International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) rules govern Olympic competition. An overview is provided below. The men's tournament will feature 12 teams. Each men's team can have a maximum of 25 players ...

(CBS4) - The Colorado Avalanche are headed back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since winning it all in 2001. In that time, a whole new generation of hockey fans has grown up in our state, ...

Olympic ice hockey is played on a rink roughly 200 feet long by 98 feet wide. That's a just about ten more feet laterally on the ice than in the 85 feet wide rinks used in the NHL. Although ten feet ...

Eight minutes into a telephone conversation about rule changes in minor hockey, Ken Martel, technical director of USA Hockey’s development program, was clapping his hands. His percussion created a ...

The sport of ice hockey originated in parts of Canada in the early 19th century, it is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in Europe. Around 1860, a puck was substituted ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation, which presides over the sport at the Olympics, announced Monday it’s mandating neck protection at all levels of its competitions. The news follows the death of ...

WEST HAVEN, Utah — As part of its effort to grow hockey in the state, the Utah Hockey Club launched a series of clinics dubbed Hockey 101 on Saturday at Mountain View Junior High School in West Haven.