The game hockey first originated in Ireland in the
1800’s where it was called Hurley. It slowly began to become
popular in the 1870’s and 80’s. when the game came to
America the rules changed to Halifax rules. The biggest game of the
year took place in the 1890’s in Montreal where the Stanley
Cup was hosted. When the game was taken into the new century the
game moved down to America. In the 1990’s there became famous
players like Wayne Gretzky. He scored a career high of 894 goals.
In the present day NHL there are as many as 30 teams playing almost
all year round. The sport of hockey has greatly expanded in
size.
An extreme game of Hockey
In the days when hockey was first beginning, the
equipment consisted of wool shirts and socks, and a thick wooden
stick. The players skates were screwed to their boots and the laces
were wrapped around the boots to help keep the skates on. Into the
twenty first century the manufacturing of newer modern day skates
was invented. The skates were a separate shoe that had a boot
without a sole and had a thin sharp blade that would slice
shallowly into the ice to keep the skater moving. The stick is
still a simple wooden stick. The puck is a small round hard plastic
cylindrical shape. The skater pads are thick and soft that would
comfort the players better when impacted. Their helmets are a basic
helmet that can help protect the player’s heads. The
equipment used in hockey has been greatly improved.
In the 1950’s the team consisted of 9 players but
when the National Hockey League, NHL, was formed the team was cut
to only 7 players. They were three forwards, two defenseman, one
goalie and one rover. Back in the 1950’s there were only six
teams who were named the original six. They played each other
around at the different stadiums. The 1960’s brought the
invention of the face mask because players began to get injured
from face shots. The umpires like in baseball were to call all of
the shots and make all of the calls. If the player is penalized he
is sent to the penalty box and given a time out of usually a couple
minutes. The rules and teams have really changed over the
years.
The modern day sport of hockey brought the upgrade of the
equipment used and the expansion of teams. Into the ninety’s
the NFL welcomed ten new teams into the mix. In the twenty first
century the last two current teams that were joined to the NHL were
the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild. The new era of
hockey brought new equipment and many new teams.
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