TheearliestrecordfoundonthehockeyDutch17th-centurypublications,tiedtoagentryshoedbonesgroundintothebladeoftheskates,inthefrozenriverwithataxiingroundcake.Intheearly19thcentury,begantorecordCanada'sIndianSriLanka(MicmacIndians)carryingoutasimilargame,heusedthesticksandwoodenroundcake.

　　AnotherargumentisicehockeyoriginatedinanancientAmericansports-lacrosse(lacrosse).However,themostwidelycirculated,butalsowidelyacceptedtheoryisthaticehockeybyhockeyonthegroundevolved,hockeywaslaunchedinNorthernEurope,hasbeen500yearsofhistory,basedinCanada,theUKsoldiersbringthesportintoNorthAmerica.

　　December25,1855inKingston,Canada,helditsfirsticehockeygame,thesportspreadtoEuropein1858.In1860,Canadastartedusingrubberdisk-shapedicehockey.March3,1875VictoriaRinkinMontreal,CanadaheldthefirstofficialhockeygameatMcGillUniversity,betweentwoteams.Atthattime,eachteamhas30playersonthefloor.1879studentsofMcGillUniversity,CanadaRobertson(WFRobertson)andSmith(RFSmith),Professorjointlydevelopedthegamerulesthatthenumberofgameseachteam9.

　　InCanada,icehockeyquicklybecamethemostpopularitems.In1885,thefirstAmateurHockeyAssociationwasformed,hockey-lovingpeoplewhocanjointhem.However,someunreasonable,theAssociationtoamateurswhochargeafee.Developedtothisstage,theathletesbegantousemoreprotectivegeartoensurethesafetyofthebody,suchasthegoalkeeperwouldhavechosentheshinpads,andwearamask.

　　AfterthehockeyspreadtotheUnitedStatesandtheEuropeancontinent.1893CanadianicehockeyteamforthefirsttimetheUnitedStatestoperform.1902,Europe'sfirsticehockeyclubwasestablishedinSwitzerland,lesavants.In1908,theInternationalHockeyLeague(LigueInternationaledeHockeysurGlace)wasestablishedinParis,hasnowbeenrenamedtheInternationalIceHockeyFederation(IIHF),headquarteredinZurich,Switzerland.1910,heldthe1stEuropeanIceHockeyChampionships,theBritishwonthechampionship.Sevenyearslater,theUnitedStatesHockeyLeague(NHL)wasestablished,until1967,only6teamsincompetitioninrecentyears,NHLhasbecometheworld'sprofessionalandcommercialverysuccessfulleague.

　　1912CanadianNationalHockeyAssociation'sfirstsix-a-play,andwastheInternationalUnionhasbeenintheice.TheNHL'sgrowinginfluence,andtheNBA'sbasketballintheworldissimilartotheUnitedStatesHockeyLeague'sStanleyCuptrophyhasbecomealegendaryhonor.

　　Women'sicehockeybeganinthe19thcentury60s.1892Toronto,Ontariohelditsfirstwomen'shockeygame.1916heldintheUnitedStates,CanadaandtheUnitedStatestoparticipateinthefirstinternationalwomen'shockeygame.1990Women'sWorldIceHockeyChampionshipswasheld.