by Gabriel
Hello! My name is
Gabriel and I am here to tell you about the history of hockey. You may
have realized I already wrote about hockey ,but this is the history.
Hockey was made in Canada. Most of hockey's history is only able
to be traced to the mid 1800's. In the 1850's the first ice hockey game
was played. Though the first traces in hockey were played 4,000 years
ago in Egypt as a sport. That is why we have field hockey today because
of the Egyptians. People think that hockey came from lacrosse ,but that
is not true it came from games that were played with sticks that hit a
ball.
The ice hockey rules were written in 1870's by some people at college that went toMcGill University. At a time in 1880 the first hockey league was created and used in Canada. In 1893 ice hockey made it to the United States. The Governor General of Canada named Lord Stanley gave the Stanley Cup as hockey's trophy. On the ice at one time there use to be 8 players and one goalie ,but now there are 5 players and 1 goalie. Goalie masks use to look like the mask that Jason wears in the "scary movies" ,but the goalies got hurt badly from that. Now goalies wear masks that protect there entire skull because the puck can really hurt you.
The ice hockey rules were written in 1870's by some people at college that went toMcGill University. At a time in 1880 the first hockey league was created and used in Canada. In 1893 ice hockey made it to the United States. The Governor General of Canada named Lord Stanley gave the Stanley Cup as hockey's trophy. On the ice at one time there use to be 8 players and one goalie ,but now there are 5 players and 1 goalie. Goalie masks use to look like the mask that Jason wears in the "scary movies" ,but the goalies got hurt badly from that. Now goalies wear masks that protect there entire skull because the puck can really hurt you.
The United
States in 1924 was so interested in hockey they made the NHL which is
still around today and a mix of U.S. teams play some Canadian teams.
Some teams in the U.S. are San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim
Ducks, and many more. In Canada the NHL teams are Calaglary Flames,
Vancouver Cancuks ,and some other ones. There are 30 teams in the NHL
today. The best player in history is known as Wayne Gretzky ,and his
number was 99 and that number is retired for hockey. Wayne Gretzky is
still around ,and he still appears at hockey games a lot. Thank you for
reading!
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