According to relevant information, as of May 2023, the latest men's national ice hockey team ranked 32nd in the world.
Ice hockey is a collective competitive sport with skates and hockey sticks as tools. It consists of men's and women's events, and it is an independent winter sport in international sports taxonomy.
Ice hockey appeared later than football, hockey and speed skating. According to research, modern ice hockey originated in Canada. W·F· Robertson, an English student studying in Canada, skates very well. He moved the hockey he learned during his study in England to play on the ice, and combined with the characteristics of lacrosse, he created a new ice sport-ice hockey in 1783.
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Each team is allowed to register up to 20 players and 2 goalkeepers, and the total number of teams is 22. During the competition, no more than 6 athletes are allowed on each team's field. Their positions are goalkeeper, left back, right back, right forward, center and left forward. Each team should determine a captain and at most two vice-captains.
If the home team is not determined, the two teams can determine which team is the home team through negotiation, coin toss or similar methods.
The rights of the home team: first, choose the athletes' seats; The second is to choose the color of the team uniform; Third, after the game stops, the home team will arrange the lineup after the visiting team. At any time of the game, the referee can ask the visiting team to line up quickly and prepare to start the game through the captain.