Would hockey games have more goals if offsides in hockey games were eliminated?”
Ice hockey (frequently simply called hockey in countries where it is played) is a team sport played on ice that originated in Canada around 1800. It is a fast-paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover, such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia, and Russia. With the advent of indoor artificial ice rinks, however, it has become a year-round pastime at the amateur level in major metropolitan areas such as cities that host a National Hockey League (NHL) or other professional-league team. It is one of the four major North American professional sports, where the NHL is at the highest level for men and the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) and the Western Women’s Hockey League (WWHL) are at the highest level of women’s ice hockey in the world. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity. Only six of the thirty NHL franchises are based in Can
