Alex! I need a hockey lesson because as a fan of seattle teams I need to support the kraken (also because its sea themed)
The good news is hockey is very similar to soccer and playoffs are about to start in a week, so you should be good to go in 3-4 games max. The Seattle expansion draft isn’t happening for another year though.
The same defense / attack / goal scoring framework holds, except there are 5 + 1 players from each team on ice at any given time (2 defenders and 3 forwards plus the goalie), the rink is much smaller than a football pitch, and teams keep changing out with each shift lasting a couple of minutes. All of this makes hockey a lot faster paced with usually more goals scored per game than in soccer, and you can’t exactly park the bus.
Oh and people legit throw hands on the ice from time to time and you get sent to the penalty box to think about your mistakes for a couple of minutes if you commit fouls.
The real challenge with hockey I found is that it is EXTREMELY white and most players have less personality than drying paint rip
