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  • The Beginnings of Hockey...and Basketball and Football and Baseball

    A tongue in cheek article but a very interesting format with some great photos, stories and sports facts.

    http://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/ent...all-and-hockey

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    Re: The Beginnings of Hockey...and Basketball and Football and Baseball

    sooooo Canadian, but that's what fun about reading Canadian media

    Canada invented hockey?
    http://fih.ch/hockey-basics/history/
    Last edited by pokechecker; 06-27-2017, 07:54 AM. Reason: According to Canadian media, the Cohn brothers got the idea for "Fargo" from a Canadian movie called "Moose Jaw"

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      Re: The Beginnings of Hockey...and Basketball and Football and Baseball

      Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
      sooooo Canadian, but that's what fun about reading Canadian media

      Canada invented hockey?
      http://fih.ch/hockey-basics/history/
      No, Canada invented ice hockey.

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        Re: The Beginnings of Hockey...and Basketball and Football and Baseball

        Originally posted by GTOWN View Post
        No, Canada invented ice hockey.
        correct
        Canada took hockey, added elbowing, face washing, fighting, ...etc
        and thus ice hockey was born
        Last edited by pokechecker; 06-27-2017, 08:36 AM. Reason: Betsy Ross learned to sew from a Canadian, Paul Revere's horse was Canadian, ...

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          Re: The Beginnings of Hockey...and Basketball and Football and Baseball

          Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
          correct
          Canada took hockey, added elbowing, face washing, fighting, ...etc
          and thus ice hockey was born
          I think Americans have as much a claim to that part of the sport as we do :-)

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