Hockey

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Hockey Facts The first year a formal ice hockey game was played on record was 1855 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Hockey was adapted from the Native American game of lacrosse to play on a frozen ice surface. The best ice for professional hockey is approximately 3/4 of an inch thick and is held at 16 degrees Fahrenheit for proper hardness. In 1894, the first artificial ice rink was opened in Baltimore. Hockey pucks are frozen before being used in play, because the rubber with which they are made is too bouncy otherwise. THE LUCKY LOONIE The legend began during the 2002 Winter Olympics, when a Canadian icemaker for the ice surfaces in the ice hockey tournament, had buried a loonie under centre ice. The original reason for placing the loonie was to assist in the puck-drop (some kind of a dot as a puck target) Both the Canadian men’s and women’s hockey teams would win gold in the tournament, the men's 50 years to the day after their last gold medal victory. Following the Games, Team Canada executive Director Wayne Gretzky recovered the coin and gave it to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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HOCKEY