Who Founded NHL?

Answer 1

Nobody knows for certain, since hockey has been played for thousands of years, but here is input from several WikiAnswers contributors:

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.

This games was played with curved sticks and a ball can be found in the histories of many cultures. In Egypt, 4000-year-old carvings feature teams with sticks and a projectile, hurling dates to before 1272 BC in Ireland, and there is a depiction from c.600 BC in Ancient Greece. In Inner Mongolia, China, the Daur people have been playing beikou, a game similar to modern Field Hockey, for about 1,000 years.[

Most evidence of hockey-like games during the Middle Ages is found in legislation concerning sports and games. Similar to Edward's proclamation was the Galway Statute enacted in Ireland in 1527, which banned certain types of ball games, including hockey.

• Drawings of hockey have been found in 4000-year-old tombs in Egypt
• There are Greek statues of people playing hockey dating from around 500 BCE
• Far-Eastern and South American cultures have played hockey for between 600 and 1000 years
• Various rulers in the Middle Ages tried to ban some forms of "hockie"
• Modern day hockey is attributed to being started in the early to mid 1800's in England

Ice Hockey

• In the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, considered one of the birthplaces of the game, a story has long circulated regarding a Colonel Hockey, stationed at the garrison on Fort Edward. The Colonel used the game to keep his troops conditioned, and the game soon adopted his name, as many referred to these workouts as "Hockey's Game." Though there is no official documentation backing either claim, timing lends credence to the Colonel's story. The British Army list, housed in the Library of Nova Scotia's General Assembly in Halifax, lists a John Hockey serving in the mid-1800s when the name of the game was adopted.

No one person really invented the game. People in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario sort of started playing a game on ice that was a combination of lacrosse and Irish games like hurley and bandy.About 1897 , a Mr. J.G.A. Creighton, who was a student at McGill University and an avid player, codified and published the first set of hockey rules.

Answer 2

The NHL was formed in 1917 from what was then called the National Hockey Association, which in turn was formed in 1909. The NHL began with various teams, but it wasn't until 1926 that teams, considered the original six joined.

Answer 3

The NHL was founded by the owners of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs of the NHA (National Hockey Association) when disputes with the owner of the Toronto Blueshirts caused them to fold that league.

Answer 4

The National Hockey League was formed on November 26th 1917. Five clubs officially joined the new league; The Ottawa Senators, the Quebec Bulldogs, the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, and the Toronto Arenas made up the league.

So the founders would be

The players and staff on those teams and Frank Calder, who was the secretary/treasurer of the NHA, was elected president and secretary of the NHL.

Answer 5

The owners of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and the Quebec Bulldogs formed the NHL on November 26th, 1917 after leaving the NHA.

Answer 6

Well...hockey was invented a long long time ago and there were amateur leagues before the NHL, but the NHL with the first official five teams was 1917

Answer 7

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