Niagara Ice Hockey Club
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The Niagara Ice Hockey Club was an early ice hockey
team in the United Kingdom
. They played at the Niagara Ice Rink close to St James's Park tube station in London
. Contemporary accounts of the early history of British ice hockey refer to Niagara being the first English
club champions in 1898.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. They played at the Niagara Ice Rink close to St James's Park tube station in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Contemporary accounts of the early history of British ice hockey refer to Niagara being the first English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
club champions in 1898.