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The first hockey goal nets were used in 1890-91 at Storrs Agricultural School(Now UCONN).
As shown above Ice Polo/Hockey players that used these nets would eventually lead to the
Spalding New Cage Hockey Goals in 1895.
"J.W. Fitsell points out that the "new cage hockey goal" was planned to be used in a tour of western Ontario by the Spalding Hockey and Polo Club of Chicago in January 1895."
https://books.google.ca/books?id=5g...ved=0CCkQ6AEwAWoVChMI16mrvvT0xwIVFRCSCh2P7gsA
In 1897 Quebec Bulldogs Goaltender Frank Stocking invents the first steel cage net.
"The design of the Hockey Goal dramatically changed in 1897 when goalie Frank Stocking and his teammates built a steel-framed cage webbed with netting, at the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway Shops. The Quebec Hockey Club players brought their invention to an Eastern Canadian Hockey Association meeting and impressed by the innovation, the delegates adopted the new goal. Northern Ontario hockey enthusiasts experimented with a goal about the same time. They dropped a net from the top cross-bar, which caught the pucks that were shot from the front, but it was difficult to determine if a puck had hit the back boards and rebounded in. It was finally decided to spike the netting down to the ice. Prior to 1897 the hockey goal consisted of 2 poles imbeded in the ice or on a movable platform which led to many arguments over disputed scores. Frank Stocking recalled playing a game in Baltimore in 1896 when the uprights were strands of coiled wire on a tripod with a spike going into the ice. The uprights were not more than 3 feet high and were surrounded by tiny flags."
"Stocking played with the old Quebec Bulldogs of the same era as the Silver Seven and his invention of the nets was the first concrete effort to settle the disputes that invariably came when goals were scored...It isn't important and won't alone get him into the Hall of Fame but Frank Stocking, New York-born and a star with the St. Nicholas club there, was the first American player to make a name for himself in Canadian hockey."
http://hockeyrailroader.m.webs.com/...railroader/&fw_sig_social=1&fb_sig_network=fw
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...AIBAJ&sjid=3EgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2215,5877955&hl=en
The Nova Scotia Box Net
''On January 6, 1899, the Halifax hockey teams developed the first hockey goal net called the Nova Scotia Box Net. The Goal-Judge, whose job was markedly facilitated by the net, took up his new position behind the net. The following season, in December 1899, Montreal’s hockey teams tried the nets and they quickly became popular. Within a year they were being used across the nation."
http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/origin/boxnet/
The Art Ross B-shaped Net C.1928
"Ross was an innovator without equal, and within his first two decades in the NHL he had redesigned the net, changing it to the “B”shaped net still in use today''
https://books.google.ca/books?id=uE...ved=0CCEQ6AEwAGoVChMI9-qC_f30xwIVBAOSCh3HSQ3u
As shown above Ice Polo/Hockey players that used these nets would eventually lead to the
Spalding New Cage Hockey Goals in 1895.
"J.W. Fitsell points out that the "new cage hockey goal" was planned to be used in a tour of western Ontario by the Spalding Hockey and Polo Club of Chicago in January 1895."
https://books.google.ca/books?id=5g...ved=0CCkQ6AEwAWoVChMI16mrvvT0xwIVFRCSCh2P7gsA
In 1897 Quebec Bulldogs Goaltender Frank Stocking invents the first steel cage net.
"The design of the Hockey Goal dramatically changed in 1897 when goalie Frank Stocking and his teammates built a steel-framed cage webbed with netting, at the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway Shops. The Quebec Hockey Club players brought their invention to an Eastern Canadian Hockey Association meeting and impressed by the innovation, the delegates adopted the new goal. Northern Ontario hockey enthusiasts experimented with a goal about the same time. They dropped a net from the top cross-bar, which caught the pucks that were shot from the front, but it was difficult to determine if a puck had hit the back boards and rebounded in. It was finally decided to spike the netting down to the ice. Prior to 1897 the hockey goal consisted of 2 poles imbeded in the ice or on a movable platform which led to many arguments over disputed scores. Frank Stocking recalled playing a game in Baltimore in 1896 when the uprights were strands of coiled wire on a tripod with a spike going into the ice. The uprights were not more than 3 feet high and were surrounded by tiny flags."
"Stocking played with the old Quebec Bulldogs of the same era as the Silver Seven and his invention of the nets was the first concrete effort to settle the disputes that invariably came when goals were scored...It isn't important and won't alone get him into the Hall of Fame but Frank Stocking, New York-born and a star with the St. Nicholas club there, was the first American player to make a name for himself in Canadian hockey."
http://hockeyrailroader.m.webs.com/...railroader/&fw_sig_social=1&fb_sig_network=fw
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...AIBAJ&sjid=3EgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2215,5877955&hl=en
The Nova Scotia Box Net
''On January 6, 1899, the Halifax hockey teams developed the first hockey goal net called the Nova Scotia Box Net. The Goal-Judge, whose job was markedly facilitated by the net, took up his new position behind the net. The following season, in December 1899, Montreal’s hockey teams tried the nets and they quickly became popular. Within a year they were being used across the nation."
http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/origin/boxnet/
The Art Ross B-shaped Net C.1928
"Ross was an innovator without equal, and within his first two decades in the NHL he had redesigned the net, changing it to the “B”shaped net still in use today''
https://books.google.ca/books?id=uE...ved=0CCEQ6AEwAGoVChMI9-qC_f30xwIVBAOSCh3HSQ3u
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