McGillians on ice
by Jim Hynes
The McGill News
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While NHL head coaches Mike Babcock and Guy Boucher have drawn plenty of attention for steering their respective teams to winning records, they aren't the only McGill grads making waves in the NHL
From the very start, McGill and the game of hockey have been intricately connected. Montrealer James Creighton, BCL1880, is credited with organizing the first official game of indoor hockey in 1875 with a group of players that included some McGill students. Creighton himself would earn a law degree from McGill three years later.
The world's first official hockey team was the McGill Hockey Club which made its debut in 1877 and its players helped refine the rules for the nascent sport - introducing a rubber puck to the game. (CONTINUED)
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