Pro Hockey's Roots: Where Was It Born?
Delphine Kshlerin
2025-04-01 22:37:44
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In 1900, Jack “Doc” Gibson moved from Canada, established his dental practice, and joined the Portage Lake YMCA hockey team. By 1903, Gibson had teamed up with local businessman James Dee had hatched a plan to recruit the best players from Canada and openly pay them to pay for the Portage Lake hockey team—thus making them the first-ever professional hockey team. The team’s home ice was the newly built Amphidrome arena which replaced the previous Palace Ice Rink down on the Houghton waterfront. The team did so well that they won the United States Championship in 1903 and 1904 seasons by defeating the Pittsburgh Bankers and Montreal Wanderers respectively.
Alena Casper
2025-04-01 19:31:01
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Ice Hockey was not invented, nor did it start on a certain day of a particular year. It originated circa 1800 with students at Canada’s first college, King’s College, when they adapted the exciting field game of Hurley to the ice of their favorite skating pond.
They originated a new winter game, Ice Hurley, which gradually developed into Ice Hockey.
The development of Ice Hurley into Ice Hockey is chronicled in the newspapers of Nova Scotia, the first province to be developed in the country.
The first equipment with which Ice Hockey was played naturally developed in Nova Scotia as well.
Allison Armstrong
2025-04-01 19:10:30
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Houghton, Michigan, holds a unique place in hockey history. On December 29, 1902, the first organized professional hockey game was played at the Amphidrome, marking the beginning of a new era for the sport. The Amphidrome was home to the Portage Lakes, a team in the International Hockey League, ice hockey’s first professional league. In 1904, the Portage Lakes joined the International Hockey League (IHL), the first fully professional ice hockey league.
Alf Erdman
2025-04-01 19:00:55
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The first organized game was played in Montreal back in 1875. But people in Délı̨nę, N.W.T., Windsor, NS., and Quebec City have different opinions.
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