Ice Hockey in Nepal
As the home of Nepal's ice hockey, people are now starting to play ice hockey. Nepal is adding one more sport in national sport list. Ice hockey will be the next sport to be added. Hockey is a team sport played on a large surface of ice. Players wear ice skates with sharp blades that glide smoothly along the ice surface. Sticks in hand, player’s battle to put the puck past the goalie into the opposing teams’ net. Hockey is played with six (6) players on the ice for each team; five (5) skaters, one (1) goaltender. There are an unlimited amount of substitutions and they can happen at any time; during play and/or a stoppage of play; except when the defensive team ices the puck.
