Ice Hockey Has a Long History - By: Koly Alen

The earliest record of ice hockey was found in the seventeenth century on Dutch publications. Gentlemen wear ice skates, which are tied with bones and skate on the frozen river with a round cake slide. 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.

While other people hold the opinion that ice hockey stemmed from lacrosse, which is an old American sport. But a theory, which is widely spread and received is that the field hockey is the predecessor of ice hockey. Hockey has a long history of more than five hundred years and it stemmed from northern Europe. 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. The sport of ice hockey preached to Europe in 1858. 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. At that time, each team has thirty players in the field. The rules of the game were developed by Professor Robertson and Smith who were students of McGill University in 1879. They require that each team can have nine players in a game. In Canada, hockey quickly became the most popular item. In 1885, the first Amateur Hockey Association was established; people who like playing hockey can attend 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.

Afterwards people in the United States and Europe began to play the sport of ice hockey. 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. In 1910, the first hockey tournament was held, British won the championship. The American hockey league was founded seven years later. There are only six teams taking part in the game in 1967. In recent years, NHL has become the world's professional and commercial league.

The Association of Canadian National Hockey first adapted the playing method of six people in 1912, and it is also adapted by Ice Hockey League nowadays. 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. Women's ice hockey began in the 1860s. 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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