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Field Hockey on Ice: Former Gopher Mike Carman talks about his transition from hockey to Bandy

What if I told you... that the world’s fastest game could be played even faster? A sport that most people in the United States haven’t even seen yet. A sport, like hockey, played on a sheet of ice, but with similar dimensions to a soccer field. Instead of a puck, a ball. Instead of a hockey stick, a shorter, bowed stick similar to a field hockey stick with a longer blade. The goal is bigger than a hockey net, but smaller than a soccer goal. Like soccer, there’s eleven players per team on the ice at once including the goalies.