What do people in the UK think of Ice Hockey?

Britain was a founder member of the sport’s world governing body, originally the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG), which became the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), now based in Switzerland. read more

Today, professional ice hockey exists in Britain as the Elite Ice Hockey League and is made up of 10 teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, making it the only professional sports league in the U.K. to boast representation from all four Home Nations. read more

As someone involved professionally in ice hockey on this (British) side of the Atlantic – I work in marketing and communications at the Cardiff Devils, members of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) – there’s no point pretending we operate at the level of the world’s No1 hockey league, the NHL. read more