J’ai grandi en tant que fan de hockey, j’ai vécu ma vie autour de ce sport, j’ai joué quelques années, mais la ligue professionnelle d’il y a presque 100 ans m’a rendu curieux. Est-ce que ces hommes jouaient au hockey à plein temps ? Cela semble un peu plus décontracté que le hockey d’aujourd’hui. Comment et pourquoi a-t-il été filmé si la diffusion sportive moderne semble avoir commencé dans les années 1950 ? Je suppose que la plupart écoutaient les matchs à la radio. Qui est allé aux matchs ? Les tribunes ont l’air assez remplies. Les billets étaient-ils bon marché ou seulement quelque chose que la classe supérieure allait voir ? La glace a l’air assez rugueuse, l’ont-ils nettoyée pendant le match ou juste avant et après ? Ont-ils fait le trajet en bus entre les 6 villes d’origine ou ont-ils réellement pris l’avion ? Combien de matchs ont-ils joué par an ? Il est évident qu’il y a eu des améliorations majeures de l’équipement, mais avez-vous un fait amusant à propos de l’équipement de hockey à l’ancienne ? Je suis d’humeur à apprendre ce soir, alors dites-moi tout ce que vous pouvez.
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23andrewb
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Every sport was sooooo much slower.. it’s a whole nother level!!
Very few pro athletes were strictly pro athletes back in the day. Some made huge money but it was rare and notable. Most just had a seasonal job depending on what sport they played.
It was filmed for something called serials at movie theaters. Before television, you would/could get your news at a movie before the featured film. Most news serials would have world news, US news, celebrity news and sporting news. If you lived in a big city, there may be a local news section but that was mainly reserved for newspapers.
The game film you are watching here was likely filmed to be a full feature before a movie as people wanted to watch sports but had no way to watch it live.
Trains were the most common way to travel with a team in the 20s and 30s. The first US highway system was a infrastructure project meant to get money into people’s pockets and try and jumpstart the economy during the great depression. Before then, traveling by bus or car would have been difficult between cities. Because you would travel by train, which was expensive and slow, series between teams would be longer. In baseball, you would see 8 to 10 game home stands instead of a 3 or 4 game set.
As for hockey gear, it was pretty rudimentary. No helmets or masks. Stick blades were very flat. Padding was minimal.