<P> On March 3, 1875, the first recorded indoor ice hockey game took place at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Organized by James Creighton, who captained one of the teams, the game was between two nine - member teams, using a wooden' puck' . Members used skates and sticks used for outdoor hockey and shinny games in Nova Scotia, where Creighton was born and raised . It is recognized as the first organized ice hockey game . </P> <P> The Victoria Skating Rink was a long (252 by 113 feet (77 m × 34 m)), two - story brick edifice with a 52 - foot (16 m) - high pitched roof supported from within by curving wooden trusses, which arched over the entire width of the structure . Tall, round - arched windows punctuated its length and illuminated its interior, while evening skating was made possible by 500 gas - jet lighting fixtures set in coloured glass globes . At a later date, the lighting was converted to electric, making the building the first in Canada to be electrified . </P>

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