Jäähoki
Scandinavia and Russia.
History
European immigrants brought various versions of hockey:
like games to Canada, such as the Irish sport of hurling,
the closely related Scottish sport of shinty, and versions of
field hockey played in England.
Where necessary, these seem to have been adapted for
icy conditions; for example, a colonial Williamsburg
newspaper records hockey being played in a snow storm
in Virginia. Early paintings show "shinney", an early form
of hockey with no standard rules, being played in Nova
Scotia in Canada.
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice
hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America.
It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey
league in the world and one of the North American major
professional sports leagues.
The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in
North America is awarded annually to the league
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