Iyini i-hockey yeqhwa?
I-ice hockey ngumdlalo weqembu othandwa kakhulu eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu. Umdlalo uqukethe amaqembu amabili azama ukushayela i-puck enetheni leqembu eliphikisayo esebenzisa izinti ze-hockey. Okwenza i-hockey eqhweni ibe eyingqayizivele ukuthi idlalwa phezu kweqhwa futhi abadlali kumelwe bagqoke izicathulo zokushushuluza eqhweni ukuze bazulazule endaweni yokudlala.  Amaqembu e-hockey eqhweni ngokuvamile aba nabadlali abayisithupha eqhweni nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esinikeziwe; abadlali abaphambili abathathu inhloso yabo ukushaya amagoli, abadlali abavikelayo ababili inhloso yabo eyinhloko ukuvikela inetha labo kubadlali abaphikisayo, kanye nomgadli oyedwa onomsebenzi wokuvimbela ama-pucks ukuthi angene enetheni leqembu labo.  Iligi ye-hockey yeqhwa ethandwa kakhulu yiNational Hockey League (NHL) ezinze e-US naseCanada. Kodwa-ke, kunamaqembu e-hockey ochwepheshe emhlabeni wonke kubandakanya i-Kontinental Hockey League eRussia, iSweden Hockey League eSweden, kanye neLiiga ezinze eFinalnd.