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Today, the term hockey describes differing games in various parts of the world, but specifically in North America it refers
to as ice hockey. In its origin, hockey is one of the oldest games played. The earliest mention of the sport of hockey dates back
to 1572, when it was on a list of prohibited games. Hockey's birthplace is believed to be in Asia and authorities credit Persia
with having devised
it about 2000 BC. People who perfected the game of polo must have known "hockey on the ground" before "hockey on
horseback".

Certainly though ice hockey originated in Canada. Two theories have surfaced as to who really came up with ice hockey.
The first credits English soldiers serving with the Royal Canadian Rifles at Kingston, Ontario. They improvised the game at the
rear of their barracks at Tete du Pont, on the iced up harbor on Christmas day in 1855. After sweeping the snow from the ice,
the soldiers tied
"runners" to their boats and, with borrowed hockey sticks,......

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