हालांकि, उस समय, खेल को "बर्फ पर हॉकी" कहा जाता था, शायद इसलिए कि इसे फील्ड हॉकी का एक बर्फ संस्करण माना जाता था।
However, at the time, the game was called "hockey on the ice", probably as it was considered an ice variant of field hockey.