-      ‘’Hockey, hmmm. How to explain it! Well basically, you have this puck, a small cylinder-esque object made of a very hard material, and the goal is to put it in a net to score a goal.’’
 
-      ‘’Okay, and how do you get the puck in the net?’’
 
-      ‘’Well there’s five player’s on each team that skate from one end to the other, passing the puck to one another in hopes to out manoeuver the opponent and beat the goalie.’’
 
-      ‘’Skate??? Goalie?? As in, your shooting this hard object at someone who has to put themselves in front of it to stop it?’’
 
-      ‘’Well, yeah, but they have equipment so that it doesn’t hurt, including a helmet’’
 
-      ‘’Ah okay, what about the skate part?’’
 
-      ‘’Well, see, the game is played on ice, so its ice hockey, and you glide across the ice with the puck’’
 
And so goes the weird conversation of trying to get people to play hockey. We often overlook how peculiar the sport is because we’re so used to it, but imagine that without the modern day equipment back when hockey first started, wow! The strategy would have to be, try it before you knock it, and see how it plays and you’ll enjoy it!


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