At 02:42 PM 10/5/01 +1000 Brett Coster wrote:
>Ahhhh! You mean ICE hockey!~
>
>Hockey, of course, is a game played on a soccer-type pitch by teams wearing
>shorts, shirts and boots. The goalie is pretty well padded, though, I'll
>admit. Hockey is also a game played by many countries, most of Asia,
>Australia, Britain (who, naturally lose), the Netherlands, Germany, India,
>Pakistan, Argentina, etc.
>
>One of my daughters plays hockey for her high school. No broken noses, yet.
I don't know how it is Down Under, but here in the US, Field Hockey is
considered to be almost exclusively a girl's sport. Occasionally, a High
School will field a male player, but that's a rarity. And unlike other
"girl's sports" like Gymnastics and Volleyball, I'm not sure that any of
our colleges even compete in men's field hockey.
Also, in the Eastern United States, both sexes play lacrosse - the national
game of the Iroquois Nation.
JDG - Who, when it comes to girls and hockey, much prefers tonsil hockey to
field or ice...... ;-)
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