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Ice Hockey
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Ice Hockey
History of the game. NHL teams. Hockey at college level. Minor & youth leagues. Youth hockey & school teams.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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2001
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" Ice hockey has been a major winter preoccupation of Canada's male youth for almost a century and is now played seriously in 20 countries, including the U.S.A. The word "hockey" itself was probably derived from the French "hoquet" for "shepherd's crook," referring to the shape of the stick. There is evidence that New York Dutch and New Englanders also played a game similar to hockey during colonial times, but these were more formless affairs. Ice hockey as we know it was first played in Montreal in 1875, with a set of rules formalized by J.G.A. Creighton, a McGill student (Marsh).The first organized team came into being in 1879 as the McGill University Hockey Club. The first "world championship" was held in 1883 at the Montreal Ice Carnival and was won by..."
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