APA 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Complete Control, Quebec Bulldogs, Josef Mik
12 Jan 2016
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That ancient greeks and romans played stick and ball games 2500 years ago. Egyptians played a similar game 4000 years ago. Centuries later people in europe played it under various names. Mik"maq game: played a game called ricket similar to above but played on ice. Kingston: research committee charged with determining the origin of ice hockey were played. Found that kingston and halifax were where the first games. Claimed the royal canadian rifles were first to play. 1943: kingston claim was accepted as the birthplace. The first hockey sticks were carved by mik"maq people. Early 1800s: many accounts of hurley or wicket being played on the ice. Dalhousie gazette in 1887 hurley was starting to be played on ice . Claim that hockey officially began by mcgill students in 1875. Key organizer was born in halifax george aylwin creighton. The connections to halifax and other parts of nova scotia are correct. Les orignes du hockey provide the best explanation.
