Was MAYHEM FIGHTING ALWAYS in the History of HOCKEY?

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Structured ice hockey originated in the mid-1800s in the eastern parts of Canada. James G. Creighton, from Nova Scotia, is generally credited with having taken the so called “Halifax-rules” to Montreal in the 1870s where they eventually were altered to the “McGill-rules”. Creighton was instrumental in organising what today is considered as the first organized game of hockey. READ MORE

On March 3, 1875, captain Creighton’s McGill defeated captain Fred Torrence’s Victoria team 2 “games” (i.e. goals) to 1. It was the first known game which was pre-announced, where two named teams played on a confined ice area (a rink), where all names of the players were recorded as well as the score and the game was played with “a flat circular piece of wood”, a puck. The game was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal.

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