Well, in light of the MacIntyre-Ivanans spectacle, I thought I would repost ....
The first organized indoor hockey game was played at McGill University in 1875. They used a flat block of wood as a puck and goals were fashioned from two poles with flags on the end. People crowded around the ice surface to watch as there was no official seating. According to the Montreal Gazette, the final score was “two games to the single†and spectators were “well satisfied with the evening's entertainmentâ€.
At the end of the game, a brawl broke out between the hockey players and a local skating club upset about damage to the ice. According to the Kingston Daily British Whig "shins and heads were battered, benches smashed and the lady spectators fled in confusion."
And so hockey was born.
