The surface area also depends on the thickness of the puck.
Shinny. No goalies, no (or limited) hitting. Sometimes on skates, sometimes on streets.
Astro-Turf:)
Ice Hockey,Roller hockey,Underwater Hockey,Table HockeyShuffleboardand a few others to refer to a primary playing device of cylindrical slice of thickness typically less than the radius of the cylinder.
If you mean in the context of "the field" or "the court" for other sports, then "the ice" would be the proper name for the playing surface in ice hockey. ^^^^ In other words, the rink.
An ice hockey puck travels smoother and faster on ice, floor and street hockey pucks are designed for use on certain surface types and perform better on those specific surfaces.
That is a Zamboni and is named after its inventor, Frank Zamboni.
Hockey turfs have a carpet-like surface. By wetting the fields there is less chance of carpet burns or nasty scrapes occurring when skin scrapes the surface (such as when a player falls or scrapes knuckles).
It wouldn't be impossible, but you'd need more than the basic components of the hockey stick to make one. If you manufactured such a device, you'd also be required to get NFA licensing for it, since such a device would fall into the little-known about 'AOW' class.
A field hockey stick is a field hockey stick. There is no differentiation between those used on either surface; most stick models can and will be used on both.
Ice hockey is played on ice, while field hockey is played on a grass surface, the rules in field hockey are kinder than ice hockey, and the sticks vary between versions.
From the ice, floor or field, depending on the surface in which you're playing on.