Its Puck Time

The skates are sharpened, the sticks are taped, the nets are restrung and the pucks are frozen, its time for the true spectator sport to start the season. For those of you that don’t really understand hockey, do you realize that there are fewer fights in hockey today then there is in baseball?

Now back to the game. Hockey pucks used in a game are frozen vulcanized rubber, 1” thick, 3” in diameter and weighs between 5.5 and 6 ounces. During a game, pucks can reach speeds of 100+ mph. First imagine being hit by one of those? Now, imagine trying to hit something that small with a stick, finally remember you are doing it all on ice skates. If that isn’t true skill I don’t know what is.