The Transformative Essay: The Growing Sport Of Hockey

One of the largest growing sports across North America, from southern California to the outskirts of Nova Scotia, is the game of hockey. With its’ exhilarating speed and action, hockey is rapidly increasing it’s attention to an already global market. Despite rise in popularity in recent years, long existing bias and stereotypes have prevented potential fans from obtaining an appreciation for the game. In reality, hockey is a team sport than can and has been enjoyed by many for roughly 200 years. Issues such as lack of diversity and low-income players are gradually changing, making the game more accessible. Furthermore, hockey is steadily obtaining relevancy across several continents, ensuring the prestige of the game is maintained for many years to come. No one can singly agree on exactly when or where hockey was born, however most early writings and other documents suggest hockey originated as early as 1788, in a small Canadian town known as Windsor, Nova Scotia. Some say various

Regardless, it too several decades for hockey to diverge from its’ field version hurley, and eventually expand west. As more and more immigrants began moving west during 19th century Canada, stories of the game and its popularity simultaneously spread across Europe. Stick and ball games began taking shape, and rules were formed along Scandinavia and much of Eastern Europe. Professional teams came and went during the turn between the 19th and 20th centuries, as business and sports began to corporate and grow into what we have today. The Montreal Canadians, who were founded in 1909, are the longest existing team. Just eight years later, the NHL as we know it today was founded which fully implemented hockey as an organized sport. While hockey had little trouble