"Steve" wrote in message
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UGH! one of my pet peeves....ITS NOT "ICE HOCKEY", IT JUST PLAIN "HOCKEY"
How would you americans like the canadians calling your sport "grass
football"

"Hockey" is played on grass. With sticks and a ball.

Ice hockey is the sport played on ice.

Paul (captained my school's hockey "B" team once,
believe it or not for those who know me!)