History of Hockey

              Hockey was played in Egypt, Europe and Asia hundreds years ago but it was not the modern hockey game played today. The modern game played today began in England where a University started creating rules of the game in 1860. After the University created the fundamental rules they established the first Hockey Association in 1875.

The game started to become popular when the universities created a Championship played among everyone which was very exciting. The World Championship was on 1883 and from then on, more and more countries started playing. At first the players did not have any safety equipment but then as technology advanced they started wearing safety equipment that protected the players to suffer less injuries. After that some representatives had meetings and established the first international association called the International Hockey Federation in 1809.

The committee that ran the Olympics decided to add Hockey to the games played and this made Hockey increase its popularity(1924.) A lot of leagues were being established during this time but the one that remained and the most popular is the league we know today. The National Hockey League (NHL) that was formed in 1917 and consists or 24 Americans team and 6 Canadian teams.






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