While our site is geared towards the advanced hockey fan we realize that the Game is growing at a great rate. With many newcomers to hockey we thought it’d be a good idea to explain some of the rules of hockey, go over some of the equipment and in general, create a Hockey 101 type guide or introduction for those wanting to dive in.
Hockey Basics
- Hockey Player Lingo
- Entry Level overview of the game of hockey
- Hockey team rosters
- All About the Ice Hockey Rink
- Who Invented Hockey
Hockey Rules
- The Faceoff
- Icing in Hockey
- Offsides
- Minor Infractions with No Penalty
- Fighting
- The Different Types of Penalties
- Changes For The 2015-16 Season
Hockey Equipment
- The basics, all the equipment you would need to play hockey
- The Hockey Stick – all the details
The NHL
- A List of all current and former NHL teams
- Index of our NHL stories, with many features on players & teams
* we have sections on all the NHL teams via the Menu above
Hockey 201: Advanced Statistics
- Explaining Corsi
- Score Situations and Team Strength
- Fenwick, Corsi’s Little Brother
- PDO, A Predictor Of Success?
- Hextally and Adjusted Save Percentage
- Zone Starts and Who to Trust Under Pressure
