Doh. Make that 1875 in Montreal. But you knew that. On Feb 22, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> It seems as though the first organized ice hockey game may have been played > in Montreal in 1975. It was probably a variant of field hockey type games > played in Ireland and Scotland. Oxford University in the UK started playing > ice hockey in 1885. Yale and John Hopkins in the U.S. started playing in > 1893. The University of Michigan and Michigan State University played their > first varsity hockey game in 1922. > On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:59 PM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Americans always have strong teams and you always bring your best game >> to us. >> >> For a hundred years or more hockey has been "our game". While we weren't >> watching the rest of the world (the cold world, anyway) started playing and >> improving and all of a sudden thirty years ago guys with names like Mogilny, >> Federov, Salming, Hasek and Koivu started playing here and dominating. >> >> Oh yeah, guys like Brian Leech, too. >> >> It was a shock. >> >> When I was a kid every NHL player was Canadian except two Americans and they >> were journeymen. >> >> Now I doubt that Canadians comprise more than 50% of the league, probably >> less. >> >> Hockey is engrained in our national psyche in a way you can't imagine; like >> baseball might have been in the US up to the 1950s. >> >> So when we win internationally it's a big deal around here. And to beat our >> close friends and natural rivals it's all the sweeter. >> >> :-) >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> On 22 February, 2014 2:31:56 PM EST, "Daniel J. Matyola" >> <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Well, that's about as surprising as the Dutch wins in speed skating. >>> <G> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>>> On 21/02/2014, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Men's. >>>>> >>>>> Women's. >>>>> >>>>> Canada vs. USA. >>>>> >>>>> 'Nuff said... >> >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
