Ice Hockey Skates History

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Ice hockey skates history. If there s one thing the history of technology tells us it s that humans are. Archaeologists have been discovering ice skates made from bone throughout northern europe and. Fast forward to about 200 a d and we have the first metal bladed skate used in scandinavia. The history of hockey skates part i.

About 1800 bce. Next steps in ice skating technology. This made skates lighter and stronger which was particularly helpful in sports such as figure skating and ice hockey. Image courtesy of federico formenti.

Very little changed over the next few decades with bauer and ccm. The first hockey skates were iron blade stock skates. The history of hockey skates part ii. The rise of hockey specific skates proliferation of skate makers.

These skaters look nothing like. Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in the united kingdom and elsewhere. First known depiction of ice skaters in scandinavia. Figure skate main article.

18th 20th centuries. Reconstruction of the first wooden skates with a metal blade. The first two decades of the 20th century saw the launch of many more hockey skate. The history of ice and figure skating ancient european origins.

They were made from sharpened bone and simple straps that would fasten to the wearer s boots. Popularity fuels skate making innovation. Instead users moved across the ice by. The earliest skates the earliest ice skates.

These games were brought to north america and several similar winter games using informal rules were developed such as shinnyand ice polo. Ice skates were revolutionised in 1914 when a blade maker from minnesota usa invented the first closed toe blade which was made from one piece of steel. The first recorded public indoor ice hockey game with rules largely borrowed from field hockey took place in montreal s victoria skating rink in 1875 between two teams of mcgill university students. These early european skates didn t actually cut into the ice.

Types of ice skates.