Ice hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team. Ice hockey is most popular in Canada, central and eastern Europe, the Nordic countries, Russia and the United States. Ice
Macedonia men's national ice hockey team Macedonia men's national ice hockey team The Macedonian national ice hockey team (; "Hokejarska reprezentacija na Makedonija") is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Macedonia. They are controlled by the Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 4 October 2001. Macedonia played their first game on 27 March 2011 against Red Star Sofia of Bulgaria in Skopje. They went on to lose the game 4–1. On 20 December 2014, Macedonia played two exhibition games against the Bulgarian U20 national team in Skopje. They lost the