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Ladrl wrote: > > > Absolutley nothing to do with British Soldiers, more to do with > Canadian colonial students. > > http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/origin/overview.html Everything to do with British soldiers: http://www.all-sports-posters.com/historyoficehockey.html "The earliest North American games were played in Canada. British soldiers stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, were reported to have organized contests on frozen ponds in and around that city in the 1870s, and about that same time in Montreal students from McGill University began facing off against each other on a ice rink. The continent's first ice hockey league was started in Kingston, Ontario, in 1885, and it had four teams." I suppose someone will now come up with a website claiming it as "Indian"... ;-) -- Paul-B Reply-to address is spamtrap... use paul @ streetka dot biz without the spaces
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