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Post by james on Apr 8, 2016 13:37:52 GMT -5
"The Victoria Skating Rink, built in Montreal in 1862, won its place in history of great hockey buildings for a very simple feat: hosting the first organized hockey game indoors. James Creighton, a native Nova Scotian, came to Montreal and brought the great game of hockey with him. Upon arriving in Montreal, he befriended many avid sportsmen, some of them students at McGill College, and he felt they would enjoy the game from his native province. With the co-operation of the management of the Victoria Skating Rink, Creighton planned the first indoor version of a hockey game that was played on March 3rd 1875." The Victoria Skating Rink in 1863(The oldest image of an Indoor Skating Rink in the world) Here it is again in 1870. The third is from 1885. The Victoria Rink in 1893
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Post by james on Apr 5, 2016 22:03:17 GMT -5
The Queen City Skating Rink was built in 1867 as the largest skating rink in the world shown here in 1868
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Post by james on Apr 2, 2016 9:05:06 GMT -5
"Skating Rink Waltz by A. F. Herwig, as played by Jackson's Band, arranged for pianoforte, published by Compton & Doan of St. Louis, 1868. Lithographed by Studley & Company."
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Post by james on Mar 25, 2016 15:15:40 GMT -5
The Detroit Skating Rink in 1868
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Post by james on Mar 23, 2016 15:47:01 GMT -5
Here's the first indoor skating rink in Philadelphia called the Chestnut Street Skating Rink from 1868(Although also used for roller skating as well)
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Post by james on Mar 12, 2016 22:31:17 GMT -5
The Leadville Ice Palace Skating Rink 1895 Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot long rink with wooden trussed roof designed by architect C.E. Joy. Ice arches are along the edges of the rink and umbrella-shaped chandeliers hang fourteen feet above the ice with mutli-colored electric lights in their globes. An exhibit of hanging bicycles and the letters "Law" hang above an ice sculpture of miners by Phillip Kelly. The display has a rope barrier and is reflected in pink, on the ice. A group of wooden chairs sits in the archway and banners hanging in the arch advertise "Ice Palace Restaurant, Oyster House." The skate rental booth is in the archway. digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15330coll22/id/530
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Post by james on Mar 12, 2016 19:58:26 GMT -5
You might find this interesting an Old Baseball Park converted to a skating rink in Central City, Colorado around 1880...
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Post by james on Mar 1, 2016 16:20:29 GMT -5
"The first European known to enter Montana was Pierre Gaultier, de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye. Vérendrye had heard of a river that flowed to the western sea and was looking for the Northwest Passage. He came in 1738, but retreated. Two of his sons, Pierre and François, returned in 1743 and described the "shining mountains," generally believed to be the Bighorns of southern Montana and northern Wyoming." "The most interesting winter game was ice shinny, found among numerous Northern tribes. Early North American white settlers were accustomed to the sight of a brave running across the ice pushing a puck with a curved stick. Shinny was played with crooked sticks similar to the ice hockey sticks of today. In fact, ice shinny may be considered a precursor of ice hockey. Among the Blackfoot, two upright logs were the goal posts, placed on end lines about one-quarter mile apart. The puck was a knot of wood covered with rawhide or was a stone. A game consisted of seven points. As many as 50 players were on a team." www.frommers.com/destinations/montana/646838books.google.ca/books?id=8tE-zGJhSTAC&pg=PA258&dq=teams+competed+blackfeet+puck+stone+a+game+fifty&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig_eSor6DLAhWG74MKHUJODScQ6AEIHDAAAlso you might be interested in the link below as it mentions how the Blackfoot skated on ice and played shinny (Pre-Contact).
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Post by james on Mar 1, 2016 13:11:54 GMT -5
I'd say Hobey Baker was in fact the Greatest American Hockey player of all time.
Who could argue with this.
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania in 1892 he attended St.Paul's School from 1906-1910. He participated in most sports including Ice Hockey at age 15.
While playing at SPS he defeated both Harvard and Princeton and by 1910 he enrolled at Princeton University.
As a member of the Tigers he apparently racked up 120 goals and over 100 assists in just 40+ games.
One night against Williams College in 1912 he managed to score 11 goals a feat that will never be equaled.
He was even offered a contract to play with the Montreal Canadians in 1915 for a reported $ 20,000 as a part of a three year contract but turned it down to stay as an amateur with the St.Nicholas hockey club of the AAHL.
He was part of the first class of inductees for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.
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Post by james on Feb 27, 2016 13:07:11 GMT -5
The Birth of Professional Hockey in Upper Michigan 1904... Although Pittsburgh may have bragging rights as to the first paid players to play hockey in 1901(Western Pennsylvania Hockey league) There are many that believe the first fully Professional league was in 1904 when International Professional Hockey League was formed. Involving teams from Houghton,Calumet,Canadian and American Sault.Ste Marie,and Pittsburg. The team known as the Portage Lakers which formed in 1899 had pretty much dominated the Hockey scene for years. Mostly composed of Canadian imports who were too good to play as amateurs in theirs Amateur Canadian Leagues and by 1904 (IPHL) they were fully paid. In 1904 as Champions of America they played off agaist the Montreal Wanderers for the world championship winning by a total of 17-6 including both games at the Amphidrome. By 1905 the issued a Stanley cup Challenge to the Ottawa Silver Seven(Senators) but were denied due to their professional status. Again in 1906 they were denied a challenge by the stanley cup holding Wanderers. With this the Lakers and pro league dissolved by 1907. www.cchockeyhistory.org/Timeline/1904-07_IHL.htm pittsburghhockey.net/other-teams/early-professional
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Post by james on Feb 27, 2016 8:57:06 GMT -5
"1913: The Calumet Colosseum, was built in 1913 and is still in use as a ice rink today. The Colosseum is the OLDEST operating indoor rink still in use in the WORLD!"
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Post by james on Feb 25, 2016 9:46:36 GMT -5
Indoor Yacht Club Hockey Team 1916 Bay Counties Amateur Hockey Association San Francisco, California, USA Team Roster 1 - Ted Clark, 2 - E. M. Borden (coach), 3 - Reuben E. Carey, 4 - Joseph S. Lewis (manager), 5 - Robert Dufort, 6 - J. S. Peters, 7 - O'Shaughnessy, 8 - Charles Robert 'Bob' Percival, 9 - Corey The 1st artificial rink in San Francisco was opened under the name Techau Tavern Ice Palace on May 1, 1916 with a feature presentation of "Alpine Nights" supplemented with a skating ballet. The Bay Counties Amateur Hockey Association was formed on July 10, 1916 at the Techau Tavern with the following officers duly elected from local clubs. Honorary Presidents - William Greer Harrison (Olympic Club), and Edward H. Sinclair (Canadian Club), President - Dr. Arthur Beardslee (Olympic Club), 1st Vice President - James A. McDonald (Caledonian Club), 2nd Vice President - Corbett Moody (Polo Hockey Club), 3rd Vice President - J. H. O'Keefe (Canadian Club), Secretary Treasurer - A. C. Morrison (Polo Hockey Club), Executive Committee - John H. Thomlinson (Caledonian Club), Harold Hoeber (Indoor Yacht Club), C. H. Minto (Canadian Club), J. S. A. Macdonald (San Francisco Hockey Club), Sven Philip (Olympic Club), A. C. Morrison (Polo Hockey Club). The pioneer season was set to play on each Tuesday evening starting July 18, 1916 to October 24, 1916 with the following teams - Polo Hockey Club, Olympic Club, Caledonian Club, Indoor Yacht Club, San Francisco Hockey Club and the Canadian Club. A new rink was opened called the Winter Garden, which had a ice surface of 210 by 90 feet, and The California Amateur Hockey Association was also formed in 1916 in the San Francisco Bay area of California. The 1st President was Robert W. Dodd - Vice-President Merrill E. Andrews and Wendel Kuhn a former Princeton player was named Secretary Treasurer. The California Amateur Hockey Association started play on November 14, 1916, and was to continue for a period of 18 weeks, also playing their games on Tuesday evenings. The first teams to play were the Olympic Club, Indoor Yacht Club, Pacific Club and the Canadian Club - Stanford University and the Caledonian Club were also members of the association. IT SHOULD BE NOTED - The 1st Ice Hockey game played in Southern California was on May 13, 1916 in San Diego, on the ice rink at the Panama-California International Exposition (in the former Alhambra Cafeteria building). The group of men who lined up for that game was composed of a local sportsman, an aviator from the Government aviation school, two men from the United States Marine Corps, a concessionaire from the Isthmus, a map maker, a physician, a army officer and several prominent business men. They were men from Canada, from Europe and from Eastern & Northern States, and they had played ice Hockey from Nova Scotia to China. They called themselves the Exposition and San Diego teams. hockeygods.com/images/12379-Indoor_Yacht_Club_Hockey_Team_1916___San_Francisco
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Post by james on Feb 24, 2016 16:18:55 GMT -5
The first recorded visit of a European to California occurred when Diaz crossed the Colorado River in 1540. Cabrillo, Drake, Vizcaino, and others visited the California coast during the same period." books.google.ca/books?id=3A8QAQAAMAAJ&dq=1540+Cabrillo+drake&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=colorado+1540+Cabrillo+drake+"Then, too, where the "concrete basis of life" was as simple as among most California inland peoples." "They indicate only that the precontact peoples made use of certain artifact types which were still employed, but not necessarily exclusively, by the modern Yokuts." "These would include : 35 Occasional use of portable stone and hopper mortars; stone balls for gaming ; wooden shinny pucks." books.google.ca/books?id=PR5KAPT0xVwC&q=grooved+inference+tighlty+wooden+shinny+pucks&dq=grooved+inference+tighlty+wooden+shinny+pucks&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP4bb_hZHLAhXjr4MKHSUxCkcQ6AEIHDAA"Games for adult men and women were shinny, played with a curved stick and a puck of oak gall or pepperwood nut." books.google.ca/books?id=I6b6EEE1YlIC&pg=PA201&dq=curved+shinny+stick+native+california&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSqqzgoJHLAhWEvoMKHd8lBRYQ6AEIJzAC"As in field hockey, the ball was struck with a curved stick. The average length of the playing sticks was about thirty-six inches, and the striking end was curved, widened, and flattened. Usually carved out of wood, shinny sticks were brightly painted with symbols of significance to the player or tribe." "Shinny was played on a rectangular area usually two to three hundred yards long , but sometimes much longer. For example, the longest shinny field on record was a seven-and-a-half-mile field used by the Mono Indians in California." books.google.ca/books?id=4v4TBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280&dq=shinny+field+retangular+,+used+by+the+mono&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA58qVpJHLAhUqsoMKHfztDs0Q6AEIIjAB
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Post by james on Feb 9, 2016 17:23:38 GMT -5
I strongly believe that a major breakthrough in Hockey history was in 1782/83. They say in between 1783-91? Though I have references stating this occurred in 1782. "New York newspapers in 1782 and 1783 carried advertisements for games of hurling and common, or winter hurling." "The ground between the Collect and Broadway rose gradually from its margin to the height of one hundred feet, and nothing can exceed in brilliancy and animation the prospect it presented on a fine winter day, when the icy surface was alive with skaters darting in every direction with the swiftness of the wind, or bearing down in a body of pursuit of the ball driven before them by their hurlies; while the hill side was covered with spectators, rising as in an amphitheatre, tier above tier, comprising as many of the fair sex, as were sufficient to adorn, and necessary to refine the assemblage; with their presence served to increase the emulation of the skaters." www.sihrhockey.org/__a/public/horg.cfmbooks.google.ca/books?id=SocOAQAAMAAJ&dq=%201782%20newspapers%20common
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Post by james on Feb 6, 2016 22:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by james on Jan 30, 2016 10:27:39 GMT -5
I found this interesting passage from a book about St.Croix Falls, Wisconsin History and it talks about a time in the 1890's? "The small lake was “the meeting place of skaters, all who liked ice sports in St. Croix, ofien joined by those from Taylors Falls and even Osceola. As soon as the lake froze 'thick enough,' a bonfire was built on the shore nearly every night and the ice resounded to the speed of ice skaters playing 'shinny,' a forerunner of modern hockey. Sides chosen, the fight was on the goal to get the bent tin can on the right side of the lines marked across either end of the lake." She named some of the skaters: Roy Patterson and his brother George, Bag and Boob Berger and the Berquist boys, John and Bom Blanding, Agnes and Marion, and other girls from town. It was “a hard-fought noisy game requiring sharp skates, accuracy and instant control.Pull-away” was also played, along with “figure skating” before and between games." books.google.ca/books?id=wHIvAQAAMAAJ&q=st.croix+pearl+shinny&dq=st.croix+pearl+shinny&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUi86x5dHKAhVE9R4KHc1jAZgQ6AEIHjAAHere's a link to Roy Patterson and his days growing up.
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Post by james on Jan 22, 2016 9:49:26 GMT -5
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Post by james on Jan 19, 2016 19:41:42 GMT -5
I've been researching the Eskimo of Alaska and games they used to play before contact with the Europeans...
" Nelson listed thirty-seven recreational activities which he found amoung the Eskimos before the coming of the whites"
" With the passing of that institution some of the recreations of the Eskimos have been lost."
" For example, hockey was formerly played on ice with a crude stick and an ivory, leather, or wooden ball."
" Now the players usually have steel skates, and very few have manufactured hockey sticks, and the "ball" is frequently and empty milk can"
Also...
"When we boys bought rollerskates, Honners was to be seen dancing alone round the only extant maypole in the county, and when the ice skating craze gripped us Honners was given skates carved from whale bone by Eskimos when the Hudson Bay Company was formed in 1670."
^^^ This suggests that it may have been possible for the Eskimo of Alaska to be skating and playing hockey before contact.
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Post by james on Jan 19, 2016 18:09:54 GMT -5
I know this may have be written several years after the fact still..... "Down east, about 1500 — The Mi'kmaq reported today that they have developed a winter game called "oochamkunutk" — which is easy for them to say. It is played on a frozen river or pond, with two sides of ten men each. The players use deer gut to tie runners of sharp bone or wood to their moccasins, the better to slide along the ice. Two goals, made of upright sticks or small heaps of stones, are set a few hundred paces apart. Each player has a curved stick, with which he tries to hit a wooden ball, the object being to send it into the opposing side's goal.It is permissible to hit an opponent anywhere except the head.The likelihood of this peculiar activity enjoying wide acceptance or popularity is exceedingly slim." books.google.ca/books?id=j8RgQrfaSEIC&q=micmac+played+deer+gut+tied+to&dq=micmac+played+deer+gut+tied+to&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG_OHd_LbKAhUrkIMKHa7yA8YQ6AEIHDAAThis obviously revolutionized the game although not to be taken to literary the game of Ice Hockey was probably "invented" through ancient Cherokee Lacrosse around 1100ad down in the Mississippi Valley then tooken to the ice by 1400 ad by the Haida nation of Alaska then put on skates in the 1500's Mi'kmaq tribe and into the 17th to 19th centuries it's influence was mostly American.
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 18:52:56 GMT -5
Shinny-Hockey Images The first is from 1880 in Nyack NY played since the 1850's on the Old Mill Pond. The second was taken in 1891 on Duck Pond Connecticut. Third is the first outdoor stadium game inside Harvard Stadium in 1910.
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 13:41:43 GMT -5
Some other Pics I thought I'd through in there from St.Paul's School in Concord, NH. The first is the Mohican Hockey Club champs from 1889. The Second is from 1890 of Mr.James Potter Conover who was instrumental in bringing Modern USA Hockey to the School in 1881 The third is from 1894 on little turkey pond which Ice Hockey has been played on since 1856.
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 13:20:54 GMT -5
Very sorry Mistake... This is the oldest Image of an Indoor Artificial Ice Hockey Rink in 1895 at the Schenely Park Casino Rink in Pittsburgh. Attachments:
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 13:17:16 GMT -5
No problem Thx...
Hope u enjoy reading my blog....
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 12:43:40 GMT -5
This may be the first image of an Indoor Artificial Ice Rink Built for Hockey at the St.Nicholas Arena in April of 1896. Attachments:
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Post by james on Jan 18, 2016 9:44:40 GMT -5
Huh! Very interesting...
I was in touch with "Carl Giden" while he was publishing this book. He was quite critical about my articles I showed him so I sort of told him off.
He then banned me from the Society of International Hockey Research so I never really got a chance to read this book.
Now that I've read some of this it seems like he trying to say "Ice Hockey" was invented in England.
Unfortunately he's wrong seeing as the oldest reference to Hockey on Ice over there isn't till 1797 (Based on the first painting I posted).
My assumption is SIHR is trying to make some coin from this so-called English Hockey Book when really their isn't enough continuety of the game being played from beginning to end (1790's- 1880's) too many gaps and flaws though still an interesting read.
PS We all know Hockey was invented in North America Way before their time bracket states....
Thx for sharing.
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Post by james on Jan 17, 2016 14:24:14 GMT -5
Cool...
If I can recall this would make sense seeing the first game in Switzerland was in 1885 on a lake in St.Moritz between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Thx
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Post by james on Jan 16, 2016 12:21:03 GMT -5
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Post by james on Jan 16, 2016 11:42:17 GMT -5
Hi Just found this new link in a book written about how the plains tribe used to play Hockey before coming in contact with the white settlers from Europe probably meaning late 1600's. "Tribes that lived along lakes and streams played "shinny," the Indian forerunner of modern hockey. Their puck was a root or a stone, usually covered with rawhide . This was hit across the ice with curved sticks, similar to those used in hockey today. The objective was to drive the puck between the opponent's goalposts, which often were as much as a quarter of a mile from the opposing team's goalposts." books.google.ca/books?id=udXoTjKM8ZIC&q=hockey+plains+indian&dq=hockey+plains+indian&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO9af24q7KAhUE4D4KHQGkAYMQ6AEILTAC
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Post by james on Jan 15, 2016 20:47:54 GMT -5
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Post by james on Jan 14, 2016 22:49:57 GMT -5
Your welcome... As an historian u must know about long pond as it's history. I'm frequently in touch with Andrew Dill who's father own's long pond now. We both agree that Montreal isn't the real birthplace of hockey in 1875 seeing as they used previous rules and positions taken out of the ''Halifax Rules" recollecting what happened in the 1850's www.birthplaceofhockey.com/origin/rules/We also agree that Ice Hockey would have been first played by the Native Americans in South Dakota and the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia in the late 1600's which traveled to the 1700's succeeded by the British colonists who most likely copied them by the 1780's in New York City, Philadelphia, and Princeton then off to long pond Canada by 1790 and England a bit later so I don't think Long Pond(Windsor Nova Scotia) invented Ice Hockey maybe just added to it. espn.go.com/espninc/pressreleases/991005otlnativeamericans.html
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