IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship (2012)

One cold, winter afternoon, Princess Celestia was sitting on her royal throne bored with no royal duties left to be performed for the rest of the day. Seeing the snow gently falling outside, she devised a plan to create some outdoor winter fun for her subjects in Canterlot. As Princess Celestia looked out upon the palace, she noticed she had a prime piece of property to use for this plan. The royal pond was currently barren and closed off for the winter. Using her magic, Princess Celestia refilled the pond with water and then froze it, leaving a glistening sheet of ice. Soon after, the Canterlot ponies began to visit the palace to skate on the royal pond.

One day in the heart of the winter season, a visiting pony from a land far away brought some curious equipment with him to the royal pond. He brought a bundle of large sticks, two netting apparatus, and a single black rounded stone. The visitor then explained to the Canterlot civilians that a game can be played with the things he brought. He called the game “hockey”, and began demonstrating how to play. It did not take long for the ponies to pick up on the visitor’s game and soon all of Canterlot would come to the royal pond to play in and watch hockey games, including Princess Celestia herself.

As the years went on, more improvements to the game were had, including the emergence of talented ponies that practiced and studied the game most of their lives. Also, some ponies created safety padding and equipment to protect the players from harm.  Princess Celestia enjoyed watching the evolution of this sport and wanted to share this honorable game with all of Equestria. Soon, Princess Celestia teleported best hockey players from Earth to Ponyville to start the first ever world championship in Equestria. Three teams, Finland, Sweden, Russia. In quarter final with Finland, in semi final with Sweden and in final with Russia.