According to Thehockeywriters.com, hockey is the greatest sport on earth. Here are some of the reasons why:
It’s Played on a Giant Sheet of Ice
Football, basketball, baseball – what do they all have in common? They’re played on the solid ground, not a slippery sheet of ice. The athletes that play those sports wear shoes, not sharp blades of steel on the bottoms of their feet. Hockey players have to combine all that speed and agility on top of managing to stay upright on a large ice-cube.
The Speed
No other sport even comes close to hockey in terms of speed. Everything about this sport is fast-paced: the slap shots, the game pace, and the players. Continuous action is one of the many reasons hockey is the greatest sport on the planet.
The Insane Playoff Format
You can argue every other point on this list, (except six; that’s a fact, too) but you can’t argue that the NHL playoffs are, without a doubt, the most exhausting of all the major sports. In order to become champion in this league, you must survive four rounds of grueling, backbreaking play, on top of the seven months of the brutal regular season games that have already been completed.
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