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The contemporary sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor hockey game was played on March 3, 1875. Some characteristics of that game, such as the length of the ice rink and the use of a puck, have been retained to this day. The game soon spread to United States. It was brought overseas from Canadian immigrants. They would play this stick and ball game on frozen ponds and lakes in the winters. The first known recorded game of ice hockey was played in the United States at Yale University and Johns Hopkins University in 1893.
In 1894, the first artificial ice rink was built in Maryland. The rink was called the North Avenue Ice Palace, which was located in Baltimore, Maryland. A few years later, in 1896, the first ice hockey league in the United States was formed called The U.S. Amateur Hockey League. It was founded in New York City around the same time as the second artificial ice rink was opened in New York, New York, called the St. Nicholas Arena. The U.S. Amateur Hockey League then became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1904. There were five teams from the United States and Ontario that formed the International Ice Hockey Federation. This league only lasted three seasons but it was the first professional ice hockey league that the United States participated in.
Meanwhile, teams in western Canada formed the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1911. This league created new designs and rules that helped ice hockey evolve into the game it is today. Some of these new innovations that were created were blue lines that were painted under the ice which divided the ice into three sections, goaltenders are allowed to fall and slide on the ice to help prevent the other team from scoring a goal, forward passing is permitted in the neutral zone, and the game was split into three periods of 20 minutes. In 1912, the game changed again reducing the number of on-ice players to six players from the previous seven.
The is the major professional hockey league in North America, with 24 U.S.-based teams and 7 Canadian-based teams competing for the Stanley Cup. While stars are still not as readily familiar to the general American public as are stars of the , average attendance for
games in the U.S. has surpassed average attendance in recent seasons, buoyed in part by the Winter Classic being played in large outdoor stadiums.
In 1924, the Boston Bruins were the first American team to join the National Hockey League.During that season, the first game was played in the United States where the Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Maroons 2-1. That same season, the increased the season schedule from 24 games to 30 games. Three more American teams the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars, joined the in the year 1926. That same year, the Western Hockey League fell apart and sold most of its players to the new
teams. This makes the top hockey league in North America. In 1942, the Brooklyn Americans withdrew. This left the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Bruins, Rangers, and Black Hawks as the only teams left in the next 25 years. Those six teams are now called "the Original Six."
New Brunswick-born skater Willie O'Ree became the first black ice hockey player in the Boston Bruins. while Val James was the first African American player to compete in the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Minor league professional hockey leagues in the U.S. include the American Hockey League. Additionally
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