THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY

 

 

Hockey was developed in Canada. According to the C.A.H.A, British in kingston,ont.,and Halifax,N.S.,Played the first games in 1885. The idea of ice hockey probly came fromthe old version feild hockey. In feild hockey, players would use a cruved stick to hit a rubber ball at each others goal at the end of the feild. The first game of ICE HOCKEY was played in 1870 at Mc Gill Universty in Canada. The first game of ice hockey in the U.S.A. were played at Yale Universty and John Hopkains Universty. The first ProTeam and players put togeather in Canada and the U.S.A. in the 1904's. The N.H.L. was formed in Montrel in 1917 it was made of a 6 man team.Some of the allstar people are: Bobby Clarke,Bobby Hull,Doug Harvy,Bobby Orr and the Famious Wayne Gretzky.Since the 1885 and 1886 fans have chosen the allstar teams.

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