Paraphrased from the rule book, a goalkeeper who is in their defending circle and has their stick in hand: * May use any part of their padding or body, and the stick as usual, to deflect the ball as part of a goalsaving action in any direction including over the backline, but not to make the ball travel a long distance (this can be ignored if the ball was deflected in the air at high speed). * May use the stick, kickers, legpads, feet and legs to clear the ball so that it travels a long distance. * When within their defending 23-metre-area, they may only use their stick to play the ball. * They may not influence play outside this area. In addition, many umpires are basically told to let the keeper do their job; they are there to stop the ball going in the goal, by any means necessary, so let them. Unless their play leads to danger (a deflected save going high into players or a slide-tackle taking the player out without/before the ball, for example) they should be permitted to do virtually anything to save a shot.
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.
It is a mixture of field hockey's rules and lacrosses rules.
I will tell you the ones i know of. Mini hockey is only played in a half of a hockey field, or even smaller, and there are 8 that play. Field hockey is played full field (the whole hockey field) and you have 11 players that play (including the goalkeeper). They are both similar in that they both play with hockey sticks and they are still a type of hockey. The same rules apply in both.
Hockey is very entertaining to people who know the rules. If you don't know the rules, then hockey is hard to understand.
Hockey's rules were created by it's creator, but over time, we changed to rules to our liking.
Hockey safety rules are the rules put in place to keep players from getting hurt. Some of the rules are to not hit other players with your hockey stick, no tripping, no pushing, and no hitting.
ice hockey
Special air traffic rules. It's where they put all the flight rules that apply only to one airport.
This is known as the "crease". Different rules apply to this area of the ice and it has been a controversial topic in many games.
the international rules
i don't know the rules
Canadian hockey is the same as the NHL.