Hockey is the greatest game on Earth. Definitely the fastest and most difficult to play all round. Played on "knife" blades with a stick to power the puck and make pin point passes,forwards,backwards,though bodies....You have to be able to skate backwards almost as well as forward. And to able to skate like a hurricane like Wind,is advantage! And you have to have superb balance to go with "eyes" in the back of your head. You have to able to go skate sideways too, to avoid D-men who have you in their sights for a plastering against the walls(boards)...I could go on and on and on! The greatest,fastest game on Earth where goals can be scored in bunches...6 seconds here,5 seconds there...and there is nothing said of being tough and taking the puck in the mouth and not missing a shift.Its 45 seconds of pure speed up and down the ice and then off and do it again 3 shifts later or maybe on the PP or PK! C'mon man Hockey,all hockey at all levels needs 4 on 4 where goalies handle 50,60 shots a game and spend sleepless nights muttering to themselves like "shellshocked vets"