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'''Ice Hockey''' (as opposed to [[field hockey]] and [[street hockey]]), is a team sport played on an ice rink.  The object of the game is to get a puck into the opposing team's goal (a small net).  The game consists of three periods of twenty minutes each. In case of tie, there is a "sudden death" overtime period or a series of "shootouts".[http://www.wisegeek.com/how-does-overtime-work-in-hockey.htm]  Each team consists of six players; three "forwards," two "defensemen" and a "goalie."  
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'''Ice Hockey''' (as opposed to [[field hockey]] and [[street hockey]]), is a team sport played on an ice rink.  The object of the game is to get a puck into the opposing team's goal (a small net).  The game consists of three periods of twenty minutes each. In case of tie, there is a "sudden death" overtime period or a series of "shootouts".[http://www.wisegeek.com/how-does-overtime-work-in-hockey.htm]  Each team consists of six players; three "forwards," (left wing, right wing, center) two "defensemen" (left defenseman, right defenseman) and a "goalie."  
    
The sport is popular in [[Canada]], some Northern and Eastern European Countries (notably [[Sweden]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Russia]] and [[Finland]]) and many parts of the United States (notably the northern midwest and the East Coast region).  
 
The sport is popular in [[Canada]], some Northern and Eastern European Countries (notably [[Sweden]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Russia]] and [[Finland]]) and many parts of the United States (notably the northern midwest and the East Coast region).  
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