Goal (ice hockey)

The Eishockeytor belongs to the relevant equipment of a hockey pitch. At the start of hockey history in 1850 was the only Eishockeytor of two bars later, it had a wooden frame over which a fishing net in Canada was laid later. Approximately since 1920 is played with metal gates.

Current rules

The IIHF writes in Rule 130, the following provisions for the gates before:

• The goals must be anchored in the center of the goal line.
• The goalposts have the following dimensions: Height (Internal Dimensions ): 1.22 m, measured from the ice surface;
• Width (inside ): 1.83 m.