DGHM 110: Introduction to Digital Humanities

Ice Hockey Puck

Used in the sport of Ice Hockey, no rights to it.

Element of the game of Ice Hockey.

No creator recorded.

1876 - First recorded under the name "Puck".

A circular piece of (generally black) rubber.

A circular piece of vulcanized rubber (treated with sulfur + heat). About an inch thick, with a diameter of around three inches.

The word "puck" originates from the Scottish word "puc", which means "to strike".

Used in forms of Ice Hockey, usually on ice.

The puck has no original creator, but is now mass-produced worldwide.

Puck

Rubber trees produce the rubber necessary to create the puck.

Palm-sized and very durable.

It is necessary for Ice Hockey to be played.

Handled by hockey sticks, passed around/shot.

There is no replacement for the puck within its designated sport.

Alternate forms of the puck can replace tennis/lacrosse balls used in off-ice play.

There is no owner of the puck, but Inglasco Inc. is the producer of pucks for the highest level of Ice Hockey, the NHL.

Utilized as the focus of the play in Ice Hockey.

Recorded and identified under it's official name, "puck" (1876 - Now)