Understanding Of Ice Hockey

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The earliest record of ice hockey was found in the seventeenth century on Dutch publications. Gentlemen skate on the frozen river with a round cake slide under the condition of wearing skating boots that are tied with bones. Records of Micmac Indians in Canada begin to emerge in the 19th century. It says that Micmac Indians plays a similar game like ice hockey with sticks and wooden round cakes.

Another argument is that ice hockey originated in an ancient American sport called lacrosse. But a theory, which is widely spread and received is that the field hockey is the predecessor of ice hockey. Hockey originated in northern Europe, has more than five hundred years history. This kind of sport was introduced to North America by British soldiers who were stationed in Canada.

The first ice hockey competition was staged in Kingston of Canada on December 25, 1855. In 1858, this kind of sport spread to Europe. In 1860, Canada began to use rubber disc-shaped ice hockey. The first official hockey game was held in Montreal Victoria of Canada On March third, 1875, the game was carried out between two teams in McGill University. ...
... On the court, there were thirty players at that time. The rules of the game were developed by Professor Robertson and Smith who were students of McGill University in 1879. They set the number of nine people for each game. In Canada, hockey quickly became the most popular item. The first Amateur Hockey Association was formed in 1885, it give people who love hockey sport a opportunity to participate in it. However, it was unreasonable that the Association collected a fee from amateurs. To analyze the development at this stage, you can find that athletes began to use more equipments to ensure the safety problem of the body, such as the goalkeeper is of great use the board as well as put on a mask.

Later, ice hockey spread to the United States and Europe. In 1893, Canadian ice hockey team began to perform in the United States for the first time. In Les Wong of Switzerland, the first European ice hockey club was set up in the year of 1902. In 1908, the International Ice Hockey Federation was established in Paris, now renamed IIHF. The league headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. British was the winner in the first ice hockey tournament, which was held in 1910. The American hockey league was founded seven years later. There are only six teams taking part in the game in 1967. NHL has become the world's professional and commercial league recently.

In 1912, Canadian National Hockey Association first introduced the method of playing with six people, and is used by the International Ice Hockey League until now. The growing impact of NHL is very great, and NBA basketball is similar to the world. American Hockey League's Stanley Cup is a legendary honor. In the 1860s, appearing the women's ice hockey. In 1892, the first ice hockey competition of women was opened in Ontario of Toronto. In 1916, the first international ice hockey game of women was held in America, both American and Canadian athletes participated in it.
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