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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;De Orc, post: 587031, member: 4408&quot;]No strangley enough I am Welsh LOL I heard my 1st game on the American forces network many many moons ago about 40+ to be exact and I was hooked LOL when I moved to London in the early 70s I started to watch a team called the Streatham Redskins (founded 1932) and guess what there shirts looked like :whistle:&nbsp; The team was defunct for a number of years and the torch was carried by the ladies Streatham Storm but now they are back :thumb:&nbsp; I hope that we shall be able to go watch them palay next season all beenwell.</p><p>The Mrs well she grew up been a Nottingham Panthers (founded 1946) supporter then when we met her 1st NHL game (on tv) was a wings one and she was hooked on a certain Mr Yzerman LOL</p><p>It might suprise you to know that the UK has a long history of Ice Hockey dont forget that the Stanley family were British :eating:</p><p>The first organised ice hockey game in this country took place between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge — Oxford winning 6-0, the year was 1895.&nbsp; In 1903 the first British ice hockey league was established with five teams — Princes, Cambridge University, London Canadians and two teams from the Henglers ice rink, all located within the confines of London. </p><p>The 1st ever winners of the Ice Hockey European Championships in 1910 were yep you got it us Brits&nbsp; in 1936 we became the 1st team to break Canadian dominace and win the witer Olympics LOL and to win the three big ones.</p><p>The British Ice Hockey hall of fame is the 3rd oldest in the world founded in 1948.</p><p>Unfortunatly the 70s saw the decline of hockey over here, there was a revival in the late 90&#039;s and early 2000 and last year the 1st ever NHL game for points was played in the Dome </p><p>Sorry if I went on a bit lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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