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Een puck in het ijshockey is een harde zwarte schijf die bestaat uit gevulkaniseerd rubber. Een standaard puck is 2,54 cm dik, heeft een diameter van 7,62 cm en weegt tussen de 156 en 170 gram. Een puck kan tijdens een wedstrijd snelheden tot 160 km/h bereiken wat kan leiden tot zware kwetsuren en daarom is de helm een verplicht onderdeel bij een ijshockey uitrusting. De puck kan met zo een snelheid ook in het publiek terechtkomen en daarom is de rand van de ijspiste omrand met doorzichtige plastic platen met daarboven netten gespannen. De puck werd waarschijnlijk in 1877 uitgevonden door William Fleet Robertson, die een bal uit het veldhockey zodanig had afgesneden dat er alleen maar een schijf overbleef. Tegenwoordig wordt een puck voor een wedstrijd een paar uur ingevroren om het stuiteren te beperken. Maar wees gewaarschuwd, mocht het u onverhoopt toch overkomen, heb ik maar 1 advies!!!!!!!

DUCK!!!!!

English:

Ice hockey requires a hard disk of vulcanized rubber. A standard ice hockey puck is black, 1 inch (25 mm) thick, 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter, and weighs between 5.5 and 6 ounces (160 and 170 g) some pucks are heavier or lighter than standard (see below). Pucks are often marked with silkscreened team or league logos on one or both faces. Pucks are frozen before the game to reduce bouncing during play.

Ice hockey and its various precursor games utilized balls until the late 1800s. By the 1870s, 'flat' pucks were made of wood as well as rubber. At first, pucks were square. The first recorded organized game of ice hockey used a wooden puck to prevent it from leaving the rink of play. The rubber pucks were first made by slicing a rubber ball, then trimming the disc square. The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal is credited with making and using the first round pucks in the 1880s.

Variations

There are several variations on the standard black, 6 oz (170 g) hockey puck. One of the most common is a blue, 4 oz (113 g) puck that is used for training younger players who are not yet able to use a standard puck. Heavier 10 oz (283 g) training pucks, typically reddish pink or reddish orange in colour, are also available for players looking to develop the strength of their shots or improve their stick handling skills. Players looking to increase wrist strength often practice with steel pucks that weigh 2 lb (900 g); these pucks are not used for shooting, as they could seriously harm other players. A hollow, light-weight fluorescent orange puck is available for road or floor hockey. Other variants, some with plastic ball bearings or glides, are available for use for road or roller hockey.

The Fox Trax "smart puck" was developed by the Fox television network when it held NHL broadcasting rights for the U.S. The puck had integrated electronics to track its position on screen; a blue streak traced the path of the puck across the ice. The streak would turn red if the puck was shot especially hard. This was an experiment in broadcasting intended to help viewers unfamiliar with hockey to better follow the game by making the puck more visible. It was ill-received by many traditional hockey fans, but appreciated by many of the more casual viewers. The system debuted with much publicity in the All Star game at the Boston Fleet Center on Jan 20, 1996, but the system was shelved when Fox Sports lost the NHL broadcast rights three years later. So if you see it realy close, i'll give you 1 advice!!!!

 

DUCK!!!!!