"The game of ice hockey traces its roots back to about 1800, when students at King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, adapted a version of field hockey known as "Hurley" to play on a frozen pond.Today, of course, the game is played with a hockey puck.Historians believe players began using pucks around 1860. Hockey is a game in which control of the puck is essential.Players compete against one another showing their proficiencies with such techniques as puck control, goaltending, slap shot speed and shootingaccuracy.players rely on their physical skills and talents, of course, but also on the science of chemistry"--.