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THE GAME Hockey is a game played with rubber on ice two very unpredictable materials The main idea behind the game is simple put the puck in the net The task is not that easy Players need to be aware of the puck of themselves and of all the other players on the ice FUN FACT Hockey is a combination of European stick and ball games such as hurley and shinny with Native American games such as lacrosse and tooadijik 4
Montreal was home to the first indoor hockey game on March 3 1875 The Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild warm up on the ice before a game 5
