Ice hockey in Canada - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_CanadaThe game of ice hockey has its roots in the various stick-and-ball games played over the centuries in the United Kingdom, and North America. From prior to the establishment of Canada, Europeans are recorded as having played versions of field hockey and its relatives, while the Mi'kmaqindigenous peoples of the Maritimes also had a ball-and-stick game, and made many hockey sticks used …
Hockey Canada - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_CanadaThe Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was founded on December 4, 1914, when 21 delegates from across Canada met at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The organization was made to oversee the amateur level of the sport at the national level. The Allan Cup, originally donated in 1908 by Sir H. Montagu Allan, was selected as the championship of amateur hockey in Canada. William Nort…
Origins of Ice Hockey | The Canadian Encyclopedia
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › en › articleFeb 06, 2019 · Some of the earliest evidence for ice hockey in Canada was recorded by British officers, who brought the sport with them. In 2002, for example, researchers discovered two letters written by Sir John Franklin in 1825, during one of his attempts to find the Northwest Passage. Both letters mention hockey being played on ice but do not specify that the game was played on skates (although Franklin’s diary of that expedition indicates that the crew had been equipped with them).
Ice hockey in Canada - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ice_hockey_in_CanadaIce hockey, simply referred to as hockey in both English and French in Canada, dates back to the 19th century. The sport is very popular and played year-round and at every level in the country. Born of various influences from stick-and-ball games brought from the United Kingdom and indigenous games, the contemporary sport of ice hockey originated in Montreal. It is the official national winter sport of Canada and is widely considered Canada's national pastime, with high levels of participation b
Hockey History - Library and Archives Canada
www.bac-lac.gc.ca › Pages › hockey-historyStrengthening the Montréal claim is: evidence of the direct progression of the sport from that seminal March 3rd game to another match at the same rink two weeks later; the formation of the McGill Hockey Club in January 1877; the publication of written rules in February 1877; the staging of a highly publicized tournament at the Montréal Winter Carnival in 1883 and the founding, in Montréal, of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1886. The debate about hockey's origins continues today.
History of Hockey Canada
www.hockeycanada.ca › en-ca › corporateIt begins Dec. 4, 1914, when 21 stakeholders in the game from across the country – from New Westminster, B.C., to Montreal – gather at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association is formed to oversee the amateur game at a national level, and the Allan Cup, donated by Montreal banker and steamship line owner Sir H. Montague Allan, C.V.O. in 1908, is selected as the championship trophy of amateur hockey.