Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Egwuregwu ice hockey nke oge a malitere na Canada, karịsịa na Montreal, bụ́ ebe e mere egwuregwu mbụ n'ime ụlọ na March 3, 1875. Ụfọdụ n'ime ihe ndị e ji mara egwuregwu ahụ, dị ka ogologo ebe a na-agba ọsọ na ice nakwa otú e si eji puck eme ihe, ka dị ruo taa. Ndị otu egwuregwu ice hockey amateur malitere n'afọ ndị 1880, na hockey ice ọkachamara malitere n'ihe dị ka 1900. A na-enye Stanley Cup, ihe nnọchianya nke ịdị elu nke klọb ice hockey, na nke mbụ ya na 1893 iji mata onye mmeri amateur nke Canada ma mesịa ghọọ iko mmeri nke NHL. Na mbido 1900s, Ligue Internationale de Hockey Sur Glace, onye bu ụzọ nke IIHF, nakweere iwu ndị Canada, a na-egwuri egwuregwu ahụ na nke mbụ na Olympics n'oge Egwuregwu Olympic nke 1920. N'agbanyeghị na ụmụ nwanyị na-egwu kemgbe mmalite nke egwuregwu ahụ, a hazighị hockey ụmụ nwanyị n'ụzọ ọkachamara ruo mgbe e mesịrị, mgbe ndị isi obodo na-achịkwa egwuregwu ahụ.
A na-eme asọmpi iko mba ụwa nke ụmụnwaanyị nke IIHF mbụ n'afọ 1990 ma webata ya n'egwuregwu Olimpik n'afọ 1998.