Lacrosse was first declared the National Game of Canada in 1859.
In 1994 Parliament passed the Canada's National Sport Act which declared lacrosse to be "Canada's National Summer Sport", with hockey as the national winter sport.
ice hock·ey noun
noun: ice hockey; modifier noun: ice-hockey 1.
a fast contact sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a small rubber disk (the puck) into the opposing goal with hooked or angled sticks. It developed in Canada in the 19th century.
Okay, in the real world ice hockey is a Canadian form of fighting (Not a real martial art) where in one of the rules states that at various times during the fight the players must skate around and try to wack a rock hard burnt biscuit into a butterfly net that has a thyroid problem. They put this rule into the fight to make it seem like they are a peace loving, calm, people. Of course with all the padding the participants wear the purpose of the fight seems get a bit lost. Much like the fight scene in Blazing Saddles. :mrgreen: