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The Sports Archives – A Brief History of Ice Hockey!
The name hockey is most likely derived from the word hoquet, a word in Middle French used for describing a shepherd’s stave, which had a curved or hooked end. Throughout the ages, there have been many recordings of a game played with curved … Continue reading
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