Origin of Hockey

Origin of Ice Hockey
"Hockey is Canada's national game and is the greatest contribution to world sport."
-The Canadian Encyclopedia (2000)
<Tab/>The Oxford Dictionary defines origin as "the point at which something comes into existence." In other words, it is the start or the beginning of something. In 1998, Statistics Canada ranked hockey as the second most popular sport among Canada for all ages; however, because of the recent success of Canadian hockey teams, hockey has become Canada's favourite sport (Canadian Press, retrieved from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet…