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While the game's origins may lie elsewhere, Montreal is at the centre of the development of the modern sport of ice hockey.

On March 3, 1875, the first organized indoor game was played at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink between two sides of nine-player teams, including James Creighton and several McGill University students.

Instead of a ball, the game featured the use of a puck, the purpose of which was to prevent the puck from exiting the rink, which did not have boards, and hitting spectators.

The goals were goal posts apart, and the game lasted 60 minutes.