Nope.. Bored British soldiers developed that one by combining skating (which was done in England as well) with hockey back in 1763. So - this abomination ( :P) is another one of Britain's many sins.
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Ice hockey was brought to Canada by the English and the Canadians ran with it, basically. I was surprised it was the English.
I'm a proud English abomination lmao. My ancestors co-opted tea from the Indians.