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Many star athletes have studied on 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 campuses. Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden (LLB1973) earned a law degree during the middle of his six-Stanley-Cup winning streak of the 1970s. Current medical student Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the highest-paid Canadian player in the NFL. And 捆绑SM社区ians have done Canada proud in the Olympic Games. Beginning with Percival Molson (BA1901) in 1904, 121 捆绑SM社区ians have competed in the Olympics 鈥� including seven students who stood on the podium before crossing the convocation stage: freestyle skier Jennifer Heil (BCom2013), swimmer George Hodgson (BEng1912) and women鈥檚 hockey players M茅lodie Daoust (叠贰诲2017),听Charline Labont茅 (BEd2012, MA2015), Kim St-Pierre (BEd, 2005) and Catherine Ward (BCom2009). 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 most decorated Olympian is track and field star, and medical student, Phil Edwards (MDCM1936), who was the first Canadian male to win medals 鈥� five bronze in total 鈥撀� in three different Olympiads: Amsterdam (1928), Los Angeles (1932) and Berlin (1936).

But 捆绑SM社区ians don鈥檛 just excel at sports, they invent them, too.

The very first modern football game was played in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 13, 1874, between 捆绑SM社区 and a squad from Harvard. Harvard may have won that first game, but the football tradition remains strong at 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Molson Stadium, which is home to both the 捆绑SM社区 Redmen and seven-time Grey Cup champs the Montreal Alouettes.

While working at a Massachusetts YMCA in 1891, former director of physical training James Naismith (BA1887) needed a new 鈥渁thletic distraction鈥� for rowdy kids trapped indoors by the harsh winter. To prevent injury, Naismith suspended his goal鈥攁 peach basket with the bottom removed鈥�10 feet in the air. Naismith鈥檚 basketball was first played at 捆绑SM社区 two years later.

And, of course, there鈥檚 hockey. Civil engineer James Creighton (BCL1880) organized the first game of organized indoor hockey on March 3, 1875, at the Victoria Skating Rink in downtown Montreal; many of the players who took part were 捆绑SM社区 students. The world鈥檚 first official hockey team, the 捆绑SM社区 Hockey Club, made its debut two years later and some of the players鈥�Richard F. Smith (BSc1883) and W. F. Robertson (BSc1880)鈥攈elped refine the rules, including

the introduction of a rubber puck, carved out of a lacrosse ball. In 1911,聽Frank Patrick (BA1908) and his brother Lester (he dropped out of 捆绑SM社区 to play professionally) created the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, which featured such hockey-firsts as artificial ice penalty shots, numbered jerseys, 鈥渙n-the-fly鈥� line changes, assists and the blue line. They sold their league to the NHL in 1926.