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In 1877, several McGill students, including Creighton, Henry Joseph, Richard F. Smith, W.F. Robertson, and W.L. Murray codified seven ice hockey rules. The McGill University Hockey Club – later re-christened "The Redmen" – was founded in 1877, arguably making the McGill men's hockey team the first and oldest ice hockey club in the world.
Two years later the for ice hockey tournament was played at the Montreal Winter Carnival. McGill won the world's first ice hockey championship and received the Winter Carnival Cup, which is on display at the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal. [4] McGill would continue to participate in the tournament until the Carnival's discontinuation in 1889 ...
In 1963, David Kerr, a male member of the McGill Redmen, agreed to assist in the revival of the McGill women's ice hockey team. In 2006, Kerr and his wife Sheryl Drysdale (the couple met at McGill) donated $1 million for the hockey program. [5] It is the largest donation ever made for a female sporting program in Canadian university history.
The McGill University Hockey Club, the first ice hockey club, was founded in 1877 [27] (followed by the Quebec Hockey Club in 1878 and the Montreal Victorias in 1881). [28] In 1880, the number of players per side was reduced from nine to seven. [1] An ice hockey game held at McGill University in 1884
The McGill University Hockey Club, the first organized hockey club, was founded in 1877 [241] and played its first game on January 31, 1877. [242] Very soon thereafter, those McGill students wrote the first hockey rule book. A McGill team was one of four that competed in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, founded in 1886.
As a member of the club, he organized early morning sessions of informal hockey at the rink with his friends from McGill University and members of the club. It was here that Creighton captained one of the two teams that participated in the first recorded indoor game of organized ice hockey on March 3, 1875. His nine-man team won two "games ...
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The association was affiliated with the Montreal Snow Shoe Club. Along with the McGill Hockey Club, they organized a four-team tournament, played partly outdoors on the Saint Lawrence River. The trophy for this tournament is on display at the McCord Museum in Montreal. [1] In 1884, the location changed to a rink made on the McGill University ...