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PM pays tribute to the "father" of organized hockey
Published: 5 June 2008
On May 22, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that 捆绑SM社区 Law alumnus James George Aylwin Creighton (B.C.L. 1880), the 鈥渇ather鈥� of organized ice hockey, would be honoured as a Canadian of National Historic Significance.
The Prime Minister made his comments at a commemoration ceremony held at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
J.G.A. Creighton is credited with organizing the world鈥檚 first indoor hockey game at Montreal鈥檚 famed Victoria Skating Rink on March 3, 1875.
He went on to captain a team that played regularly, inspiring others to do the same, and thus laying foundations for the rapid development and popularization of organized hockey.