes the history of hockey.

Will future space colonists play hockey on the Martian surface?

Will they play hockey on Mars all the polar ice?

All that humans will need is a Zamboni to scrape the ice perfectly level to make the hockey rink. Of course the hockey players will not only need to wear masks, but they were also have to have special breathing apparatuses incorporate into their uniforms, therefore allowing them to play outside of the Mars colony habitats.

Perhaps hockey will be the main sport on Mars, and older hockey players who have been beat up over the years will wish to retire on Mars so they can play hockey as if they were young taking advantage of the low gravity situation? It would be a perfect retirement community for someone who loves the sport. Think on it, wouldn’t that be wonderful? I mean let’s face it humans love competition, and hockey is one of those highly competitive sports, indeed, one which can be enjoyed on the surface of Mars.

The rules might have to be modified to prevent anyone from getting hurt or having their breathing apparatus broken while they play. But other than that everything seems doable. Consider if you will that the game will be played at a much faster clip, and the speed of the hockey puck will be incredibly fast because there is no atmosphere to slow it down. A hockey player might hit the puck and it might skip off the surface and a rocket into the goal. Do you like the concept yet?

Now you are probably asking how will they play hockey in zero gravity, in an orbiting space habitat or colony? That’s a good point, and one way they might play the game is to do so in a rotating tube which simulates gravity. Another way might be to play on the floor and ceiling of the hockey rink. Perhaps the ceiling may only be at 10 feet, and perhaps the hockey puck may be magnetized and the players can move it along the ceiling or the floor interchangeably?

The goals in this case would be connected to both the ceiling and the floor, and the goalie could attach themselves to either, waiting for the opponents trying to score. Yes, in this case there might be more modification to the game of hockey, but just the fact that we are talking about it now means that hockey will be with us for another millennium, and not just on planet Earth. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.