Ice hockey
Ferocious body checks, ice-cold skating action and the fight for a small round puck of hard rubber – that's what makes ice hockey so spectacular. There's good reason why so many bookies love this sport.
It goes without saying that Admiral Casino is home to an array of betting options for professional ice hockey, covering the best and most well-known leagues, among others, of course.
They include the following:
National Hockey League (NHL)
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL)
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)
Swedish Hockey League (SHL)
Czech Extraliga
But these heavyweights aren't the only ones on offer. You can find the odd minor league at Admiral Casino too. We have a wide variety of bets, representing the uppermost leagues from France, Denmark, Belarus, Slovakia and Norway. There are impressive clashes to be seen on the ice in lower leagues, too, with the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Russian Supreme Hockey League (VHL) numbering among the competitions you can bet on.
Ice hockey bets are more than three-way bets
If you know your way around both ice hockey and sports betting, you'll doubtless know that you don't necessarily need to place a regular three-bet. Why? Because the action doesn't stop after 60 minutes of play!
If there's a tie after the normal playing time is over, regular season games are extended by five minutes, with the first goal scored deciding who wins and who loses (and, in this case, who gets the extra point in the table, too). If neither team has scored another goal after five minutes have passed, the winner is decided through a gripping penalty shoot-out. Which team will manage to get the most shots past the opposing goalie?
Conversely, in the play-offs you might need to prepare yourself for a bit of a lengthy saga. That's because the game keeps being played until the first goal is scored. As a result, a game can sometimes take double or even triple the regular playing time until the outcome's decided. You, too, need to be able to hold your nerve, especially if you like placing live bets!
Ice hockey is also a huge hit internationally
When the German national ice hockey team won silver at the Olympics, it became clear that ice hockey can ramp up the tension and make quite a splash, even on the international stage. Of course, the annual highlight for national teams, the Ice Hockey World Championships, is part of Admiral Casino's offering.
And if you're keen to look outside the borders of your own continent, you'll be interested in the fight for one of the oldest, most sought-after trophies in professional sports: the Stanley Cup! In the National Hockey League (NHL), 31 teams do battle for 16 play-off places across more than 80 preliminary games.
And with that many games, there's tons of potential for exciting bets!