In hockey, what's a power play?
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I have seen several answers of a team with a one man advantage.  This is not entirely correct.  A power play does result when one team is penalized and the opposing team has more skaters on the ice, but it is possible to have a 5 on 3 situation and so on, which definitely shoots down the one man advantage answers.
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If you are familiar with Ice Hockey, it will help you understand some of the rules, like offside and delay of game. Although, this game dosen't have a sin bin or goalies covered in padding. I would look on wikipedia or go to your local library and have a look about. You will definatley fall in love with this beautiful game.
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No.  Every time you score a goal during a major penalty, the remaining time is considered an additional power play opportunity.  PP Efficiency is calculated by dividing the number of power play goals by the number of power play opportunities.  Assuming that in your example the major penalty was the only penalty of the game,  the power play team would be 3-3 on power play chances or 100% efficiency.
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power forward is more specific explanations of that player positions... power forward means the forward that help backup the center player..
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This is a good question and your powerplay question ties in on why they lost. I very rarely say this but the announcers were right on in saying that Edmonton was not afraid to take penalties last night because san jose was not making them pay on the power play. The Sharks looked flat! Their passes were horrible, the weren't skating like they wanted in in the offensive zone and not coming back hard enough in the D- Zone, and to boot Toskala was horrible! He is done its time to put a goaltender that is play off tested in! Thats Nabokov!I think the Sharks blew it this series is over. They had control, they gave it up and now the oilers have the control going into a building that the sharks looked terrible in. They can't score on the power play because they don't shoot the puck! Its basic hockey teachings, good things happen when you shoot the puck, and when you get to fancy its can go very bad!
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Curling is played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice into which two round, painted, archery-like targets (called the house) have been embedded. The game involves two teams of four players. These teams are called rinks and named for the team’s captain, who is known as the “skip”. Each team has eight polished granite stones, called stones or rocks, with which they try to score.\n\nDuring each round of play, called an end, each player slides two stones along the surface of the ice. Play alternates between teams, each throwing one stone on their turn. The person throwing the stone influences where the stone stops by the amount of force used, called the weight, the spin (turn), and the direction of the throw. Additionally, the final position of the stone is changed by sweeping or brushing the path in front of the stone to reduce curl and increase distance. Once all the stones have been thrown during an end, the score is determined and the play reverses direction back to the other house.\n\nThe players are known as the lead, second, third and skip, and traditionally throw stones in that order . The skip acts as the team’s captain, determining the position played by each player, strategy during the game, holding the broom in the house as a target for the shooters, and representing the rink. However, there is nothing in the rules to say where in the order the skip plays and in recent years the skip has thrown second or third stones on some teams.\n\nThe basic goal of each end is to have your curling stones nearer to the center of the target once all the stones from both teams have been thrown for that end. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can earn per end is eight, though this is extremely rare because only the closest stones belonging to one of the two teams are counted. Strategies used during play, such as blocking (guard) and hitting rocks to reposition them (bump) or remove them from play (take-out) lead to lower scores. The term draw is used to describe a shot that comes to rest in the house without making contact with another stone. To peel means to remove both the target stone and the shooter's stone from play. For more information, see Types of shots below.\n\nTo help ensure the stone lands where intended, the skip stands in the house and indicates to the player throwing where to aim given the desired effect of the shot. The other two players sweep in front of the rock. Once thrown, players may not touch a stone while it is moving, so sweeping is the only way to influence the stone once thrown. Games, called matches, usually last eight ends, though in competitive curling there are usually ten ends and some recreational games last six ends.
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Power play 1 (Usually, but Tom Renney likes to change it up):\nRW-Jagr\nLW-Straka\nC-Nylander\nD- Ruchinsky\nD- Rozsival (the only right handed shot)\nPP2:\nRW- Prucha (until he got hurt.)\nLW- Sykora\nC- Rucchin\nD- Poti\nD- Tyutin\n\nPKs:\nForwards:\nOrtmeyer and Moore\nRucchin and Ruchinsky\nDefense:\nKasparitis\nPoti\nRozsival\nMalik
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Hockey all the way!! \n\nIn basketball they score almost every time up and down the court, its like a game for people with ADD.  And even the BIGGEST play in basketball is still only worth ANOTHER 2 or 3 points... <yawn>  Lately basketball(pro) has turned into a beauty contest, instead of a team sport.  and 6 Fouls?  gimme a break.  The last 2 minutes of watching men play bumpass takes 20 minutes to watch.\n\nIn hockey they have to work for every single goal, and without a team effort you would fail miserably. (no 81 points by a single player here)  Hockey is much more physically demanding.  Both sports are bothered by inconsistant calls by the refs that hurt the game though.\n\nIf you are talking about playing yourself, whatever you enjoy is best!
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Beverly - they play 3 periods, unless there's a tie.  If the game is tied after 3 periods, they play one 10 minute overtime period.  If it's still tied after the overtime, there will be a shoot out (5 players from each team will be selected).  \n\nIf still tied, each team will select a player that has not participated in the shootout and they will have an opportunity.  A single player from each team will participate in the shootout until a player from one team scores and the corresponding player from the other team does not.
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In hockey, a game of power, finesse and speed played on ice, scoring goals are a priority item. A team is awarded a goal when a player shoots the puck past the opposition's goalie and into the goal. The goal itself, often referred to simply as the "net," measures four feet tall (1.22 meters) and six feet wide (1.83 meters). If someone scores a "hat trick" in hockey, it means that a player has scored three goals in one game.\n\nThe team with the most goals at the end of a hockey game is declared the winner. Hockey is one of the few sports that allows a game to end in a tie. Scoring one goal in a game of hockey is an admirable feat; scoring three goals in a hockey games is a rarity. Many players go their entire career without even coming close to scoring a hat trick. Hockey statisticians keep track of both team and individual highlights during a season. For one scored goal, a statistician will award a player one point. The player who passes the puck to a player who scores is awarded an "assist" by the stat man and also receives a point. While assists are a vital part of hockey and carry the exact same weight (one point) as a goal itself, assists are never taken into play when discussing a hat trick. A hat trick is based on goals alone.\n\nWhen a player in the National Hockey League (NHL) scores a hat trick, the fans, as a custom, toss their hats or caps on to the ice as a sign of their appreciation and respect. It's their way of recognizing the rarity of this feat. Hall of famer Wayne Gretzsky, had fans tossing their hats to the ice many times during his storied 20-year career. Of the many NHL records Gretzsky owns, the fact that he scored 50 hat tricks from 1979-1999 may be the most amazing. Akin to the grand slam in baseball, a hat trick is a feat fans will not often witness, but when they do, they won't soon forget.\n\n\nAnother link said:\n\nWatching a hockey player charge down the ice and slap the puck past a floundering goalie for his third goal of the game is one of the most exhilarating plays in all of sports. The term used to describe such a feat, "hat trick," has long been linked to hockey, and, after a bit of searching, we discovered its unusual origin.\n\nWe first visited the Word Detective, the online version of the popular newspaper column written by Evan Morris. He says the term came from the English game of cricket and cites The Oxford English Dictionary, which explains: "The feat of a bowler who takes three wickets by three successive balls: originally considered to entitle him to be presented by his club with a new hat or some equivalent."\n\nWe next checked out an article titled "Puck talk: A guide to hockey lingo" from The Dallas Morning News. In addition to learning that the terms "mucker," "pipe-fitter," "plumber," and "grinder" are interchangeable, we unearthed another interesting tidbit about the term "hat trick."\n\nIn the article, John Halligan, an NHL executive who writes a hockey trivia column for the NHL web site, says in the 1940s, a Toronto haberdasher used to give Maple Leaf hockey players free hats when they scored three goals in a game. Halligan also agrees that the term "hat trick" probably evolved from cricket.\n\nSo, what happens to all those hats that litter the ice? Well, it seems Dave Kindred, a columnist at The Sporting News, has been asked that question a few times. As we would have guessed, the hats are usually given to charities.\n\nHe shoots, he scores, he wins a hat.
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I myself am not a Wild fan, but I just watch the Sharks beat them on national tv. They didn't play good, but they also didn't play bad... so I get what you're saying. They almost let in a goal when the Sharks took a penalty and Manny left the net, except it hit the post. I guess the most exciting part about the Wild is Manny Fernandez, I love watching him grab saves out of nowhere (it can get frustrating when playing against him). But yeah, they never seem to keep any sort of momentum and when they got some today (a late power play down by a goal) the power play dismantled. Still though, the Wild are one of my favorite teams to follow and I hope that they can get more exciting to watch for you. Best regards.
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You get a plus if you are on the ice when your team scores at even strength or shorthanded.\nYou get a minus if you are on the ice when the other team scores at even strength or while you are on the powerplay
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There really is no "effective shot". Too many factors involved. I could have a super fast slapshot and it could get blocked before reaching the net. I mean people are saying wrister, slapshot, snapshot... but what about a redirection? Talk about what a goalie has less a chance of reacting too. If you want to be silly about it a shot at an open goal is the most effective!
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No. Exciting. No.\n\nNo 4 on 4 in regulation...totally changes the sport.\n\n4 on 4 is exciting in OT, because you get to watch some of the fastest skilled players on the ice.....but it takes away from the TEAM aspect of the game.\n\nNot a better brand of play, a sometimes exciting brand, but not the brand that I prefer...I'll take the old pair of Levi's over the flashy pair of Diesel's...
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Icing is when a player from the offensive team controls the puck before reaching the center ice line.  He shoots the puck all the way down behind the opposite goal WITHOUT anybody on the defending team being able to play the puck prior to crossing the goal line.  Often, the linesmen will wave off the icing if the player is within 2 feet of the center line prior to dumping the puck.  Also, an icing can only be called when the offensive team is either on the powerplay or at an even strength situation.  The puck then goes either to the left or right of the goaltender of the team who shot the puck depending on which side of the rink the puck was touched up on.\n\nAn offside is when a player controls the puck completely crosses the blue line after another offensive player completely crosses it.  If the player doesn't have control of the puck when it crosses the blue line, it is a delayed offside.  All offensive players must then touch up at the blue line at the same time before going back into the offensive zone and playing the puck.  Play is only stopped on a delayed offside when an offensive player makes contact with the puck before all teammates touched up at the same time prior to contact.  If an offside is called, the puck is dropped at one of the two blue circles next to the blue line, again depending on which side of the ice the offsides occured on.
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Innebandy is a hockey related game or else its a The floorball part of the World Hockey Index........\n\nAbout hockey ya Major dhyan chand is one of the most fantastic and a top player of hockey.....because of his scoring prowess and superlative skills.......\n\nthis game needs more of creativity.meaning maximum pf perspiration and less of inspiration........see a
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power plays are basically 2 sets of 5overs which the bowling sides when to bring in... Before at the start of an innings 15 overs had fielding restrictions.. meaning only 2 fielders outside the 15yard circle... now.. that 15 overs have been changed to 20.. with 10 (compulsory)at the start of innings and then 2 sets of 5 overs with fielding restrictions.. which could be brought in any time\n\nsupersub is someone who replaces a player anytime in the game .. takes his responsibilities... now.. there is a lot of confusion in it.. it is basically a 12th man which may/or maynot take part in the game straight away/ and it is chosen by the captain before the toss.. so some choose bowlers and other choose batsman.. now.. when the game starts and u batted first (for e.g) and now u have to bowl in the second innings .. and u know u have a bowler as a supersub/.. so what captains do is to replace a batsman wid a bowler.. that way batsman who wouldnt have bowled in the second innings(when they are fielding) is exchanged by a bowler .. whose got his full 10 overs to bowl.. this way a bowler could be changed for a batsman .. depending on the situation... \n\nhope this must have cleared ur doubt