Dude.. of course i know what hockey is, i know what ice hockey is too Being as the games been played in this country since before canada existed, but here its school girls who play it. ok, it used to be just girls who played it, a lot of people now play the modern mens style on grass, on skates, and on ice. where i went yesterday is a hockey rink, ice hockey isnt big in the country at all, but is getting bigger and bigger. i think sheffield and Bradford have the most prominent teams, but i might be wrong. Its Bradford where i went anyway. Like i said its not as popular here so not as many people learn to skate unlike in the USA and Canada. i did a search on ebay.co.uk for "ice hockey skates", i think there was about 3 pairs and the rest where inline "roller blade" types. i did the same thing on ebay.com and found about 8 pages of ICE skates, kinda proves the point