Hockey

By Timheif14

  • Earliest Mention of Hockey/Hurley

    evidence points to its beginnings in Europe over 200 years before the first documented game of hockey in Canada.

  • Painting of Boys Playing Hockey

    The game of hockey has been said to be modeled after what was actually referred to as hurley, hurling, bandy, shinty or shinny

  • Darwins Involvment

    A letter from Charles Darwrin in 1853 mentions playing hurley on the ice and skates

  • First organized game (recored)

    1875 Montreal Canada, McGill university students played the game.

  • First NHL game in History

    1917 The visiting Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators 7-4

  • First Allstar game

    Stanley Cup champion Toronto squad defeat the NHL All-Stars 7-3.
    This was prior to best players being pitted against one another.

  • NHL ALLSTAR

    1967 Allstar game changed to Midseason rather than at the end of the season. Best Players play against one another.

  • AllSTAR FORMAT CHANGE

    major change in the format was adopted in 1969 when the All-Stars from the East Division skated against the West

  • Format Change for Allstar

    The new format pitted the best North American NHL talent against the best NHLers from the rest of the World.

  • 2003 Format Change to Allstar

    2003, as the best NHL players in the Eastern Conference faced the top talents from the Western Conference.

  • Continued Changes and varitations

    For the 2011 game in Raleigh, a new format debuted in which captains selected from the available All-Stars to form teames two days before the game. That format continued in 2012 and 2015