Are hockey players' shirts called jerseys or sweaters and what is the difference between the two?
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Sweater is what most people who play (or just from Canada) call them, and is the most appropriate term.  There is no difference between the two.  The reason why some people outside of hockey call them a jersey is because they resemble a football jersey.  If you call it a jersey, people will still understand you.  If you call it a sweater, people will know you're a true hockey fan.
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They use two type of jersey:\nWhite when they play as home club (known as Official Colors)\nRed   when they play as visitors (known as Reserve Colors)
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It refers to their positions:\n\nR= Referee\n\nHL= Head Linesman\n\nLJ= Line judge\n\nU= Umpire\n\nBJ= Back Judge\n\nFJ= Field Judge\n\nSJ= Side Judge
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Azzurro is sky-blue in Italian. The color of their jerseys.\nSingular male is Azzurro. \nIt turns into Azzurri for plural male.\nThat's why the team is called the Azzurri and one player Azzurro.
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Hockey makes a clear distinction: If the goaltender does not make a save or the puck does not go in the net, it is not counted as a shot on goal.  Hockey doesn't keep a separate stat for shots that do not go on goal.
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There are so many urban legends about why the team is referred to as the Habs that is hard to believe which one is true. Habs, in and of itself, is a shortened version of Les Habitants, a French word.\n\nIt seems that during the 1920s, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" on Montreal's uniform stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". \n\nAt the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English team. In reality, the "H" in the Montreal crest, which is inside a "C," stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. Hope that helps.
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The captain's C is a symbol of leadership, it defines who the true leader of the team is.  The player with the C gets to question the referee, unless he is off the ice and that means the alternate captians who wear the A's talk to the ref.
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I heard this explanation during a telecast:\n \nMost teams have 3 sweaters; one white, one dark, and a third alternative sweater for special occaisions (e.g. national televised games, holiday games, etc).  The third sweaters are also dark, with special graphics.  If dark jerseys are for away games, the teams would have to pack both the standard away and the alternative jerseys.  If white is the away color, it makes it easier; simply pack only the white jerseys for road trips.
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By real players you mean players who think they're playing hockey?  Soccer has rules against fouls (checking).  If "real" players can't handle them, maybe they should get some ice skates.
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Depends completely on the player and the team. All players work out quite a bit. On most off days coaches run hour or hour and a half practices for all the players. Aside from this most players are constantly at the gym to remain in top game shape. How they work out in the gym totally depends on the players and their fitness coach. Each person has their own personalized training routine, for example Goalies work more on flexibility than skating players, and skating players perhaps work more on leg strength, and upper body strength for battles in the corner. This isn't always the case though. If you are really interested you should see if you can find a couple of NHL players personalized fitness plans, and look at them.
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Players usually exchange jerseys at the end of the games as a token of friendship and respect. They keep the jerseys as souvenirs and memoirs. It's a really nice respectful tradition, I alwasy enjoy watching this part after the game is over!
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There are so many changes I don't know where to start. Well, players didn't wear padding. Goalie shin pads were first adapted from cricket shin pads. Skates were nothing more than blades you strapped onto your shoes and sticks were cut from tree branches. Ice rinks didn't have boards and the fans would stand right at the edge of the ice and often were hit by pucks and knocked over by players. Teams used to have nine players on the ice, which is now down to six. No one wore helmets (including goalies who first started wear face masks around 1960). I'm sure you can find many books on the history of hockey, not to mention websites on the topic.
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In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.
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Both sports move fast, but lacrosse uses a hard rubber ball and you throw and catch with a stick that has a small basket at the top. Similar to hockey, the goal is to score more goals than your opponent. \n\nLacrosse also uses 10 players (nine position players and a goalie) where hockey uses six (five position players and a goalie). \n\nA final score of a lacrosse game is usually much higher than a hockey score, typically running into double digits (e.g. 14-11).\n\nHope this helps!
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The jerseys are made of a lighter weight material since they are playing in the warmer climates of Arizona and in Florida.  It's probably also a marketing thing, where there's another team jersey that you can buy.
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It represents sportsmanship, and respect.  It is usually more common to see in the World cup, It is a souvenir.  It is not forced to do it, it is up to the players, not all exchange jersey's at times.  It is usually done at the end of the game as to congratulate each other for their efforts.
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Hockey pucks are frozen to keep them more stable on the ice.  When they're frozen they bounce, wobble, skitter and skip less.