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The Sports Archives – The Birth of the National Hockey League: How Chaos Created a Legacy

The Windsor Hotel in Montreal (postcard, c. 1919), where NHL founders met in November 1917.  Source: Wikimedia Commons.  Public domain. The National Hockey League (NHL) didn’t begin as a grand vision for a modern sports empire. It was born from … Continue reading

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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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