ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

, a player is credited with one point for either a goal or an assist. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

(NHL), the Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season.

References

NHL Rulebook, Rule #78
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