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The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and students of McGill University.
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First indoor ice hockey game
1875 ice hockey game in Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal
On March 3, 1875, the first recorded indoor ice hockey game took place at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec. Organized by James Creighton, who captained one of the teams, the game was between two nine-member teams, using a rubber "puck". Members used skates and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ice hockey
Team winter sport
Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Victoria Skating Rink
Former indoor ice skating rink in Montreal
The Victoria Skating Rink was an indoor ice skating rink located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Opened in 1862, it was described at the start of the twentieth century to be "one of the finest covered rinks in the world". The building was used during winter seasons for pleasure…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montreal
Largest city in Quebec, Canada
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
James Creighton (ice hockey)
19th and 20th-century Canadian lawyer and athlete
James George Aylwin Creighton was a Canadian lawyer, engineer, journalist and athlete. He is credited with organizing the first recorded indoor ice hockey match at Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1875. He helped popularize the sport in Montreal and later in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
McGill University
Public university in Montreal, Canada
McGill University is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter, the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant, whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College. In 1885, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)