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title: "What is the name given to the ice hockey field ?"  
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# What is the name given to the ice hockey field ?

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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**[Ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** is a contact winter team sport played on **ice skates** on a **rink** with specific lines and markings for the event. It is one of the **quickest [ice team sports](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)**, and it is part of a tiny group of **four [ice](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)**[-](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)**[skating team](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** sports that now comprises **bandy**, **ringette**, and **rinkball**, regardless of their accompanying variants. \
**[Ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** is a sport in which two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to handle, advance, and shoot a closed, vulcanized rubber disc called a **'puck'** into the other team's goal. One point is awarded for each goal. The squad that scores the most goals is the winner. \
In a formal game, each team has six skaters on the ice at any given time, one of whom is the goaltender unless there are any penalties. \
In **North America** and certain European countries, the sport is simply referred to as '**hockey**.' In many countries, however, '**[hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)**' mainly refers to **field hockey**, with the exception of some **Northern Russian regions**, where bandy is still known to as '**Russian hockey**' or '**hockey with a ball**,' while ice hockey is referred to as '**hockey with a puck**.' \
**Hockey on the pond:\
\** In **Lac**-**Beauport**, **Quebec**, a game of pond hockey is being played. **Pond hockey** is a type of **[ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** that is commonly played as pick-up hockey in the winter on **lakes**, **ponds**, and **artificial outdoor rinks**. **Shinny** is a term used in hockey circles to describe **pond hockey**. \
Its regulations are different from regular hockey in that there is no hitting and very little shooting, focusing instead on skating, stickhandling, and passing skills. **Roulston Lake** in **Plaster Rock**, **New Brunswick**, **Canada**, has hosted the **World Pond Hockey Championship** since **2002**. \
Since **2006**, the **US Pond Hockey Championships** and the **Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships** have been held in **Minneapolis**, **Minnesota**, and **Huntsville**, **Ontario**, respectively. \
**Hockey on a sledge:\
\** Sledge hockey is a modified version of ice hockey for players with physical disabilities. Players are sitting in sleds and travel the ice with the assistance of a customized hockey stick. The sport was invented in **Sweden** in the early **1960s** and is comparable to ice hockey in terms of rules. \
**Ringette:** \
**Ringette** is not a sub-discipline of ice hockey, despite common belief to the contrary.


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