When did hockey come to Canada?

Answer 1

Hockey was not "introduced to Canada", it was first invented, or played as a game, in Canada in the late 1800's. Several areas of Canada have laid claim to being the site of the first game but no one actually knows for certain. For the best information on the origins of the game,I would suggest you read a good hockey history like Mr. Stan Fischler's Hockey Chronicles or go to Wikipedia and read various articles on the history of the game.

Answer 2

I am not posotive but I believe that Hockey was started in Canada. It was origianaly played on ponds with cane like sticks. You can find a lot of info on line but even more in books. What a great sport hockey is!!!!

Answer 3

Field Hockey is so old that even historians aren't sure when it started. It is the oldest known ball-and-stick game and is believed to date from the earliest civilizations. The Arabs, Greeks, Persians and Romans each had their own versions of field hockey and traces of a stick game played by the Aztec Indians of South America have also been found. Hockey can also be identified with other early games, such as hurling and shinty and, during the Middle Ages, a French stick game called hoquet was played, and the English word may have derived from this.

'Modern field hockey' developed in the British Isles in public schools and by the first half of the 1800s field hockey was quite popular. The first club was Blackheath, headquarters in southeast London. The club played on a large piece of open ground with crudely designed sticks. It was left to another London club called Teddington to modernize and refine the game by introducing several major rule changes including the ban of using hands and lifting sticks above the shoulders. They also instituted the striking circle, which was incorporated into the rules of the newly-founded Hockey Association in London in 1886. Today, field hockey is played all over the world by a variety of countries and is recognized as the second most popular team sport in the world, just behind football (soccer)

Ice Hockey:

In 1910, the National Hockey Association (NHA) was formed in Montreal.

After re-organizing as the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1917, the league expanded into the United States in 1924.

Answer 4

The origins of Ice Hockey in Canada have long been argued and never been established, with many localities claiming its birth.

The first Organization dealing with the development of the sport was the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada and was established December 8th, 1886.

There are several references to the game being played in the early 1800's although it was ore commonly referred to as hurley on ice.

Answer 5

The real game of hockey started in Canada in 1968, and was invented in Canada in the 1850's.

Answer 6

Modern Field Hockey was founded by British troops in Canada in early 1800s. So technically speaking its considered to be a sports invented in Canada an by the British soldiers.

Answer 7

The Vancouver Canucks started playing in the NHL starting from the 1970-1971 season.

Answer 8

around the 1900s.in Canada haha sup lol