The Game Flashcards
Lecture 4
What and when was the movement from agrarian to urban society?
Moving to cities in the mid-late 19th century.
What does mass production of goods refer to?
Factories, mass production
How did leisure time change during urbanization/ industrialization?
Set times of the day, money to spend
Farmers always worked, but moving to the city meant that they had set work times and therefore time and money to indulge in sports.
What was a consequence of land becoming more expensive?
Loss of traditional spaces to play
What characterized the emerging middle class?
Purchasing power, demand for leisure activities
What is the Cult of Masculinity concerned with?
Men getting ‘soft’; sports as an opportunity to show ‘manliness’
Men getting soft: Farming was ‘manly’ as it was difficult.
Sports became incredibly violent as a result.
Where did Shinty originate?
Scotland
Ice shinty!
When was Bandy first played and where?
1813, England
Much larger ice surface than shinty.
What is Hurling and where is it from?
A prehistoric game from Ireland
When were roller skates invented?
1866
Roller Polo in North America!
What sport was popular in the NE United States during the 1870s?
Ice Polo
Played with lacrosse ball and cricket pads.
NE: New Hamshire, Massachucets, etc.
Canadians came down to play in the 1870s, as rules were different they played 2 games (one each with their own set of rules) and adopted each other’s rules that they liked.
When and where was the first organized hockey game recorded?
Mar. 3, 1875 in Montreal
What began the formation of sporting clubs in Montreal?
National associations and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (exclusionary/ all upper and middle class, won 3 first Stanley Cups).
Bigger and more important than Toronto.
What influenced the social structure in Europe?
Attempts to recreate social hierarchy.
Where was the first recorded game of hockey played?
Victoria Skating Rink
What influenced the current Red Wings logo?
Former MAAA logo.
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.
How many players were on each side in the first recorded hockey game?
9 on 9
What rules influenced the Montreal Game?
Combination of rugby and field hockey rules.
When were the first written rules of hockey published?
1877
Rules adapted from field hockey’s original 12.
What did the Montreal Winter Carnival introduce?
Hockey and organized teams.
What is a ‘Bully’ in hockey?
The starting action of the game, banging sticks together, then ‘go’.
What are the 5 rules published in 1877?
- 7 players a side, including goalie.
Point and coverpoint (staggered D), Rover (b/w F and D) - No subs, injuries would drop a player from other side.
- Penalties given based on infraction severity (“sent to the fence”)
- Lifting; lift puck w/ backhand to the rafters, hoping it would hit opposing player so that it was live.
- On side, needing to be fast, good at stick handling and checking.
No penalty box, some players would literally sit on the fence.
What changes occurred in the 1900s regarding hockey rules?
1905: Allowed to pickup rebound from goalie.
1910: NHA drops one player from each roster due to competition for players (thought it would be expensive).
1913: Expanded to 10 feet, introduction of blue lines.
1918: Neutral zone passing (not in end zones).
1930: Forward passing (initially across blue lines).
Scoring went up substantially in 1930.
What significant rule change happened in 1929-30 in the NHL?
Allowed forward passing
