Why There Are Slow And Fast Ices In Hockey
By Johnny McKenzie, Thu Dec 8th

Depending on how into ice hockey you are you might or might nothave heard the terms “slow ice” and “fast ice”.

What you know for sure though is that the game of ice hockey isbeing played with a puck and what the terms refer to is thepucks ability to move on the ice.

On fast rinks the puck moves fast and on slow rinks the puckmove slow. That is logic, but why is this and can it beconsidered a problem?

The main reason why the problem with slow and fast ices arisesis that hockey is played both up in Canada as well in southernUSA and it is because of the difference in climate.

Up north where it is cold and dry you get fast ices without lotsof snow on it and in the south you get ices with more snow onthem because of the warm weather and humidity.

In hockey the players most often want to play on fast icesurfaces, because that makes them feel more in control of thepuck.

The ice gets slow because of the snow that is being createdduring the game and it makes the puck bounce.

One thing that is funny to hear though is when hockey playerscomplain about that it is the ice’s fault when they lose a game.

Don’t they realize that both teams are playing on the same ice?

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