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Why would anyone talk about  a popular sport like hockey? 

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THIS IS NOT A REGULAR HOCKEY PAGE!!!



In this blog, instead of talking about regular and boring hockey rules or technical aspects like:

How big is the hockeys court ?



We will talk about interesting and curious facts about hockey, some of them are rarely known and this may be the first page that will share them with the internet.



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1. When was hockey REALLY created/invented ?

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  Many people will know that hockey was invented in the 19th century in Canada, however that is when hockey or modern hockey was stablished formaly, but not many people know when it was really created, and that leads us to our first hockey fact: 1-When was hockey REALLY created/invented ? Many experts have propoused a large amount of theories and people tend to think of three possible origins for hockey:  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A game called "bandy", that was played on ice on the eastern plains of England and it derivated to hockey. This is actually a game of bandy and not ice hockey, eventhough they look quite similar, but are different in detail. Many people approve this theory because in fact it is true that this game was later developed into former hockey, although this is not the real origin of it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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2. When and who created the term "Hockey" ?

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 Hockey is a term given to the sport played on ICE and with two sticks, two goals, elevn players, ... However, when was it created and who created it is still a mystery and it may have been resolved. 2- When and who created the term "Hockey" ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This are the four evidences that we have of the term Hockey been used throught history: 1. In 1949, a magazine in the Soviet Union claimed the sport was invented and perfected in Russia in the mid-19th  century. But those claims may be dubious. 2. I n 1864, the Prince of Wales played hockey on a lake with a London skating club. “The game was kept up with great animation until 2 o'clock,” a London newspaper reported. 3.  In Great Britain, newspapers as early as the 1840s referenced hockey played on ice. A Scottish newspaper reported in 1842 about a fatality during a hockey game. 4. And the last and most recognized evide
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