Jonathan Sdao: An Overview of the Game of

Hockey

Jonathan Sdao has played hockey for several junior

hockey teams. Hockey is a sport that dates back to

1875, when two nine-player teams played the first

organized indoor hockey game at Victoria Skating

Rink in Montreal, Canada.

The game has many different versions. They range

from ice hockey to field hockey. When played

professionally, the game consists of twenty players.

A hockey team consists of two goalies, six defense,

and sixteen forwards. When a game is in play, each

team has five players out and a goalie protecting

their net. Each team member has a specific goal in

mind with the common hope of scoring the biggest

amount of points in the three twenty minute

periods. Forwards are trying to put the puck in the

net while defense are trying to stop that from

happening. Goalies are restricted to an area called a

crease. They are the last line of defense of the goal.

The National Hockey League (NHL) is the largest

league of the sport. It consists of thirty teams from

the United States and Canada. Hockey players from

all over the world try to prove their skills in hopes of

making one of the teams.

An NHL season consists of eighty-two games for each

team. They lead to a grand championship playoff,

which determines the winning team of the series.

The top eight teams from each of the two

conferences play each other in a best of seven game

series. The first place team plays the eighth place

team, the second place team plays the seventh place

team and so on. The winners from each series play

against each other until there are two teams left. The

winning team is then named the Stanley Cup

Champions. The Stanley Cup is the trophy that most

hockey players that Jonathan Sdao met dream

about.