<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umdlalo wanamuhla we - ice hockey wasungulwa eCanada, ikakhulukazi eMontreal, lapho umdlalo wokuqala wasendlini wadlalwa khona ngo - March 3, 1875. Ezinye izici zalowo mdlalo, njengobude beqhwa nokusetshenziswa kwepuck, zisekhona nanamuhla. Amaligi e-hockey eqhweni amateur aqala ngawo-1880, futhi i-hockey yeqhwa enobungcweti yaqala cishe ngo-1900. INdebe yaseStanley, eyisibonakaliso sobukhosi beqembu le-hockey eqhweni, yanikezwa okokuqala ngo-1893 ukuze kubonwe iqhawe laseCanada lama-amateur futhi kamuva yaba indebe ye-NHL. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, imithetho yaseCanada yamukelwa yiLigue Internationale de Hockey Sur Glace, eyandulela i-IIHF, futhi lo mdlalo wadlalwa okokuqala kuma-Olimpiki ngesikhathi sama-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-1920. Naphezu kokuthi abesifazane babedlala kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo mdlalo, i-hockey yabesifazane ayizange ihlelwe ngokomsebenzi kuze kube kamuva kakhulu, i-IIHF Womens World Championship yokuqala  <response>: i-Olympic, eyaqala ukubanjwa ngo-1990 futhi yafakwa emidlalweni yama-Olympic ngo-1998. 