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Indoor hockey is an indoor variant of field hockey. It is similar to the outdoor game in that two teams compete to move a hard ball into the goal of the opposing side using hockey sticks . Indoor hockey is played on a smaller area and between smaller teams than field hockey and the sidelines are replaced by solid barriers from which the ball ...
1893 ice hockey game at the same rink. On March 3, 1875 (149 years ago) (), the first recorded indoor ice hockey game took place at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec. [1] Organized by James Creighton, who captained one of the teams, the game was between two nine-member teams, using a rubber "puck".
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Gym hockey a.k.a. floor hockey is a form of ice hockey played in a gymnasium. It uses sticks with foam ends and a foam ball or a plastic puck. Hurling and Camogie are Irish games bearing some resemblance to – and notable differences from – hockey. Indoor hockey is an indoor variant of field hockey.
In 1962, one of the first variants of organized indoor hockey games were created in Battle Creek, Michigan in the United States by Tom Harter who used plastic sticks and pucks. [8] It is unclear whether other floor hockey codes using a ball or a felt puck were in existence in the USA at the time or if this marked a new emerging variant in the ...
In 1896, the first ice hockey league in the US was formed. The US Amateur Hockey League was founded in New York City, shortly after the opening of the artificial-ice St. Nicholas Rink. Matthews Arena in Boston remains the oldest indoor ice hockey arena still in operation.
The Victoria Skating Rink was an indoor ice skating rink located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Opened in 1862, it was described at the start of the twentieth century to be "one of the finest covered rinks in the world". [1] The building was used during winter seasons for pleasure skating, ice hockey and skating sports on a natural ice rink.
The Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.