Ice Hockey was first played by the Micmac tribe in Nova Scotia in the late 17th century using frozen apples as pucks.
the first ice hockey match was played in 1872.
There are photos of women using ice hockey equipment from 1890. The first women's ice hockey games were played in the late 1890s/early1900s.
In the Olympics, there are four events: men's field hockey, women's field hockey, men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey. The first two are played during the Summer Games; the latter two are played during the Winter Games.
Ice hockey was competed at the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924. But, ice hockey first debuted at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
Hockey was historically not played on ice until around the invention of modern ice hockey. This was well after the creation of modern field hockey, which itself derived from earlier variations. In short: field hockey was first.
The ice skate is neolithic (stone age). The sport ice hockey has a confusing history (see the related link). the first recorded games were played in the 1850's.
Although the orgin of ice hockey is unknown, the modern game of Ice Hockey was first played in Montreal, Canada in 1875.
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Ice Hockey is Hockey played on ice; as compared to Field Hockey which is played on grass.
Hockey Just hockey Hockey on ice is called ice hockey
Ice hockey is derived from British field hockey, with perhaps a touch of the first nations game of lacrosse included in the mix. The first recorded games of ice hockey occurred in the 1850s and the very first game is said to have been played in Kingston, Ontario, by British soldiers. There are, however, references to a game being played on ice with a ball in Canada as early as 1810.
Ice hockey first became a part of the Olympic games in 1920 at the summer Olympics. It was transformed permanently to the winter Olympic games in 1924.