| The history of hockey is similar to that
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| | created new rules at the same time.
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| of golf as it basically is rooted from
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| | The game continued to grow in popularity
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| any game that involved a stick and a ball
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| | and became so popular that Montreal
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| or rock which have all been played for
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| | offered the first World Championship of
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| thousands of years. Very rough and crude
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| | Ice Hockey in 1883. European hockey
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| forms of these games have been taking
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| | continued to grow at the college level
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| place for thousands of years throughout
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| | while a number of universities formed
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| Europe, Egypt and South America that have
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| | fierce rivalries.
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| formed hockey history.
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| | Some dramatic rule changes were applied
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| Hockey began to form clearer roots
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| | that helped progress the game to a field
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| throughout England in the sixteen and
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| | of eleven players while hockey equipment
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| seventeen hundreds. These were
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| | began to evolve as well. The use of
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| treacherous games that often combined the
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| | safety equipment to include pads,
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| entire village versus another village and
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| | helmets, mouth pieces and protective eye
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| teams could often have up to a hundred
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| | shields have dramatically improved from
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| players and the players often played
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| | the early days of hockey history. It was
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| through major injuries and endured
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| | not uncommon to not even wear head gear
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| several days of these games.
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| | until the last few decades.
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| The sport that we are more familiar with
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| | The international appeal of hockey grew
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| today began to form at Eton University in
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| | tremendously due to the Olympic Games.
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| England when they actually began to
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| | It was first played at the Games in 1924
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| formulate rules around 1860. Then the
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| | and only allowed male teams. Canada was a
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| first Hockey Assoc. in the history of
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| | safe bet to win the gold medal as they
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| hockey was formed in 1875 which clarified
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| | won the first six out of seven golds.
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| more rules.
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| | From the mid fifties to the eighties the
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| Further growth of the sport was spawning
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| | Soviet Union dominated. Although the US
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| in North America as new settlers came to
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| | won its first gold medal in hockey
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| the continent. Montreal was credited
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| | history in1960 it was the 1980 "Miracle
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| with the first organized game in the
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| | on Ice" where our college amateur team
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| history of hockey that was played in 1875
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| | went on to beat the heavily favored
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| by college students. The students then
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| | Russians that spurred a growth in
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| formed more associations and leagues and
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| | Americas appetite for hockey.
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