Samantha Mattera (Isolda)

•Almost unknown

•Some say:

•Hurley, an Irish field game played with a ball and stick

•Lacrosse, played by Micmac Indians in Nova Scotia

•Northern Europe, field hockey was played on frozen lakes in the winter

Canada – the homeland of modern hockey

First recorded hockey game in mid 1850s by British soldiers stationed at Halifax and Kingston

1870s student at Montreal’s McGill University drew up the first set of ice hockey rules

Use of a puck rather than a ball, 9 players on each side

The puck was square rather than round at the time

•First amateur hockey league – Kingston, Ontario 1880

•Popular in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal

•1893 – more than 100 hockey clubs in Montreal

•1893 – US hockey games began at Yale & John Hopkins Universities

The world's first photo of a hockey team: the McGill University team in 1881 at the Crystal Palace Rink in Montreal

The Stanley Cup

• Oldest Trophy in North American Sports

• Donated to be presented to the best hockey team by the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley Preston

• Original cost – $48.57• Mounted on a base to inscribe

the names of the winning teams

• Today it is worth $75,000

Bobby Orr #4

With the Stanley Cup in 1970

Going Pro…

• 20th Century – the professional player

• 1st professional league formed in 1904 in the US, lasted 3 years

• 1909 – National Hockey Association

• 1912 – professional teams were allowed to compete for Stanley Cup

• 1917 – NHL started in Canada with 5 teams

• The Montreal Wanderers• The Montreal Canadiens• The Ottawa Senators• The Quebec Bulldogs• The Toronto Arenas

The Original Six

• NHL for 25 seasons formed in 1942

• Montreal Canadiens – 1909• Toronto Maple Leafs – 1927• Boston Bruins 1924• New York Rangers 1925• Detroit Red Wings 1926• Chicago Blackhawks 1926

Changes…• Different rules than 1870s• Number of players• Development of equipment

Chick’s Play Hockey Too..• 1st recorded game played in

1889 in Ottawa• Declined in 1960s• 1980s experienced a growth

spurt• Now played worldwide in over

30 countries• Canada & US have the most

female hockey players and the most talented ones

• Ontario alone has more than 40,000

International Ice Hockey Federation

• Founded in 1908• Original members

– Great Britain– Bohemia– Switzerland– France– Belgium

Germany• 1900 Berlin• Feb 4, 1897• Berliner Schlittschuh Club 1st

association• 1912 won their first

championship

European

• After WWI, Germany was excluded from IIHF

• Allowed again in 1927 to participate in IIHF

• Some of the most talented hockey players in the NHL are European

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IArSJNy3E1Y&feature=related

Women

• West Germany • started in 1974 in Bavaria • Took 8 years to form 1st

official ladies hockey league in Germany which was in North-Rhine Westfalia.

• This league was founded in 1982 by Dr. Gunther Sabetzki and Mr. Wolfgang Sorge.

• In the first season, 5 teams played for the North-Rhine Westfalia Championship

• The league has grown since then.

• May 1984 – 1st Ladies Hockey Championship in Germany

• National team formed in 1988-89

• Won the bronze medal at the first European Championship held in April 1989.

GermanHockey.net

• 15 teams

• Founded in the 1930s

• Club teams

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http://www.sportsknowhow.com/hockey/history/hockey-history.shtml 2004

http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-ice-hockey.htm 2001-08

http://www.iihf.com/

http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history.html

http://www.whockey.com/country/germany/

http://www.germanhockey.net/player.asp?Id=472