About Ice Hockey And Olympic Games

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We are not sure that we can offer a definite answer about ice hockey's history. But people always think that hockey originates in England and then it spreads into North America. In the early days, people who lived in the England's military depot in Canada liked this sport very much. In 1870s, students in McGill University in Canada began to organize the hockey game. They made some related regulations and these regulations were called "McGill Regulation". In order to adjust to the regulation, now people replace gum-elastic ball with the hockey we use today. In addition, every team has 9 members. The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was created in Montreal in 1885. It is the first nationwide hockey institution in the world. The organization made a rule that the members were decreased into 7. At the same year, National Hockey League was established in Lake Ontario. It is composed of four teams.
Hockey came into America in 1890s. In 1895, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University had a famous hockey match. Although hockey is a recreational project in Canada, America set up a first national and professional hockey league. ...
... The institution's head quarter is Houghton in Michigan and it is founded in 1903. Members of Canada and America all pertain to the league. Three years later, its scale was enlarged twice. Finally, North American founded NHL formally in 1910.
In 1920, Antwerp Olympic Games first listed Men's ice hockey formally. But, in 1924, we could watch hockey game in Chuck Nicks Olympic Winter Games. In 1998, Women's hockey appeared in Nagano Olympic Winter Games.
If we see hockey's history in Olympic Games, we will find that Canada and the Soviet Union are the strongest countries in the world. These two countries had 14 champions. Actually there are only 19 hockey matches in the history of Olympic Games. In the first four games, Canada won all these four champions. In fact, among the first seven Olympic Games, Canada got sax championships. Unfortunately, it was defeated in 1956. The championship they won in 1952 was their last one in the Olympic Games. In 1956, the Soviet Union's hockey team first got the championship in the Cortina Winter Olympics. Then they won the hockey game in Winter Olympics in the next 10 games. In 1960 and 1980, America won the gold medals in their mainland. After the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992, the Soviet Union broke up. This means that they do not dominate the hockey game in the Olympic Games any longer. In 1998, Nagano Olympic Winter Games permitted the professional players to participate in the hockey game. Many giant stars participated in the Olympic Winter Games to play ice hockey. So hockey experienced a huge progress and development. Women could participate in the hockey game in the Winter Olympics in 1998. That is Nagano Winter Olympics. In this Olympic Games, America defeated Canada and won the first women's gold medal on hockey. Now hockey is a very popular sport in the world, and many people love it. This is only a short presentation on hockey, and you can find more interesting things about hockey. I hope that it will be helpful for you to learn this sport
We are not sure that we can offer a definite answer about ice hockey's history. But people always think that hockey originates in England and then it spreads into North America. In the early days, people who lived in the England's military depot in Canada liked this sport very much. In 1870s, students in McGill University in Canada began to organize the hockey game. They made some related regulations and these regulations were called "McGill Regulation". In order to adjust to the regulation, now people replace gum-elastic ball with the hockey we use today. In addition, every team has 9 members. The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was created in Montreal in 1885. It is the first nationwide hockey institution in the world. The organization made a rule that the members were decreased into 7. At the same year, National Hockey League was established in Lake Ontario. It is composed of four teams.
Hockey came into America in 1890s. In 1895, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University had a famous hockey match. Although hockey is a recreational project in Canada, America set up a first national and professional hockey league. The institution's head quarter is Houghton in Michigan and it is founded in 1903. Members of Canada and America all pertain to the league. Three years later, its scale was enlarged twice. Finally, North American founded NHL formally in 1910.
In 1920, Antwerp Olympic Games first listed Men's ice hockey formally. But, in 1924, we could watch hockey game in Chuck Nicks Olympic Winter Games. In 1998, Women's hockey appeared in Nagano Olympic Winter Games.
If we see hockey's history in Olympic Games, we will find that Canada and the Soviet Union are the strongest countries in the world. These two countries had 14 champions. Actually there are only 19 hockey matches in the history of Olympic Games. In the first four games, Canada won all these four champions. In fact, among the first seven Olympic Games, Canada got sax championships. Unfortunately, it was defeated in 1956. The championship they won in 1952 was their last one in the Olympic Games. In 1956, the Soviet Union's hockey team first got the championship in the Cortina Winter Olympics. Then they won the hockey game in Winter Olympics in the next 10 games. In 1960 and 1980, America won the gold medals in their mainland. After the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992, the Soviet Union broke up. This means that they do not dominate the hockey game in the Olympic Games any longer. In 1998, Nagano Olympic Winter Games permitted the professional players to participate in the hockey game. Many giant stars participated in the Olympic Winter Games to play ice hockey. So hockey experienced a huge progress and development. Women could participate in the hockey game in the Winter Olympics in 1998. That is Nagano Winter Olympics. In this Olympic Games, America defeated Canada and won the first women's gold medal on hockey. Now hockey is a very popular sport in the world, and many people love it. This is only a short presentation on hockey, and you can find more interesting things about hockey. I hope that it will be helpful for you to learn this sport