The only player born in Britain currently playing in the NHL is Nathan Walker of the St. Louis Blues.
One of the first games to use a puck was played by a group of Englishmen from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment in Kingston, Ontario.
[2] In the United Kingdom, a five team league was established in 1903, while Great Britain was one of the founding members of the International Ice Hockey Federation five years later.
[2] The British team's heavy reliance on Canadian-trained players during its 1936 Olympic run was especially controversial, and prompted a protest from Canadian hockey officials.
[9] Described as "one of the game's preeminent goaltenders during the 1920s and 1930s,"[9] he played seven seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks.