🏒 Ice Hockey emoji

The Ice Hockey emoji 🏒, also commonly called Hockey emoji, was approved under Unicode 8.0 in 2015 as Ice Hockey Stick and Puck. On most major platforms, the emoji depicts an ice hockey stick with a red handle and white stick tape next to an ice hockey puck. Depending on the platform, the emoji may appear realistic or be more stylized. On WhatsApp, the stick is facing towards the right while all other major platforms depict the stick facing towards the left. On Twitter, the stick’s handle is not shown. The WhatsApp, Twitter, and Google versions of the emoji have a stick with black stick tape.

The Ice Hockey emoji 🏒 can be confused with the Field Hockey emoji 🏑. Ice hockey is played with a puck on ice, and field hockey is played with a ball on a field. However, due to their similar appearances, uses of the two emoji may sometimes overlap or the two emoji may sometimes used to together. Both ice hockey and field hockey can be referred to as just hockey.

In the United States, professional major league hockey is organized by the National Hockey League. The Ice Hockey emoji 🏒 sees a significant increase in usage during the NHL season, especially during the playoffs. During this time, the Ice Hockey emoji 🏒 is often used alongside other emoji used to represent NHL teams, such as the Maple Leaf emoji 🍁 for the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Penguin emoji 🐧 for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

More generally, the Ice Hockey emoji 🏒 is used alongside other wintery emoji such as the Snowflake emoji ❄️ or the Snowman emoji ☃️ to discuss winter, snow, and ice.