Editing Defenceman (section)

===Point===
According to one of the earliest known books on ice hockey, Farrell's ''Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game'' (1899), [[Mike Grant]] of the [[Montreal Victorias]], describes the point as "essentially defensive. He should not stray too far from his place, because oftentimes he is practically a second goal-minder ... although he should remain close to his goal-keeper, he should never obstruct that man's view of the puck. He should, as a rule, avoid rushing up the ice, but if he has a good opening for such a play he should give the puck to one of the forwards on the first opportunity and then hasten back to his position, which has been occupied, in the interim, by the cover-point."{{sfn|Farrell|1899|p=95}}