Evolution of Ice Hockey Equipment – 1
-till
1900
11th Century – Skates originated: The word Skate means
‘leg bone’. They were first strapped to feet and used as skates by Scandinavian,
Finnish and Dutch people, principally for hunting animals. Skates made from bones
and walrus tusks have been found in England, Germany and the Netherlands where
they are known to have been used in the 11th-14th Centuries. The metal runner
first added to skis by the Norse was the forerunner of the stock/block skate which
was invented in Scotland where it was used as pleasure skating began.
1572
– 
Iron-blade Stock Skate invented in
Scotland
1700s – Stock skates
used as skating was popular in Nova Scotia
1800 – Stock/Block
Skates – hand-made by Blacksmiths, etc.
– used as Ice Hurley and Ice
Hockey began in Nova Scotia
1800 – 
Irish Hurley Sticks called ‘HURLEYS’ used as Ice Hurley began in Windsor
1800
– 
Hurley Ball, called ‘Sliotar‘
used as Ice Hurley began in Windsor
1800 – Rock and stone goal markers
stuck to ice – used as Ice Hurley
began
1860 – 
"MicMac" “hurleys” and “hockeys” made by Mi’kmaq
wood carvers who harvested ‘hockey-roots’ – they used ‘hornbeam’ and ‘birch’
trees
1860 – 
Wooden pucks, cut from tree branches,
used instead of unmanageable hurley ball
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1861 – 
Starr ‘Stock’ Skates factory-made
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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.
1886
– 
Vulcanized Rubber Puck first used at Queen’s University, in Kingston Ontario.
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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 – 
January 6, the Halifax hockey teams developed the first hockey goal net called
the Nova Scotia Box Net
Continued
in Evolution of Ice Hockey Equipment – 2, from
1900 on.
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