Wow that is really cool. It's interesting how the definitions of the game-play has changed, but the words have not. I like how the goalie "stopped a goal" instead of a shot. That was an interesting find...thanks for posting it!
That game was only two years after the first official college hockey game between Yale and Johns Hopkins in 1895. I liked the game delayed by a broken skate, goal posts, position names (no defense), and only one line per team. Even back then they were complaining about ice conditions!
Also, I'm wondering if my hometown somehow had a hockey team at that point? Unless it's another Montclair.
I found this on another site:
Although it has not been determined definitely where and when the first game of ice hockey was played in the United States, available records indicate the sport was being played on an organized basis during the season of 1894-1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Minneapolis, and Hallock located in Minnesota. New York City and St. Pauls School, Concord, New Hampshire. The sport, on a formal basis, may have been played at an earlier date in St. Paul Minnesota; Montclair New Jersey, and in other communities such as those in upper Michigan, northern New York, and In Minnesota and New England communities that border Canada.
Who knew? Such a random place to be an early hockey hotbed!
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Four fowards, a point man, a cover point man, and a goalie. Interesting. Would love to see how the games would play out with guys in those positions all game.
Four fowards, a point man, a cover point man, and a goalie. Interesting. Would love to see how the games would play out with guys in those positions all game.
Don't forget that there was no forward passing allowed - that changes up the positional responsibilities quite significantly.
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rink dimensions in the second article 128x54.... in yards... only 184 feet longer and twice as wide as nhl rinks today
The St. Nicholas Rink field will be 80 feet wide by 180 feet long. This will be a very large one. The usual size of the field is 54 feet wide by 128 feet long.
Actually it seems like most rinks were even smaller. However, the picture in the article does show dimensions of 120 yards by 54 yards. Confused?
The goals ... consist of two wooden posts 4 to 6 feet apart and 6 feet high.
So it would be either a 6x6 goal or a 6x4, which would be a current goal... turned on its side. Weird.
I also enjoyed the picture captions describing a "hard drive." Very different meaning in 1895 than today, unless of course you're Doc Emerick.
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