Talk:Ice hockey

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 Definition:  A game, played on ice, which consists of two teams of six players, each attempting to drive a small hard rubber disc called a puck into their opponent's goal net. [d] [e]
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There's a dialect difference on the name of this game. In North America, the game played on ice is simply "hockey" and the related game played on grass is "field hockey". Various other parts of the English-speaking world call the game played on grass "hockey" and the one on ice "ice hockey". As a Canadian, I of course want to move this article to "hockey"; the term "ice hockey" strikes me as an abomination.

I'm not sure what CZ should do about this. Perhaps "hockey" needs to be a disambiguation page?

A similar problem turns up with football; text there might be a model for how to deal with it. Sandy Harris 02:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't wanna get involved with something like this, hehe! But probably the discussion at the football page would show how it should be handled. As I recall, *that* problem was eventually resolved.... Hayford Peirce 02:55, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
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