Athletes who competed in field hockey or ice hockey, the stick-and-ball or stick-and-puck team sport family. Belongs here: players of either code on any surface. Does not belong here: goal-scoring team sport athletes who play without a stick, grouped under Football Codes.
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Comparison
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 Browse By
FAQs
Are ice hockey players grouped with field hockey players in this atlas?
Yes. Players of either code, on any surface, are grouped together by their shared stick-based lineage.
This subcategory groups athletes who competed in field hockey or ice hockey, the stick-and-ball or stick-and-puck team sport family, and players of either code on any surface belong here together. Goal-scoring team sport athletes who play without a stick are grouped instead under Football Codes.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hockey
WikipediaHockey, Etymology sectionQuote, Hockey, Etymology section
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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