[3] In April 2015, the players started a crowdfunding campaign on BitGiving to take part in an international tournament.

In response to the campaign, the team also received its first corporate sponsorship deal with the Mahindra Group.

The group's head Anand Mahindra tweeted that he had "decided to support these passionate athletes".

[4] Many of the members of the Indian national team, coordinated by the IHAI, are recruited from clubs associated with military units and regiments.

[6] In 2015, the Ice Hockey Association of India sent the men's national team to Canada to play a game against the ECHL's Brampton Beast.