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sure, but for hundreds of years, kids have been sliding stones and other objects across ice with sticks and tree branches. Over the years, in different parts of Europe, a variety of games played on ice with sticks and sliding objects were created.
wish, click, swoosh. Swish, click. Click! Click! CLACK! “GOAL!” These are the lively sounds of a hockey game! Who were the first people to play hockey? No one knows for
How many silly things can you nd in this hockey scene?
A hockey puck slammed into the article about pucks, scattering the letters a , b , and c . Can you put them all back where they belong? Ho_key pu_ks weren’t _lw_ys m_de of _l_ _k ru_ _er like they _re tod_y. The e_rly pu_ks were pro_ _ _ly _ _lls, _ut other obje_ts, su_h _s stones, lumps of _o_l, or frozen _ow or horse poop were _lso used. Wooden pu_ks were used for m_ny ye_rs. Mothers sometimes put hot _ _ked pot_toes into their _hildren’s sk_tes so th_t the sk_tes would _e _ozy _nd w_rm when the _hildren re_ _hed the rink or pond. The pot_toes were not thrown _w_y. They eventu_lly froze and were used _s pu_ks. Although ru_ _er w_s invented in 1839, it w_sn’t until the l_te 1880s th_t someone thought of m_king ru_ _er pu_ks.
How many hockey pucks can you nd on this page?
uropean settlers in Canada developed the game of hockey as we know it today. The first rules of the game were published in a
Standards Link: Physical Education: Understand the role of sport in a diverse world (e.g., the influence of professional sport in society).
Source: Backcheck: Hockey for Kids Library and Archives Canada
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