Hockey for Dummies Blackhawk players help explain the subleties of their sport By Peggy Kusinski • Published May 15, 2009 • Updated on May 16, 2009 at 10:14 am ...

ABC4's Jillian Smukler gears up and learns the ins, outs, and rules of hockey ahead of Utah Hockey Club's first game in the National Hockey League.

NHL, IIHF, and collegiate hockey each have distinct rules. For example, IIHF games are played on larger rinks (200 feet by 100 feet) than the NHL’s standard 200’ by 85’ size.

The Rink. National Hockey League (NHL) rinks, and most college hockey surfaces, are 200 feet long by 85 feet wide. The ice is surrounded by “the boards,” waist-high plastic walls that are topped by ...

When the Blue Jackets joined the NHL in 2000, the current president of hockey operations, John Davidson , was a retired NHL goalie who had become a respected hockey broadcaster. He also was the ...

For inventor Michael Getchell, teaching kids the sport of hockey is a key goal of his, and he credits much of his enthusiasm to “a little dummy.” In 2001, Getchell, 46, a former East ...

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee approved a standardized overtime format for all regular-season games and in-season tournaments beginning with the 2018-19 season.

Since 2002 Getchell has sold more than 200 A.C.E. dummies at a cost of $450 to $500 each. He makes them at his mother’s East Bridgewater home where he grew up, and he can usually make one dummy ...