Another interesting
question is where did the Game of Ice Hokey Originate? It is considered to be
the fastest game in the world. It is played by two teams of six men in action
at one time. Extra players or substitutes, sit on the sidelines. Each tries to
do two things: put a small rubber discs, called a “puck” into the opponents net
and prevent the opponent from scoring.
These days, Ice
hockey is one of many games played with a stick and a ball. Such games are
believed to have originated in Persia. Where the game of polo began, we know
that the ancient Greeks played a kind of hockey and even included it in their Olympic
games.
There is a wall in
Athens, Greece, which is about 2,400 years old that has carved pictures of
young men playing a game that is much like the field hockey of today. Ice
Hockey originated in Canada more than 100 years go. One claim is that English solders
played an early form of ice hockey on the frozen surfaces of Lake Ontario at
Kingston, Ontario, as early as in 1867.
The first organized
ice hockey leagues are claimed by both Kingston and Montreal. It is known that
there definitely was an ice hockey league in Kingston in 1885. In 1890, the Ontario
Hockey Association was organized with ten teams. However, in 1914 the Canadian
Amateur Hockey Association was formed with a few thousand players.
So the birthplace of
amateur ice hockey was Canada. But the United States organized ice Hockey on a
professional basis for the first time. In the winter of 1904-1905, a
professional ice hockey league was formed at Houghton, Michigan. The world’s
only major professional league, the National Ice Hockey league, was started in
1910. The NHA (National Hockey Association) define the rules of three 20 minutes
half, introducing three minor and major penalties. Later, the Ice Hockey got popular
in Europe by introducing multiple leagues across.
