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Evolution of Ice Hockey Equipment - 2
1836 - 1899

1863 - Starr 'Acme Club' self-fastening "spring" skates - invented and patented by Starr Mfg. Co., Ltd. in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, as skating and Ice Hurley became more popular.

1866 - Starr 'HOCKEY' Skates invented and patented by Starr Mfg. Co. Ltd., This fact establishes that Ice Hockey was being played in Nova Scotia at that early date.

To learn more about Starr "Acme Club" Skates
and Starr "Hockey" Skates see Origin - Skate

1886 - Vulcanized Rubber Puck first used at Queen's University / R.M.C. Game, in Kingston Ontario.

To learn more about Kingston's Rubber Puck see
Origin - Kingston - Sutherland

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1890s - Ankle Support Straps were introduced on skates.

1893 - Goal Tender's Stick widened in Winnipeg -Goalies previously used ordinary hockey stick .

1893 - Cricket Pads began to be used by goal tenders

1896 - Short Shin Pads worn outside of stockings - held on with leather buckled straps.

1899 - Nova Scotia Box Net - January 6, the Halifax hockey teams developed the first hockey goal net

To learn more about the Nova Scotia Box Net see
Origin - Nova Scotia Box Net

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Continued in Evolution of Ice Hockey Equipment - 3

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