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  1. Jul 11, 2024 · History of ice hockey facts for kids. Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere, primarily bandy, hurling, and shinty. The North American sport of lacrosse was also influential.

  2. The first overtly professional league, the International Professional Hockey League, was formed in 1904 with teams from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; and Houghton, Calumet, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

  3. The National Hockey League began in 1917 in Montreal. It happened because of a series of problems within the Canadian National Hockey Association (NHA). The NHA suspend operations and the new NHL started instead.

  4. The Original Six era of the National Hockey League (NHL) began in 1942 with the demise of the Brooklyn Americans, reducing the league to six teams: Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs.

  5. The International Ice Hockey Federation was started in Europe in 1908. Ice hockey became an event in the Olympic Games in 1920. Women’s ice hockey was added to the Olympics in 1998. In North America the National Hockey League (NHL) was created in 1917. The NHL has professional teams from Canada and the United States.

  6. History. Although casual games were played on makeshift ice skates in northern Europe during the Middle Ages, it was not until the 19th century that the modern sport of ice hockey truly began to emerge.

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  8. Feb 6, 2019 · The origins of ice hockey have long been debated. In 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) officially declared that the first game of organized ice hockey was played in Montreal in 1875. Many also consider ice hockey’s first rules to have been published by the Montreal Gazette in 1877.

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