[5] IHUK was created to replace the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA).

[6] The IHUK is charged with ensuring that all overseas players are properly cleared to play and that the rules and by-laws of the IIHF are upheld.

[8] Ice Hockey UK founded a youth development league in 2014, with the aim to grow future national team players.

[8][3] The founding ice hockey clubs were Cambridge University, Manchester, Oxford Canadians, Princes and Royal Engineers.

[citation needed] In 1939, the BIHA negotiated an agreement with W. G. Hardy of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to regulate the import of players from Canada.