2006-06-15 08:54:38 · 11 answers · asked by Victor K 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
How Did Hockey Get Started?
The creation of ice hockey can't be traced to any one person or event. The game most likely evolved from British field sports such as hurley and shinty. The word hockey may have come from the French word hoquet, which was the name for the hooked sticks used to bat a ball or cork around. These sports were similar to field hockey, and are still played today.
During the winter, some players must have tried playing the game on ice. The long, frigid winters in Canada allowed this variation to catch on quickly in the 19th century, and the game also spread into the Scandinavian countries, as well as Russia. Hockey would develop independently in Russia, until the Russian hockey program converted to the Canadian style and rules in the 1930s.
The first documented hockey game took place on March 3, 1875, in Montreal, Quebec. The earliest games featured nine players per side on the ice, with a square rink that had no boards. Only a low curb separated the crowd from the action. Over the course of several decades, the game slowly morphed into something resembling modern hockey: The number of players on the ice decreased; players began firing shots that rose up off the ice, forcing goalies to adopt thick leg pads and a wide stick blade.
2006-06-15 08:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by captures_sunsets 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are early representations and reports of ice hockey-type games being played on ice in the Netherlands, and reports from Canada from the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the modern game was initially organized by students at McGill University, Montreal in 1875 and, by two years later, codified the first set of ice hockey rules and organized the first teams.
2006-06-15 23:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by joedavid6128 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From everything i have searched on this noone is really sure.. according to Statshockey "many conflicting theories on when and where the game of hockey started but for all accounts the game evolved out the Irish field game called Hurley."
The site linked below gives you a great timeline on all the events surrounding hockey
2006-06-15 16:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by ambermoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first organized game of hockey actually took place in Nova Scotia, not Montreal...Go Habs Go
2006-06-15 16:04:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windsor Nova Scotia
2006-06-15 20:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Montreal, Quebec (Les Canadiens Montreal)
2006-06-15 16:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by rtrainor2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Montreal!!
2006-06-15 16:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by brandyrose999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somewhere in Europe or Canada
2006-06-17 00:49:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
montreal canada
2006-06-15 17:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by ewhalen@nl.rogers.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on a pond
2006-06-19 23:43:59 · answer #10 · answered by ^v^ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋