Hockey

In NHL hockey, if a player cleanly wins a faceoff in his own zone and pulls the puck backward and it goes past his own goalie into the net, it is a goal for the opposing team. But who gets credit for scoring the goal? No one on the scoring team ever touched the puck.

The other team’s center. Even though he lost the draw and didn’t touch it, they would give it to him for being the closest in proximity and being a part of the play.

Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics, with Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal 7:40 into overtime. (Feb. 28)

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Nash vs. Phoenix. The fact that he did it tied 3-3 with 30 seconds to go in the third makes it all that much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQArUjP89w

I also really enjoyed Forseberg’s goal against the Flames where he basically skates around the whole zone before going in to score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW0VKGQPU3Y

I’m looking for the origin of the word "crease" in the context of a hockey goal area.

It is called a crease because originally, the lines which demarked the area were physical indentations in the ice (carved into the ice with a stick or skate balde), ie. they were "creases" in the ice. The goalies themselves carved the crease lines so that they could quickly look down (or use their peripheral vision) and know where they were standing relative to the goal – much quicker and better than looking back. It was not always the case that goalies were by rule protected in the crease (though the players themselves, via intimidation, have almost since the beginning of hockey enforced the idea that opponents would not take shots at their goalie).

The area within the physical indentations became known as the "crease area" or "crease." Later, to make it visually clearer to fans, they painted lines on the ice, and the rules evolved to give goalies protection while they stood in their crease.

A hockey puck has a mass of 0.103 kg and is at rest. A hockey player makes a shot, exerting a constant force of 29.5 N on the puck for 0.16 s. With what speed does it head toward the goal?

Put answer in m/s

I won’t give you the answer but here is how you solve it:

To get velocity you need to know the acceleration and the time it was accelerating

v = a*t

You have to calculate acceleration based on the Force and the mass of the puck (in grams!)

a = F/m

so, the first equation becomes:

v = (F/m)*t

Plug the numbers into your calculator and you’ll get the answer

Kingswood Oxford Hockey v Portsmouth Abbey 2-24-10

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Also, if anyone knows of any other ways a goal is not a goal. You know what I mean.
This would mean that the goalie catches the puck and then his glove goes past the line, not the other way around, because that is obviously a goal. Also, are there any other instances when a "goal" is not a goal?

As long as the puck crosses completely over the line it is a goal…… unless it was knocked in with a high stick or kicked in.

You also don’t get fantasy points for a game winning goal scored in a shootout. How come this is not a game winning goal?

It is because it isn’t happening within the natural flow of the game. The game has ended, and the NHL in it’s infinite wisdom has chosen this method of breaking a tie during the regular season.

I personally like the shootout. I can’t see why you wouldn’t, but I understand opponent’s to the shootout points of view to some extent.

What would, other than a full O.T. period be an alternative solution?

Nursing a two-goal lead for much of the final two periods, the U.S. men’s hockey team broke it open late against Norway in a 6-1 victory. Now Team USA gears up to face Canada on Sunday. (Feb. 18)

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player is behind net, lifts the puck off the ice and dumps it into net behind goaltender.

It’s legal as long as you don’t hit anybody or put your stick over the cross-bar, if you do it is considered a high stick