Technology in Ice Hockey Timeline | Timetoast Timelines

1886

First modern day puck was created

http://www.originalhockeyhalloffame.com/news-events/historic.html#:~:text=The%20original%20puck%20used%20in,than%20a%20modern%20hockey%20puck.
1898

Oldest documented ice hockey film

https://www.loc.gov/item/00694223/#:~:text=%2D%20Filmed%20February%201898%2C%20at%20Crystal,Niver.
1905

CCM skates on the market

https://www.iceskatehistory.co.uk/ccm
1917

The National Hockey League (NHL) was formed in Canada

https://www.nhl.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-league
1928

First documented use of a helmet in NHL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_helmet#:~:text=The%20first%20player%20to%20regularly,at%20the%20NHL's%20annual%20meeting.
1930

Goalie wearing a mask in NHL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Benedict#:~:text=Benedict%20was%20one%20of%20the,to%20the%20ice%20was%20illegal.
1930

Goalies dropping to the ice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Benedict#:~:text=Benedict%20was%20one%20of%20the,to%20the%20ice%20was%20illegal.
1949

Frank Zamboni invented the first ice resurfacing machine

https://www.invent.org/inductees/frank-j-zamboni
1979

Helmets made mandatory in NHL

https://2ndskull.com/blogs/news/hockey-helmet-history#:~:text=It%20took%20the%20National%20Hockey,of%20wearing%20one%20or%20not.
1980

U.S. wins gold, Lake Placid Olympics

https://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/page/show/831562-the-1980-u-s-olympic-team