A Brief Introduction to Hockey’s Progress

People can not give an exact answer when they are asked about hockey's origin. However, most people accept the saying that ice hockey stems from the United Kingdom. Later it came into North America. In the early days, people who lived in the England's military depot in Canada liked this sport very much. In McGill University, some students started the ice hockey game in 1870s. They made some related regulations and these regulations were called "McGill Regulation". In order to adjust to the regulation, now people replace gum-elastic ball with the hockey we use today. In addition, every team has 9 members. The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was created in Montreal in 1885. It is the first nationwide hockey institution in the world. Then the institution formulated that a team was formed with 7 members. At the same year, National Hockey League was established in Lake Ontario. It is composed of four teams. You can find out more here; Hockey sticks

In 1890s, this sport spread into America. Johns Hopkins University and Yale University played a famed hockey game in 1895. Although hockey is a recreational project in Canada, America set up a first national and professional hockey league. This league is set in 1903 and its head office is in Houghton, Michigan. All the teams of Canada and America belong to the league. It was expanded twice three years later. In 1910, NHL was set up officially.

In 1920, Antwerp Olympic Games first listed Men's ice hockey formally. However, in Chuck Nicks Olympic Winter Games we first saw hockey game in 1924. In 1998, Women's hockey appeared in Nagano Olympic Winter Games.