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title: "What is ball called in ice hockey ?"  
description: "What is ball called in ice hockey ?"  
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published: 2018-07-22  
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# What is ball called in ice hockey ?

What is ball called in ice hockey ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

An **open** or **closed disc**, a **hockey puck** is used in a variety of sports and pastimes. Here are designs for**[ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** and several floor hockey variations. They're all made to perform the same purpose as a ball in a **game** of **ball**. \
**[Ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)** is played with a closed disc composed of **vulcanized rubber**. A **'Flat Ball'** has been used to describe the **closed disc**. Although open disc designs have only been used on floors, hockey pucks are built for usage on ice, dry surfaces, or underwater. \
**Ringette rings** are **toruses**, and **hockey pucks** in the shape of open discs should not be mistaken with them. **Ringette rings** are devices made to be used in the **ringette sport**. There are two types of **ringette rings**: one for use on **ice** and the other for use on dry surfaces, as in a **gym ringette**. A rubber pneumatic torus is used in the ice **game** of **ringette**. \
The sport and game pucks, which are **closed discs**, are the focus of this article. \
The **word puck** has an unknown origin. According to the **Oxford English** Dictionary, the name is derived from the **Scottish Gaelic puc** or the **Irish poc**, which means '**to poke**, **hit**, or **deliver a blow**' and is used in the sport of hurling for striking or pushing the ball. \
A **vulcanized rubber hard disc** is required for **[ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place)**. A conventional**[ice hockey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47431/where-did-the-2006-winner-ice-hockey-take-place) puck** is **black**, **1 inch thick (25 mm), 3 inches in diameter (76 mm), and weighs between 5.5 and 6 ounces (156 and 170 g)**; other pucks are heavier or lighter. \
**Silkscreened team** or **league logos** are commonly found on one or both faces of pucks. To decrease bouncing during play, pucks are frozen before the game.


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