History of Ice Hockey - Sports Aspire
https://sportsaspire.com/ice-hockey-historyTimeline of Ice Hockey March 3, 1875 Montreal, Canada, was the place where ice hockey was played for the first time as an indoor game. James Creighton, and several other McGill University students, were a part of this game. This match-up involved 2 nine-player teams. 1876 An artificial ice hockey rink was built in Chelsea, London, in England.
Ice hockey - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockeyIce hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom, Ireland and elsewhere, primarily bandy, hurling, shinty and lacrosse. Arguably the games most influential to the early design of ice hockey were early forms of an organized sport today known as bandy, a sport distinctly separate from ice hockey. These games were brought to North America and several similar winter games using informal rules de…