| A lot of speculations have been made as to where | | | | Only then during the Middle Ages that Europe |
| hockey originated and who invented hockey. Known | | | | recognized it in different names and plays the sport in |
| as a very famous game in Canada this does not | | | | different styles. French call it Crosse, the Scots named |
| prove its origin in the country. It even, somehow, | | | | it Shinty, and Irish call it hurling. Earlier than that, the |
| posted a great debate among them as to where this | | | | Romans call it paganica. In 1527, France, the word |
| game really started. | | | | hockey was derived in reference to a curved stick |
| History show a similar sport has been played in Asia . | | | | which they call hoquet. This was learned from the |
| Egyptian paintings where found in a dug site of the | | | | records found in Ireland. There were even legends that |
| tomb of Kheti. The 2000 BC drawings illustrated men | | | | the term hockey was actually named after a Col. |
| holding curved sticks with a ball that is believed to be a | | | | Hockey of Windsor Nova Scotia, hence it was |
| very similar sport to Hockey. May it really be the | | | | someway concluded that hockey originates from |
| Egyptians who invented hockey? | | | | there. But the real answer to the question who |
| But other findings prove that Egyptians are not the | | | | invented hockey is still a puzzle? |
| only one who has the same idea of this sport. In 514 | | | | Facts have it that there are no reliable proofs on who |
| BC, a game with the resemblance of the modern day | | | | invented hockey. There were no testimonies recorded |
| field hockey was played in Greece . Who invented | | | | and no authenticated data to help us figure out the |
| hockey and where it came from? Its still uncertain. It | | | | origins of this sport. The basic concepts of the game |
| might be the Persians, who played it as well, or | | | | were found anywhere all over the world, thus telling us |
| perhaps it came from the Arabs, or maybe from | | | | that there might really be no invention at all of hockey |
| Ethiopia , or it might even be the Mexicans, the Aztecs. | | | | and it has no birthplace. Just like any other sport of |
| All these cultures and countries have documents that | | | | today that has been developed over and over again |
| tell us a sporting activity of teams have been played | | | | to suit the demands of all who plays it. |
| with curved sticks and a ball. | | | | |