arag 308 Report post Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) I am in Vienna, Austria and was at the museum today. I came across this 1565 painting by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel called “Hunters in the Snow”. Unless someone can find earlier evidence of ice hockey Dutch can claim ice hockey! Here is the evidence. Edited June 9, 2019 by arag Spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 Yes, there's several such paintings in European art. There's no nets in the pictures, though, which leads me to believe they were just taking curved sticks and hitting rocks with them on the ice. Not organized hockey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mckinley25 677 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 I think the point is that this is where hockey’s infancy originated. It clearly evolved since then. 1 arag reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buppy 1,720 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 Certainly a very early depiction, however, there have been similar stick-and-ball, field hockey style games dating back to BC times. I'm sure there have been precursor versions on ice for near that long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mckinley25 677 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 I think the modern skate was invented by the Dutch too, around the time of the paintings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 Makes sense, I believe Yzerman is a dutch name On 6/9/2019 at 7:09 AM, arag said: I am in Vienna, Austria and was at the museum today. I came across this 1565 painting by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel called “Hunters in the Snow”. Unless someone can find earlier evidence of ice hockey Dutch can claim ice hockey! Here is the evidence. Will be there in August. Lemme know which restaurant has the best Schnitzel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 5 hours ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Makes sense, I believe Yzerman is a dutch name Will be there in August. Lemme know which restaurant has the best Schnitzel. Gonna stay with the Vanek's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 34 minutes ago, Neomaxizoomdweebie said: Gonna stay with the Vanek's? Vanek is actually Czech/Slovak, I think he was just born there cause, ya know, communism Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arag 308 Report post Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Makes sense, I believe Yzerman is a dutch name Will be there in August. Lemme know which restaurant has the best Schnitzel. The best Wiener Schnitzel I have had was right next to my hotel not too far from the city center. Place called Zum Hagenthaler. They make it per order and it’s pretty good. Lots of locals go there. Here is another work of art. Edited June 11, 2019 by arag Spelling 1 ChristopherReevesLegs reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 22 hours ago, Mckinley25 said: I think the modern skate was invented by the Dutch too, around the time of the paintings. They're really good at speed skating, I believe. Never took much to the stick and puck it seems. 2 Mckinley25 and arag reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 3 hours ago, arag said: The best Wiener Schnitzel I have had was right next to my hotel not too far from the city center. Place called Zum Hagenthaler. They make it per order and it’s pretty good. Lots of locals go there. Here is another work of art. Everywhere you go, they never give you enough lemons 1 arag reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,518 Report post Posted June 15, 2019 Do you think that NBA or NFL guys are just as happy when they win championships as NHL guys are, or do you think their elation is slightly diminished by the fact that their trophy looks childish? Like, this could just as easily be a picture of Jeremy Lin after winning a Gus Macker 3 on 3 with his mom and kid brother and nobody would really know the difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites