MONTREAL HOCKEY FANS - A PASSION

Why are people in Montreal passionate about hockey ? people have been been practiced ice Hockey as a sport for 134 years. To help you have a better understanding of all that we must go back in time and rely on the most accurate evidence possible to trace the origins of Hockey as a national sport in Canada. There are several different theories on the origins of hockey. Some argue that the game is from Windsor, Nova Scotia, others mention that it's from Kingston, Ontario. However everyone emphasizes an important date in the history of ice Hockey- March 3 1875.

Prior to that date, hockey was played as a game and not as a sport. As of March 3, 1875, evidence confirms that hockey is now practiced as a sport. In order to fully understand this statement, we must define what sport is. What is sport? When does physical activity become a sport?

Historian Donald Guay helps us define sport as follows:

It is defined as a competitive and fun physical activity practiced for an issue based on written rules and a particular spirit, sportsmanship, fairness, desire to win and loyalty.

Thus, ice hockey as a sport really begins in Montreal on March 3, 1875. At least, the first part of public hockey takes place that day . Today Montreal hockey fans breathes the game so it becomes a passion , a way of life. why so much passion you may ask.?
Our world is full of difficulties, heartbreak and for them it is a way to escape those every day life hassles. when Canadian Hockey fans are absorbed in the game, they can lose track of time also of their worst problems as well and hockey can help them forget all that . Several years ago, when Canada experienced a few challenges ,people use the ice Hockey for comfort.
Like the NFL in the United states,Hockey represent to Canadians a national sport and this is something theay are very attached to and it is the kind of sport that unite everyone no matter how different they can be. Once they are happy they scream in both French and English '' Go
Les Canadiens de Montreal '' .when it comes to Hockey this is the remedy that can cure our country and unify one nation under the same roof.