The game as we know it today has always been called hockey or ice hockey. The game probably derived from the Irish game of hurling, the English game of field hockey, the North American Indian game of lacrosse and even the Spanish game of shinty. In fact an informal game of hockey, either on ice or on land, is often referred to in Canada as "shinny". Our modern game has incorporated aspects of all the games above.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "puck" is derived from the Scottish Gaelic "puc" or the Irish "poc" which mean to poke, punch or deliver a blow.These words were used in the game of hurling. Scottish and Irish settlers to Canada played hurling and probably used these terms in connection with the game. According to some accounts, early hockey was essentially "hurling on ice", so the name was probably used for the object, "the puck" as used in early hockey. The OED gives the earliest written use of the word in 1891, in Canada, by which time hockey was well-established. An old Canadian word for informal hockey is "shinny" which comes from Scottish "shinty", the Scottish form of hurling.
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im Irish not Irish American so not the best judge but I would point out the following:Ice Hockey originates from hockey which comes from hurling, the best field sport in the world which is still very popular especially in the southern half of Ireland.800 years of oppresion leads to a genuine belief in freedom etc.
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The game as we know it today has always been called hockey or ice hockey. The game probably derived from the Irish game of hurling, the English game of field hockey, the North American Indian game of lacrosse and even the Spanish game of shinty. In fact an informal game of hockey, either on ice or on land, is often referred to in Canada as "shinny". Our modern game has incorporated aspects of all the games above.
Irish Ice Hockey League was created in 2007.
The sport you are referring to is Hurling. See the related question below.
George Sutherland started hockey maybe he was bored and wanted to make up a game
If you are referring to the Irish sport of Hurling which, like hockey, is a field game using a ball and stick, the the stick used is not bent. It is known as a hurley, or in the Irish language a camán. It starts narrow at the top and the broadens towards the end with a large surface at its end. See the image at the link below. The sticks used to play field hockey and ice hockey in Ireland are the same as anywhere else in the world.
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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.
yes! yes it is for me because hockey players make big hits or fighting is part of the game
Hockey was an amateur game in the 1880's. No one got paid.
Yes hockey has always been Canada's game
lacrosse, field hockey, shinty(which is a scottish-irish sport which is like a mixture of rugby and hockey!)