In the 1870s and 1880s hockey in Canada was blooming. At first, hockey was just the winter version of lacrosse made to keep lacrosse players busy during the winter, but soon it was being played all over the country. After years of being in Canada it eventually moved to the United States. In the 1800s, hockey was a very different sport. There were no ice-making machines, so game were played outside where cold weather froze rivers and ponds that they could play on. Today, what would be called announcers, but back then were spectators would stand or sit behind the sideboards that were only a foot tall. The game was also played differently too. In Canada the game was played with seven players: a goalie, two point men, three forwards, and
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Sidelined by concussions during the first eight days of the 2013 NHL season, three top players underscored that there needed to be change in the game. In this case, modifications were made to body checking and trying to end fighting on the ice. Science has offered answers to how to change the game even back when hockey was just beginning. These changes have been made to make sure that the number of players getting hurt is decreasing and not increasing. When hockey began there were really no rules, but the United States changed that. The first rules that are noted where established in 1976. Rules included that the pitch was one hundred-one hundred fifty yards long and fifty to eighty yards wide; goals consisted of seven feet tall posts placed six yards apart; the sticks were “curved and wooden approved by the Committee of the Association” the ball was an “ordinary sized cricket ball”; offside is specified as requiring three opponents to be near their own goal-line if the ball goes out of play over the side-line; play was restarted by rolling the ball back into the field at right angles to the line; players were not permitted to raise their stick above their shoulder; a circle does not seem to be marked on the pitch but the rules do say that “no goals shall be allowed if the ball be hit from a distance of more than fifteen yards from …show more content…
een two players at the center spot; a bully would also be taken at twenty five yards after the ball had gone over the back-line; all non-involved players had to be five yards from the ball at free hits, rolls-in and bullies; rolls-in by hand were used to put the ball into play after it had gone over the side-line; teams comprised eleven players - five forwards, three half-backs, two full-backs and one goalkeeper; no substitutes were allowed the game was controlled either by two umpires or one umpire assisted by two linesmen; hockey sticks were made of wood with leather-covered handles; balls used were traditional leather-covered cricket balls painted white; there was no mention of goalkeepers equipment; the ball was played with one side of the stick only; the ball could not be played above the shoulder or with the rounded side (back) of the stick; it was not permitted to kick, trip, shove, or obstruct an opponent; hands and feet could be used to stop the ball but then had to be moved out of the way; feet and legs could not to be used behind the ball to resist opponents; goalkeepers could kick the ball but only within their own circles; hooking of sticks was allowed but only within striking distance of the ball; offside (with less than three defenders) was applied from the half-way
Sidelined by concussions during the first eight days of the 2013 NHL season, three top players underscored that there needed to be change in the game. In this case, modifications were made to body checking and trying to end fighting on the ice. Science has offered answers to how to change the game even back when hockey was just beginning. These changes have been made to make sure that the number of players getting hurt is decreasing and not increasing. When hockey began there were really no rules, but the United States changed that. The first rules that are noted where established in 1976. Rules included that the pitch was one hundred-one hundred fifty yards long and fifty to eighty yards wide; goals consisted of seven feet tall posts placed six yards apart; the sticks were “curved and wooden approved by the Committee of the Association” the ball was an “ordinary sized cricket ball”; offside is specified as requiring three opponents to be near their own goal-line if the ball goes out of play over the side-line; play was restarted by rolling the ball back into the field at right angles to the line; players were not permitted to raise their stick above their shoulder; a circle does not seem to be marked on the pitch but the rules do say that “no goals shall be allowed if the ball be hit from a distance of more than fifteen yards from …show more content…
een two players at the center spot; a bully would also be taken at twenty five yards after the ball had gone over the back-line; all non-involved players had to be five yards from the ball at free hits, rolls-in and bullies; rolls-in by hand were used to put the ball into play after it had gone over the side-line; teams comprised eleven players - five forwards, three half-backs, two full-backs and one goalkeeper; no substitutes were allowed the game was controlled either by two umpires or one umpire assisted by two linesmen; hockey sticks were made of wood with leather-covered handles; balls used were traditional leather-covered cricket balls painted white; there was no mention of goalkeepers equipment; the ball was played with one side of the stick only; the ball could not be played above the shoulder or with the rounded side (back) of the stick; it was not permitted to kick, trip, shove, or obstruct an opponent; hands and feet could be used to stop the ball but then had to be moved out of the way; feet and legs could not to be used behind the ball to resist opponents; goalkeepers could kick the ball but only within their own circles; hooking of sticks was allowed but only within striking distance of the ball; offside (with less than three defenders) was applied from the half-way