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Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . Ice hockey teams usually consist of six players each : one ___MASK17___ , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . Belleville ( Canada 2011 Census population 49 , 454 ; census agglomeration population 92 , 540 ) is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern ( Central ) Ontario , Canada , along the Quebec City - Windsor Corridor . It is the seat of Hastings County , but politically independent of it , and is the ___MASK45___ of the Bay of Quinte Region . The Belleville McFarlands were a men ' s senior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior division from 1956 to 1961 . The McFarlands were based out of Belleville , Ontario , playing home games at the Belleville Memorial Arena . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the ___MASK58___ of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important ___MASK58___ for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . The National Hockey League ( NHL ) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the ___MASK64___ of each season . In ice hockey , the ___MASK17___ is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team ' s net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The ___MASK17___ usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the " goal crease " ( often referred to simply as " the crease " or " the net "). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots . In today ' s age of goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand - up style and butterfly technique ). Because of the power of shots , the ___MASK17___ wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game . One - on - one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a ___MASK17___ ' s pure skill , or lack thereof . Only one ___MASK17___ is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . Gerald Francis Goyer ( born October 20 , 1936 ) was a professional ice hockey player who played 40 games in the National Hockey League . He played with the Chicago Black Hawks . He was also a member of the Allan Cup champion Belleville McFarlands in 1957 - 58 .