Where did ice hockey originate? Detailed answer

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Where did ice hockey originate?

Ice hockey is considered the fastest sport in the world. It is played by two teams, each with six people playing at the same time. Additional players, or substitutes, sit along the boards. Each team aims to do two things: drive a small rubber disk called a puck into the opponent's goal and prevent the opponent from doing the same. Nowadays, hockey is one of the games played with a stick and a ball.

It is generally accepted that such games originated in Persia, where polo once appeared. We know that the ancient Greeks also had a game reminiscent of hockey, which was even included in the program of the Olympic Games. In the Greek city of Athens, there is one wall that is approximately 2400 years old. It depicts young people playing what is very reminiscent of modern field hockey.

Ice hockey originated in Canada over a hundred years ago. According to one claim, the game began when, around 1867, English soldiers played what looked like ice hockey on the frozen surface of Lake Ontario in the Kingston area. Kingston and Montreal claim the right to be considered the birthplace of the first hockey league.

It is known for sure that in 1885 there was an ice hockey league in Kingston. In 1890, the Ontario Hockey League was organized, which consisted of 10 teams. In 1914, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was formed, which included several thousand players. So, Canada was the ancestor of amateur hockey, but in the United States, ice hockey was first put on a professional basis.

In the winter of 1904-1905, a professional hockey league was organized in Houghton, Michigan. The major professional league in the world, the National Hockey League, was formed in 1910.

Author: Likum A.

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