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Ice hockey grows to world stage with US and USSR in 1958
The sport, once a Canadian curiosity, enters the 1958 world championships in Oslo with more than a dozen nations including the United States and the Soviet Union. The article traces hockey’s origins from medieval mick games and McGill players in the 1370s to the modern game, its evolution of team sizes, the Stanley Cup, NHL formation, and global spread aided by indoor rinks and television.
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Canada
United States
Soviet Union
Oslo
Norway
National Geographic Society
Europe
McGill University
St. Lawrence River
Lord Frederick Stanley
National Hockey League
Cleveland
Boston