1(British English) (North American Englishfield hockey)a game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team's goalto play hockeya hockey stick/player/team2(North American English) (British Englishice hockey)a game played on ice, in which players use long sticks to hit a hard rubber disc (called a puck) into the other team's goal