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British solders stationed in Canada are attributed to creating the game of Ice Hockey by playing a version of Field Hockey. The story is that they were getting cold and needed something to do to alleviate boredom and keep them warm as well, so they started hitting rocks using sticks on the icy ground. They didn't play on skates at first, this was introduced much later and became what we now know as Ice Hockey.

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Hockey was created so that the McGill University (Montreal, Canada) football players could stay in shape over the Winter.

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A Colonel in the British army wanted his men to keep in shape

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for enjoyment to entertain to make money have fun

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because they were sitting on cow and dident know how to sit because they were dumb

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because they wanted to do something with the ice they had in Canada.

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