Glove (ice hockey)

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A player's gloved hands.


Types of gloves[edit]

Skaters' gloves[edit]

Skaters' gloves are designed to protect the players' hands from pucks, sticks, and skates. They do not play any role in the performance or play of the game. A skater may push a puck forward with his glove when in his defensive zone. A skater may also use his glove to bat down an airborne puck. However, if a skater catches or otherwise closes his glove about the puck, the skater may be penalized with a minor penalty.If a player passes the puck with his hand in the offensive zone that player serves a minor penalty. When fighting, skaters almost always drop their gloves to the ice and fight with bare fists.

The gloves are normally not worn too tight to better enhance movement of the hands.

Goaltender's gloves[edit]


On the other hand, often called the "glove hand", the goaltender wears a catching glove called a trapper, which is similar to a baseball glove. In addition to using it to catch shots, goaltenders can distribute caught pucks by tossing them from the catching glove. National Hockey League rules limit the perimeter of the catching glove to forty-five inches and the widest part of the glove may not exceed eighteen inches.