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2000 BCE
Origin
Crude forms of hockey were played in Egypt and Ethiopia as many as 4000 years ago. -
Formal Rules Defined
The formal rules of hockey were first established in the UK in 1876 by the first-ever hockey association. -
First Stanley Cup Game
On March 22, 1894, the first ever Stanley Cup game was played in Montreal, Canada. The winning team was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. -
IIHF Founded
The International Ice Hockey Federation was founded in 1908, consisting of France, Britain, Belgium, Bohemia, Switzerland, and Germany. -
First Olympic Hockey Championship
The 1920 Olympics in Antwerp were the first to have an international hockey championship. Canada and the United States competed along with the IIHF members in the tournament. -
U.S. Wins IIHF Championship
The United States becomes the only country other than Canada to win an IIHF World Championship. -
"Miracle on Ice"
In the 1980 Olympics, an American college team won a game against the Soviet Union's Olympic Team, 4 goals to 3 at Lake Placid. They went on to win a gold medal and break the Soviet Union's 8 gold streak. -
USA Takes First World Cup of Hockey
The first ever World Cup of Hockey (which replaced the Canada Cup) is won by the United States in 1996. -
Sweden Wins Two
Sweden became the first country to win both an Olympic gold and a world championship in hockey in the same year. -
IIHF Centennial
To celebrate 100 years, the IIHF holds its world championship in Quebec City for the first world championship in Canada.
