Name given by natives to the new game of Ice Hurley as it developed.

An English stick-ball game played on ice, similar to Ice Hockey. The ice surface is the size of a soccer field. Eleven players on each team play two, fourty-five minute periods.

A tradesman who makes implements and appliances like skates from heated iron. Block Skates – Iron skate blades imbedded in blocks of wood, held to feet with ropes or straps.

The vertical fence built around the ice surface of outdoor / indoor rinks to protect spectators from players and the action of the Ice Hockey game.

The first method of beginning an Ice Hockey game. Opposing centre players banged sticks on ice beside ball, next banged each other’s sticks above the ball, then went for the ball. In Ice Hockey replac [..]

Name for form of Hurley played by women in Ireland.

An English stick-ball field game, popular since the early 1800s. Had an effect on the developing game of Ice Hockey. Played in Windsor, N.S. by King’s College teams and military teams which traveled f [..]

A new way of beginning the game of Ice Hockey, devised in Winnipeg in 1893, and quickly adopted across Canada and still used to this day.

Strips of harness felt 1″ thick X 2″ wide, placed beneath skate laces to allow for tighter fitting of skate boots to feet. Commonly used by hockeyists in the 1950s.

Mounted on high poles, they burned coal gas. Used to light streets and inside of skating rinks from 1860s, prior to the invention of electric lights in the 1890s.