| rdfs:comment | - They are about 1 inch thick and 3 inches wide.
- A hockey puck is a fist-sized black disk, the "ball" used to play the sport of ice hockey with. In the sport two teams of ice skaters with sticks move the puck between them by hitting it so it slides over the eyes. The object is to score points by hitting the puck into the goal of the other team.
- Ice hockey requires a hard disk of vulcanized rubber. A standard ice hockey puck is black, 1 inch thick (25.4 mm), 3 inches in diameter (76.2 mm), and weighs between 5.5 and 6 ounces (156-170 g); some pucks are heavier or lighter than standard (see below). Pucks are often marked with silkscreened team or league logos on one or both faces. PUCK, a blow. He gave him a puck of a stick on the head. More commonly applied to a punch or blow of the horns of a cow or goat! (Ask Little Britainers!) The cow gave him a puck (or pucked him) with her horns and knocked him down.
- The Hockey Puck is a character from the Toy Story series who only appeared in the original film. It was seen briefly in Andy's room after Mr. Potato Head showed Hamm his Picasso face. After Mr. Potato Head mockingly asked him what he was looking at, he just shrugged.
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| abstract | - Ice hockey requires a hard disk of vulcanized rubber. A standard ice hockey puck is black, 1 inch thick (25.4 mm), 3 inches in diameter (76.2 mm), and weighs between 5.5 and 6 ounces (156-170 g); some pucks are heavier or lighter than standard (see below). Pucks are often marked with silkscreened team or league logos on one or both faces. The game evolved in Great Britain by 1820 from bandy, which was played with a ball on ice by field hockey players who wanted to continue to train during the European winters. Early forms of ice hockey, once known as "Canadian rules bandy", used a ball rather than a puck when it first came to North America from Europe. Early players of the game found that the rubber ball used in field hockey was far too active on the hard ice surface. Today, pucks are frozen a few hours before the game to further reduce bouncing during play. The origin of the word "puck" is obscure. Though commonly believed to be it is evidently not connected to Shakespeare's Puck or the mythical Puck. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the name is related to the verb "to puck" (a cognate of "poke") used in the game of hurling for striking or pushing the ball, from the Scottish Gaelic puc or the Irish poc, meaning to poke, punch or deliver a blow: PUCK, a blow. He gave him a puck of a stick on the head. More commonly applied to a punch or blow of the horns of a cow or goat! (Ask Little Britainers!) The cow gave him a puck (or pucked him) with her horns and knocked him down. The blow given by a hurler to the ball with his caman or hurley (stick) is always called a puck. Also, a free shot in hurling is a free puck. It is possible that Halifax natives, many of whom were Irish and played hurley, may have introduced the word to Canada. The first known printed reference was in Montreal, in 1876, just a year after the first indoor game was played there.
- They are about 1 inch thick and 3 inches wide.
- A hockey puck is a fist-sized black disk, the "ball" used to play the sport of ice hockey with. In the sport two teams of ice skaters with sticks move the puck between them by hitting it so it slides over the eyes. The object is to score points by hitting the puck into the goal of the other team.
- The Hockey Puck is a character from the Toy Story series who only appeared in the original film. It was seen briefly in Andy's room after Mr. Potato Head showed Hamm his Picasso face. After Mr. Potato Head mockingly asked him what he was looking at, he just shrugged. It is unknown what happened to Hockey Puck, as he was not seen with the other toys on the moving van, and he also wasn't seen at Andy's new house, inferring that he was either left behind or possibly belonged to Molly. However, in Toy Story 2, a Hockey Puck was seen in the yard sale and was picked up by Al. His fate by the time of Toy Story 3 seems certain that he is gone, be it he was sold, lost, destroyed, or given away.
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