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Hockey History, Page 2

Jaromír Jágr

Jaromír Jágr

Basic Details Full name: Jaromír Jágr Born: February 15, 1972, Kladno, Czechoslovakia Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Weight: 225 lb (102 kg) Position: Right …

Ivan Hlinka

Ivan Hlinka

Basic Details Full name: Ivan Hlinka Born: January 26, 1950, Most, Czechoslovakia Died: August 16, 2004, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) …

Mike Bossy

Mike Bossy

Basic Details Full name: Michael Dean Bossy Born: January 22, 1957, Montreal, Canada Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) Weight: 185 lb (84 …

James George Aylwin Creighton

Montreal (McGill) Rules

Montreal (or McGill) rules are considered to be the first ever published rules of ice hockey. According to the athletics.mcgill.ca these rules were …

Byron Weston

Halifax Rules

Halifax rules are considered to be the first ever “standardised” rules of the ice hockey (we mean ice hockey in the form …

James George Aylwin Creighton

Ice Hockey Rules

Rules of the ice hockey have changed over the time and still the rules that are valid nowadays (2014–2018 period) will be …

1797 London skater with puck and stick

Hockey Birthplace

As we have stated at the page ancestor of the hockey, we can find hockey-like games even in the Ancient Egypt. Nevertheless, ice …

1797 London skater with puck and stick

Hockey Ancestors

Games where players hit a ball (or something similar) with a stick can be found in Ancient Egypt (i.e., over 4000 years …