Although the origin of ice hockey is still unclear, it is generally believed that ice hockey was introduced to North America by the British. In the early British garrison in Canada, people loved this sport very much. In the1870s, some students of McGill University in Canada began to organize ice hockey competitions and formulated related rules, which were called "McGill Rules". In order to adapt to this rule, people replaced the early rubber balls with the current ice hockey, and each team of ice hockey players was designated as 9 people. From 65438 to 0885, the first national ice hockey organization-Canadian Amateur Ice Hockey Association was born in Montreal, Canada. The organization reduced the number of people in each team to seven, and in the same year, it established a hockey league consisting of four teams in Lake Ontario. In A.D. 1890, the sport spread to the United States, and Johns Hopkins University and Yale University held a famous ice hockey game in A.D. 1895. Although ice hockey is only an entertainment project in Canada, the United States established the first national professional ice hockey league, which was established in 1903 and headquartered in Horton, Michigan. Teams and players from Canada and the United States are members of this organization. Three years later, its scale doubled to 19 10, and the North American Professional Hockey League (NHL) was formally established. The first ice hockey game was held in Halifax, a small town in Canada from 65438 to 0856. Each team played 15, trying to hit the ball into the other team's goal to win. This kind of game competition quickly aroused people's interest. By 1858, ice hockey was popular all over Canada and soon spread to Europe. 1885, ice hockey rose in the Nordic countries. At this time, seven people from each team participated in the competition.

Ice hockey game