History of Hockey in Canada
Hockey, a team game played on ice skates, with curved sticks and a rubber disks called a puck. There is not that much to talk about the history of hockey in Canada, so it took me a long time to do this. It really started originating in Asia and Persia around 2000 BC, but it did not really come out until the middle 19th century in Canada. The earliest mention of the game dates back to 1527, when the Galway Statutes including “hokie”, the hurling of little balls with sticks. Hokie means it hurts. Kinds of hockey start with little stick and ball games. They were played by ancient Aztecs, Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, and Arabs. A sport similar to hockey that is known to have been played during the 1st millennium BC in Ireland is called Hurling. Hockey is considered to be the national sport in Canada. Star players are admired as much in Canada as star baseball players are admired in the US. The game is by far the most popular played amateur and professional sport in Canada. Modern ice hockey was developed in the mid-1850’s by British soldiers in Canada. The first rules were made by students at McGill University in Montreal in 1879. It is believed that the first games were played in the US in 1893. In the begin
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