Line (ice hockey) of players for different situations. Because of the use of lines in hockey, ice hockey rosters have relatively large rosters compared to the number of players on the ice (23 for a typical NHL team, with 20 active on game day and six on the ice at any given time). Only gridiron football has a larger relative roster size (the NFL has 53 players, 46 active on gameday, 11 on the field). Line (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a line is a group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game. A complete forward line consists
Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey Huskies' career penalty minute leader with 406; Wade MacLeod is the career games leader with 149. Northeastern players who have gone on to significant professional hockey careers include: In addition to the above players, the following Huskies played in the National Hockey League: Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey The Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey team is a NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Northeastern University. The Huskies are a member of Hockey East. They play at the 4,666-seat Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. The men's ice hockey program has existed since 1929 and played as an independent