Hockey is a somewhat complicated sport. There is many rules. First of all 2 teams play eachother trying to score the most goals by the end of the game. There is 3 peroids. There is 12 people on the ice not counting the referees. There is 2 defenseman, 3 forwards[ left wing, right wing, and center], and a goalie for each team. The center takes the face off[ the ref drops the puck and the centers try to win the faceoff by sliding the puck to the defenseman withtheir sticks]. Off sides is when the team with the puck has one player or more cross the other team`s blue line before the puck crosses. Icing is when the team with the puck whips the puck up the ice from behind the red line, if the puck hits the other team`s boards its icing. I will post another blog soon with all the penalties in hockey. Hokey is a rough sport.