where did ice hockey originate?

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where did ice hockey originate?

Answer 1

The origin of the word hockey is officially unknown. It may derive from the Old French word hoquet, shepherd's crook, but it may also derive from the Middle Dutch word hokkie which is the diminutive of 'hok', meaning literally 'shack' or 'doghouse' but in popular use meant goal. The Irish game of hurling is a closely related game that is played on a field as opposed to ice, it is also close to hockey in name. Proponents of Windsor as the birthplace of hockey claim the game was named after an individual, as in 'Colonel Hockey's game'.[2] The surname Hockey still exists in the district surrounding Windsor.

The history of ice hockey is one of the most contested in all of sports. The city of Montreal had been traditionally credited with being the birthplace of hockey, but early paintings contest this claim; 16th-century Dutch paintings show a number of townsfolk playing a hockey-like game on a frozen canal.

Kingston, Ontario and Windsor, Nova Scotia also lay claim to its origins for similar reasons. And many think that hockey began in Virginia, the evidence of this was a post on a Williamsburg Newspaper in colonial time that recorded a snow storm and recorded hockey being played in Virginia. By 1893, Winnipeg hockey players incorporated cricket pads to better protect the goaltender's legs. They also introduced the "scoop" shot, later known as the wrist shot.

Answer 2

It's very contested. However, the word hockey is rumoured to have come from the Iroquois Indians. They were playing something similar to hockey and yelling "ho-ghee", which, in their native language, means "it hurts".

Answer 3

It originated in Canada but it's hard to say for certain where it was first played.



I have heard Kingston,Montreal and even somewhere in the Maritimes mentioned.



Usually Kingston gets mentioned first.