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Canadian Sports
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NCAA division mens ice hockey championship
4 Schools were playing in the tournament, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Michigan, and Boston College. Michigan ended up winning the National Championship 8-4 over Dartmouth. There are now 19 teams in the league. -
Canada sports hall of fame
Canada sports hall of fame was established to remember the achievment of great Canadaian and sports players. There are 529 honoured players in the hall of fame. -
CFL was invented
The CFL was founded on this date, however there was professional football being played in Canada for years before the CFL was founded. There were 9 teams at the time, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Calgary, BC, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. All of those teams exist now except for Ottawa which is coming back this upcoming season. -
Helmets
Prior to 1979 helmets were optional to wear in the NHL, barely any players wore them. But in August of 1979 the president of the NHL John Ziegler said that all players must wear helmets, only exception is to players who signed contracts prior to June 1st 1979. There were plenty of proposals prior to 1979 but they were all rejected. -
Toronto Blue Jays won the conveled world series
In 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series. This was big for Canada because they are the first and only Canadian team to win the World Series. Then in 1993 the Blue Jays do it again becoming only the 3rd franchise in MLB history to win back-to-back World Series rings. Also Joe Carter hit the game winning 3-run Homerun, he is only the 2nd to hit a walk-off homerun in MLB history. -
National sports of Canada Act
Lacrosse and hockey was to be recognized as the national sport of Canada. -
The great one retires
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzy has now retired from being a hockey player. He had setmany hockey records and has won 4 Stanley cups. He played for Edmonton, Los Angeles and ST.Loius. He was imediately put int othe Hall of Fame. -
Canada wins gold at winter olympics
The mens ice hockey has won gold for the first time in 50 years. They beat United Staes for the gold win by 5-2. this win had restablished Canada status as a powerful hockey team. -
Lacrosse as an olympic sport
The federation of international lacrosse has made it an olympic sport but back then, it wasn't. The FIL has made it an olmpic sport again. -
London 2012 Olympic games
Queen elizabeath was at the London Olympic games. It was a international multi-sport event. More than 10 000 athletes participated.
