Women do not like to be disregarded in favor of a game that will report little to nothing to the viewer; of course, rooting for his favorite team alongside with his friends, a couple of snacks and an almost endless sum of beer might seem appealing. However, at the end of the night, undoubtedly, they will come to their female companions searching for their love and care.

Accounts of female companions that resent and even act in vengeance against their male friends for this particular reason are countless; therefore, it is in the best interest of the hockey fan to share his passion with his not-so-passionate-for-hockey female friend. The first thing that any male should do is present her with a tutoring course on hockey, being able to understand the game will give them plenty of time to share.

But tutoring her means a lot more than just explaining the game to her; he has to be patient and fun, otherwise she will close shut and will refuse to participate with him in any other hockey related activities, thus exacerbating her animosity towards hockey.

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, Wayne Gretzky was always a head above the rest when it came to playing hockey. His father always told him to “skate to where the puck is going, not to where it has been.” At only six-years-old, Gretzky was already skating with kids nearly twice his age. By the time he was a little older, he was already scoring close to four hundred goals in one season. Wayne Gretzky has live his life almost entirely in the spot light.

At the time of his retirement in 1999, Wayne Gretzky had forty records for a regular season, fifteen records for playoffs and six records in the NHL All Stars Game. Gretzky is the only player in the NHL to ever score more than two hundred points in a single season, which he managed to do four times. It is no surprise that when he retired, he was instantaneously entered in the Hockey Hall of Fame as the “greatest hockey player of all time.”

Field Hockey takes place on gravel, grass, or turf. This form of hockey is played with a small, hard ball. Field Hockey uses a J-shaped hockey stick.

Ice Hockey is played on ice with a three-inch puck made of vulcanized rubber and an L-shaped stick.

Road Hockey, sometimes called Street Hockey, is played the same way as ice hockey, just on the street. In Street Hockey, instead of a puck, a ball is used.

Inline Roller Hockey is like Ice Hockey on a dry rink wearing inline skates.

Quad Roller Hockey has been around since before inline skates. Therefore, Quad Roller Hockey is the same as Inline Roller Hockey with the older four-wheeled skates.

Unicycle Hockey is, you guessed it, played while riding unicycles. It is other wise like Roller Hockey and played with a ball.

There are also many forms of lesser know hockey. To name a few:

• Ball Hockey
• Air Hockey
• Bandy
• Beach Hockey
• Broomball
• Bubble Hockey
• Floorball
• Foot Hockey
• Gym Hockey
• Hurling
• Camogie
• Indoor Field Hockey
• Mini Hockey
• Power Hockey
• Ringette
• Rinkball
• Rossall Hockey
• Shinny
• Shinty
• Skater Hockey
• Spongee
• Table Hockey
• Underwater Hockey
• Nok Hockey

Most of the North American professional leagues get their rules from the National Hockey League, which has its own rulebook. Colleges use the rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The National Federation of State High School Association rulebook is used by high schools.

These organizations have their own rule meetings. They also hold a conference so changes that affect the game can be changed. Amateur hockey leagues change rules to make the game better to play. Professional hockey leagues change rules to make the game better to watch.

USA Hockey and Hockey Canada rulebooks are different from others on technical concerns. The International Ice Hockey Federation rulebook calls for a rink with different dimensions than the others. Changes in rules are easier for the National Hockey League because it is a smaller league.

Many people today think that if the current rules were more strongly applied, rule changes would not be necessary.

• The first goalie to be credited with 9 goals was Billy Smith of the New York Islanders in 1979.
• The National Hockey League was started in 1917.
• Northern Michigan was the birthplace of the professional hockey league in 1904.
• The Amateur Hockey Association was the first governing body of hockey in 1887.
• The first hockey game was played in 1879 by students of McGill University.
• The ice is ¾” thick and 16F
• Slovakia won its first gold metal in 2002.
• Helmets became mandatory for junior and college leagues in 1970, 1979 for NHL.
• A puck is 3” x 1” and weighs 6oz.
• Frank Zamboni of California created the Zamboni in 1945.
• A Zamboni can resurface the ice in ten minutes.
• The speed of the puck hit by most players is about 100 MPH.
• The first player to wear headgear for protection was George Owen in 1928.
• The use of helmets was prompted by the death of Bill Masterson in 1968.
• The National Hockey League consisted of thirty teams when founded.
• The most recent goalie to be credited with a total of nine goals was Evengi Nabokov in 2002.

Here is a rundown of some incidents that resulted in criminal charges:

* 1905 - Alcide Laurin was clubbed to death on the ice by Allan Loney who was found not guilty after he claimed self-defense.
* 1907 - Alf Smith, Charles Spittal and Harry Smith were charged with assault after beating opposing players with their sticks.
* 1907 - Charles Masson was found not guilty because their was no way to tell which blow sustained in a brawl killed Owen McCourt.
* 1922 - Sprague Cleghorn was arrested after injuring three other players.
* 1969 - Ted Green and Wayne Maki were acquitted after they engaged in a brawl.
* 1975 - Dan Maloney was acquitted for attacking Brian Glennie from behind.
* 1975 - After a trial ending with a hung jury, aggravated assault charges against Dave Forbes for a fight with Henry Bouch were dropped.
* 1976 - Mel Bridgman was acquitted and Joe Watson, Daon Saleski and Bob Kelly were found guilty for assault after using their sticks as weapons during playoffs.
* 1977 - Dave Williams was acquitted on assault charges for hitting Dennis Owchar with his stick.
* 1982 - Jimmy Mann received a suspended sentence and paid a fine of $500 after breaking Paul Gardner’s jaw.
* 1988 - Convicted of assault for hitting Luke Richardson with his stick, Dino Ciccarelli spent one day in jail and paid $1000.
* 1998 - Jesse Boulerice was suspended from playoffs and charged with assault for swinging his stick at Andrew Lang.
* 2000 - Marty McSorley was given an eighteen-month conditional discharge and convicted of assault after hitting Donald Brashear in the head with his stick.
* 2004 - Todd Bertuzzi pleaded guilty and received a conditional discharge for the assault of Steve Moore.

It is believed that the word hockey comes either from the Old French hoquet meaning shepard’s crook, or from the Middle Dutch word for shack or doghouse hokkie.

Drawings of Egyptians playing hockey date back to 4000 years ago. People playing ice hockey have also been depicted in Dutch paintings from the 17th century.

Several different types of hockey came over with European immigrants. Hockey-like games such as hurling from the Irish, shinty from the Scottish and field hockey from England were adapted for icy conditions, thus ice hockey is born.

The structure for the modern game of hockey came from Montreal. The first club for ice hockey was founded in 1877, called McGill University Hockey Club. The sport fast became fashionable. The first “world championship” took place in Montreal in 1883.

The first professional hockey came from Houghton, Michigan and quickly spread to Canada, Switzerland, the Ukraine, Great Britain and Austria.