No cross checking, no cradling, no handling, no body checking or deliberate pushing from behind, and no high sticks or pick ends. What I have just described are some of the common rules of ice hockey. Though the rules of ice hockey are well defined and their origins can be traced back with certainty, this is more than can be said about the sport itself. So where did hockey originate? Though this question seems simple enough, hockey as we know it has left open many questions that one may never be able to answer with certainty. This is because the origins of this sport are questionable, b…
