It stands fo national hockey league because the U.S. and Canada both have teams in it coast to coast (excepting the territories in Canada because not many people live there and its too cold) so it is a national league.
Joe Hockey's birth name is Joseph Benedict Hockey.
hockey is to cool to have a scientific name
Hockey. Hottest Thing on Ice
Yale Bulldogs is the name of the hockey team at Yale University.
The Boston hockey team is the Boston Bruins.
Hockey was an adaptation of "Shinny" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinny
A puck stopper is another name for a goaltender in hockey.
The Hockeyroos (hockey + kangaroos, geddit?) :)
Sidney Crosbie play ice hockey !
Sherwood
Shinny
The Stanley Cup