Thursday, 09 February 2012
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A history of the Hockey Puck
A regular hockey puck consists of six ounces of black vulcanized rubber. It really is round, with a three-inch diameter
and is one inch thick. Youth players (Mite level, or 8-years-old and under) sometimes use blue pucks which weigh
four ounces in order to help with their early skill development. These pucks are simpler to stick handle, shoot, and
lift for younger players. There are also training pucks which are ten ounces or more, approximately two pounds. These could
be different colors, typically orange, and are utilized to build wrist strength and puck handling speed. Street and
floor hockey use a large number of colors, materials, and puck designs with respect to the surface being played
upon or the rules of each and every game. All of these different pucks have one thing in common, however. They all evolved
in the same simple origins ages ago.
The initial hockey pucks were considered to be slices cut from tree branches. These pucks didn't have standard size or
diameter requirements. Ice hockey is assumed to get evolved from a few different early games, one similar
to field hockey, called hurley ball. Ice hockey and it is precursors including hurley continued to make use of balls until
the late 1800s. The ball was later adapted into a puck following your game transferred to the ice. Players cut the ball on
both ends to make a flatter puck-like shape to make the ball more manageable on the ice surface. The initial
vulcanized rubber flat hockey pucks were used in 1886. These early pucks were more crude than modern pucks,
because they was without the same smooth, round circumference. Improvements to these first vulcanized models
continued through the years, until they arrived at the shape we know today.
The foundation with the word puck is uncertain. Some think that the phrase is related to the verb ” to puck,” which can be
accustomed to describe the act of striking or pushing a hurley ball. This word, based on the word poke, might be
associated with the Scottish Gaelic word “puc,” or even the Irish word “poc,” meaning to poke, punch, or deliver a blow.
It's considered that Halifax natives, many of whom were Irish and played hurley, might have originally introduced
the term in Canada. The very first known printed reference to the phrase puck is at Montreal in 1867, annually after
the first indoor game was played there.
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