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Origin
of Ice Hockey

c. 1800, Ice Hockey
had its origin in Windsor, Nova Scotia. King’s College School Boys began
adapting the Irish field game of Hurley to the ice…more

Evolution of Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey was not invented it was adapted and developed over a number
of years, even as it continues to develop now. “Hockey” skates, “Hockey”sticks,
wooden “Hockey”pucks, “Hockey” goal nets, and the early rules of the game
all originated in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotians were also first to use the
forward pass and to allow the goal keeper down on the ice to protect his
“goal”….more

Hockeyists, Ice Hockey’s Early Players
and Promoters

Early in the development of the game of Ice Hockey those playing the game
became referred to as ‘Hockeyists’. In the Hockeyists section we celebrate
the men’s and women’s teams, the Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian history
of the sport and gave credit to those pioneers of the game….more

Windsor,
Nova Scotia, Canada – a Brief History

Windsor, Nova Scotia is referred to as "The Little Town of Big Firsts"
because of the several things that began here before they began elsewhere….more

The
Windsor Hockey Heritage Society – WHHS

Supporting Hockey for Youth – the Originators of Canada’s Great National
Game….more

Welcome
to birthplaceofhockey.com ! Tap into the romance of the game. Check out
the roots of Canada’s great official winter sport. This web site is your
definitive guide to the origin of ice hockey – a real treasure trove of
information of the early game, photos of teams, players and equipment. Learn
about home-made wooden pucks, sticks hand-carved by the Mi’kmaq of Acadia,
and block skates forged by local blacksmiths as the game took form in the
early 1800s. Get in touch with world-famous Starr Hockey Skates made and
used in Nova Scotia a decade before the game was played in Montreal and
two decades before it reached Kingston, Ontario. Familiarize yourself with
Windsor, Nova Scotia, The Little Town of Big Firsts, one of America’s oldest
and most outstanding towns where much happened long before it happened elsewhere
in Canada – including Ice Hockey.



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