In the most recent update about ice hockey, a 15 year old girl Rachel McGuckin is all set to open her career in the nationals of the England under16 team of girls. Rachel McGuckin, has rose in the male dominating game of Ice hockey and is all prepared for her next season in Canada. She will represent the country and we are sure that she will make the country proud.
Adding to this ice hockey has also gained popularity in other nations as well. Recently, In Australia, ice hockey game is rising with the every coming day. On 4th September, the Melbourne Ice house that has a seating of around 1000 people was fully loaded with the lovers of ice hockey as they came to witness the grand finale of the Australian Ice hockey league. This is something of news because, a year back, there was not much craze for ice hockey in the Australians. But today, the ground was loaded to witness the same game. In 1980, this sport faced a slow down but now; it has rose again to the expectations, thrill and excitement of the audience. Ice hockey has gone to various ups and downs.
Professionalism can be seen at the match presentation in the ice house, even when the league of the ice hockey is still amateur. But more and more people are associating with the game and are loving it and cheering for it.
The main component of ice hockey includes the ice rink and ice hockey equipments. In ice equipments, ice skates are one of the former requirements of the game without which its not possible to play it. Another important thing is ice hockey sticks. Ice hockey sticks are used to pass, carry and shoot the puck. They are somewhere around 200 cms long and have a blade at one end, which is a flat extension. Many minute details are kept in mind while making the ice hockey sticks, as per the preference and dimensions suggested by the player.
Ice hockey equipment have a big business in UK and other parts of the world, where the game is played. There are many sites and stores which provide ice hockey equipments and some of them even provide customized products for the game. Ice hockey equipments not only includes ice skates or ice hockey sticks but also shin guards, elbow and shoulder pads, helmets, shorts, gloves, shafts and many other things. It is important to wear all the gears of the sport as it is a dangerous sport and one can get seriously injured if he does not play with all the equipments and protection. Thus it becomes important to have a proper kit of the ice hockey equipments. One also has to take proper care of the equipments they are using as it can wear and tear with the games. So, one should be careful about it and should replace with the time and condition of the ice hockey equipments.
