women's hockey
Female ice competition
Women's hockey is ice hockey or field hockey played by women, distinguished from the men's game primarily by rules prohibiting body checking in ice hockey.
The term often appears in discussions of collegiate and Olympic competition: She got a scholarship for women's hockey.
In North America, the phrase usually refers to ice hockey unless context indicates otherwise.
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- iceWater's solid form
- ice timePlayer's minutes skating
- skatesWheeled or bladed footwear
- sticksSlender wood pieces
rink · blue line · goalie · face mask · slapshot · hat trick · helmet · team · Olympic · Canada · championship · faceoff · check · body check · jersey · NCAA · powerplay · power forward
- hockeypuck, pucks, goalies, goaltenders, stick
- hockey programsprivate lessons, group lessons, development programs
- Hockey OrganizationsNHL, minor leagues
- sports sciencesports science, exercise science, kinesiology, biomechanics, sports medicine