People are unable to give precise answers when they are asked about the origins of hockey. Meanwhile, it is said that hockey first appeared in England. We could watch a hockey match at the Olympics in 1920. Ice hockey made rapid progress
We are not sure that we can offer definitive answers on the history of ice hockey. However, most people accept the adage that ice hockey originated in England. Then came to North America. At a very early age, hockey was very popular at British army service stations in Canada. At McGill University, several students started playing ice hockey in the 1870s. These students also laid down what is called the “McGill Regulation.” According to this rule, we use hockey current rather than elastic gum hockey former. Besides, each team has 9 members. In 1885, in Montreal, Canada, the first national hockey organization was founded. This is the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. This organization made a rule that its membership was reduced to 7. That same year, the National Hockey League was founded on Lake Ontario. It consists of four teams.
In the 1890s, this sport spread to America.
Johns Hopkins University and Yale University played the famous game of hockey in 1895. Although hockey was a recreational project in Canada, America founded the first national and professional hockey leagues. The head quarter of this institution is Houghton in Michigan and was founded in 1903. All Canadian and American teams belong to the league. It was expanded twice three years later. In 1910, the NHL was officially founded.
Men’s ice hockey was first entered into the Olympics in 1920. But, in 1924, we could watch a hockey match at the Chuck Nicks Olympic Winter Games. In the Nagano Winter Olympics people first saw Women’s hockey in 1998.
Since hockey appeared at the Olympics, Canada and the USSR played the best in the game of hockey. These two countries have 14 champions. There have actually only been 19 hockey games in Olympic history. Canada won the first four championships at the Olympics. Moreover, Canada won six championships in the first seven Olympics.
However, in 1956, Canada did not win.
The championship they won in 1952 was their last at the Olympics. The USSR hockey team won the championship at the Cortina Olympic Winter Games in 1956. In the next 10 Winter Olympics, they won 8 gold hockey medals. America won gold medals twice in 1960 and 1980. Two of these Winter Olympics were held in their country. After the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992, the Soviet Union was not.
This means that their dominant position in the hockey game at the Winter Olympics has disappeared. In 1998, the Nagano Olympic Winter Games allowed professional players to participate in the game of hockey. This raised the hockey level of the Winter Olympics. Women’s hockey was permitted in 1998. At the Nagano Winter Olympics women attended hockey matches at the Olympics. This time, America won and Canada failed. This means that in the history of women’s hockey, the United States won the first gold medal at the Nagano Olympic Winter Games.
