Hockey

Whether you want to learn about the history and rules of this beloved sport, read news and blogs, buy equipment or game tickets, or simply become a better player, the Internet can meet your needs.

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The Rules and History of Hockey

From the first time field hockey players in Northern Europe played on frozen lakes more than 500 ... read more »

Many sports, like football, have one primary league and almost nothing else. That is not the case with hockey; the NHL, although the most popular, is hardly alone. Look for other leagues including the AHL, the ECHL, and more on the Internet.

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League Web sites are great resources for finding scores, standings, schedules, and official team pages. Team pages have team-specific news, game previews, roster information, stadium and ticketing info, and more. These pages are chock full of information so give them a thorough surf to discover all the treats hidden within.

For information on game tracking, look at our findingDulcinea Sports Guide.

For college hockey, you can also go directly to the individual college leagues like the ECACHL or Atlantic Hockey, or simply type the league name into a search engine.

If you are looking for a league to play in, head over to the “How can I improve my hockey game?” section of this guide.

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For league sites …

NHL.com is the place to find official information from the National Hockey League. News, scores, standings, schedules, stats, and player details are available via the bold links across the top of the page. For free video highlights of weekly games, check out the "Video" link. For additional news and commentary there are NHL blogs and a “Features” area containing division notes, columns, photos, and journals.

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U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) is the best place to find information on NCAA college hockey (the NCAA Web site leaves much to be desired in its hockey coverage). USCHO has easy access to any of the men’s and women’s Division I, II, or III league Web sites. The site also provides extensive information on statistics, standings, and news, with a fan forum and links to other blogs.

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The American Hockey League is a North American professional hockey league that serves as a developmental league for NHL players. The site links to individual team Web sites, features an AHL Player of the Week, offers fan polls, and much more.

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The East Coast Hockey League is a professional league based out of New Jersey with teams across the United States and Canada. Find tickets, scores, stats, schedules, teams, rosters and more in the smallish links across the top of the page.

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The Central Hockey League is a four-division, midlevel professional hockey league with 15 teams in small-market cities across the central, southern, and western United States.

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The Southern Professional Hockey League, based in the southeast United States, is a seven-team league founded in 2004 from teams comprising the now-defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League, World Hockey Association 2, and two expansion teams.

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To watch hockey online …

NHL.com has free video highlights for each game, along with weekly league highlight reels.

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ChannelChooser lets visitors watch free streaming sports video from a long list of specialized sports TV channels like ESPN and NHL Video.

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College Sports TV provides a game tracking service, with live statistics and scores, for over 13,000 college sports games every year.

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