| Professional hockey and college hockey have a solid | | | | frozen Kingston harbor in 1855. However, the game |
| fan base, and many students try out during college | | | | also featured as many as fifty men, and this glaring |
| hockey recruiting. Hockey is a sport in which two | | | | deviation from recognized traditional hockey rules has |
| teams compete by driving a ball or disc using a stick | | | | often been cited a refutation of this claim. |
| into the goal or net of the opposing team. Perhaps ice | | | | Some exceptional students who have enough talent |
| hockey is the most popular form of the game, and | | | | and impressive scores quickly attract the attention of |
| college hockey teams usually play on an ice surface. | | | | college coaches during (or even before) college |
| The origins of the game are difficult to determine. | | | | hockey recruiting. Others, however, need to make |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton wrote an article in 1844 | | | | extra effort in order to beat the competition, and play |
| about childhood memories. In these writings he detailed | | | | in college hockey. |
| his time at King's College shortly after the turn of the | | | | Fortunately, the Internet has proved to be a useful |
| century, wherein the boys would play a game known | | | | venue for both athletes and coaches looking for |
| as Hurley, on the Long Pond, on the ice. James | | | | promising players to participate in college hockey |
| Thomas Sutherland claimed that the first hockey | | | | teams. D1Athletes is an online community wherein |
| game ever played was held in his hometown of | | | | athletes and coaches alike can share and exchange |
| Kingston. According to him, the game featured two | | | | information they need on college hockey recruiting. |
| teams, comprised of the Royal Canadian Rifles, who | | | | D1Athletes offers them a place to build an online |
| were then stationed at the British Garrison in the area. | | | | presence and gain important public exposure. |
| The game was also said to have been played in the | | | | |