The brits won olympic gold for mens hockey at the Seoul games, building on their strong showing in Los Angeles, and are the current European champions

Where were the Germans? Frankly, who cares!

I still carry the scars to prove that proposition wrong! You are right though, real hockey hasn't been played on grass for years now, its all Artificial turf now aint it

The original quote that sparked this recent debate shows no mention of Ice or Field so one must decide which avenue to pursue.

I merely showed that, in fact, the Brits can play "hockey" and had proven so in the last summer olympics

Can Brits play Ice Hockey? Probably can't play for toffee

Doesn't count wrong hockey.

There you guys go again...picking the flyshit out of the pepper.

When a Canadian (Willmore is a cradle) says hockey there is only one hockey and it's played on ice.

Then I refer the honourable gentleman to the 1936 Garmisch winter games



Ok, so many of those brits were dual Canadian citizens or residents at some point, but still, they beat Canada to gold!

Then she should be more specific, this is British Expats after all

When people mention Hockey to a British person, i would assume the majority would think immediately of the field variety. On a website dedicated to British people, i feel a more detailed description was warranted to avoid opening doors such as has occurred.

For example, writing "i have a smelly boot/fanny" could divert a topic completely down the wrong path without clear definition.

I do agree that given the thread title is "Iced Hockey" you have a point, BUT one should never assume context until it is clearly defined

Surely field hockey is the more popular game, in terms of geographic distribution, number of participants and inclusiveness (iced hockey for women is a novelty act, field hockey is widely commonly by women) and should therefore be assumed when only hockey is mentioned. Knowing that Canadians use "hockey" as shorthand for "iced hockey" is like knowing that residents of the Isle of Man use "billiards" to mean "bar billiards"; it's an interesting piece of trivia but scarcely relevant to the rest of us.

Undoubtedly. But the thread title is Iced hockey....I was just giving willmore a hard time

That was how many years ago?

Oh yeah 74.

Time to move on.

As new and potentially new Canadians you guys should know these things.

You lot are way too defensive.

And you claim Canadians have no sense of humour.

Ah, then you remember it then from when you were a boy!

so somewhat unlike the Canadian iced hockey people when faced with an American attack, then?