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Defining CharacteristicHockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. 1 Origin Year
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1. Wikipedia: Hockey
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Hockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is ice hockey grouped with field hockey instead of with other winter sports?
Ice hockey is grouped with field hockey by implement and rule lineage, a deliberate call recorded on the category's own page, rather than with other winter sports.
Hockey Codes deliberately pulls ice hockey out of a generic winter-sports bucket and groups it with field hockey by implement and rule lineage instead, matching the recognized hockey codes grouping used in sport reference works. Both are stick-based goal-scoring team sports, regardless of surface, which is why they belong together rather than with other snow or ice disciplines.