Ice Hockey was originally played with a hard rubber ball, however it's spherical shape caused it to bounce out of the rink too often. According to the story the first puck was invented by a referee who cut two slices off of the ball leaving a rubber disk when frustrated about the frequency with which he had to retrieve the ball.
The hockey puck was invented so hockey players had something to shoot into the goal.
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A ball... The original game of hockey was played in Kingston Ontario Canada by British Troops and was played with field hockey sticks and a Ball, as the game developed I presume that it wasnt practical to play with a ball and then a puck was invented... the first referrence i can find is 1876
you block the puck.
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The hockey puck was invented so hockey players had something to shoot into the goal.
Cooper Newlin
1880s
A ball.
No.
The hockey stick was invented to use along with the hockey puck in the game of hockey. The Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia are credited with inventing the hockey stick.
The original hockey puck was made from vulcanized rubber invented by Charles Goodyear in the late 1800s.
a puck
A hockey puck
THE PUCK, you play hockey to get the puck.
As a coaster to rest your beer on while Ice fishing, eh?
This is unknown as the possibilities and speculations are endless.