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Fixed-odds Betting and Ice Hockey

Fixed-odds betting is one type of gambling typical for sport events. Nowadays, gambling is regulated in many countries and it is subject …

Winnipeg Falcons (1920)

World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). IIHF was founded on May 15, 1908 as …

Canada vs. Sweden, II Olympic Winter Games (1928, St. Moritz, Switzerland)

Medal Table

We present four tables, two of them (one long-term and one short-term) are based on the number of medals and next two …

Olympic Opening Ceremony (1896)

Olympic Games

Ancient Olympic Games Let’s start from the beginning. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. …

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 …