From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishice hockeyˈice ˌhockey noun [uncountable] 
DSO British English a sport played on ice, in which players try to hit a hard flat round object into the other team’s goal with special sticks SYN hockey American English
DSO British English a sport played on ice, in which players try to hit a hard flat round object into the other team’s goal with special sticks SYN hockey American EnglishExamples from the Corpus
ice hockey• The signs look good for ice hockey in the Nineties.• Neither thought they would ever make a living from ice hockey.• They've got some good cyclists, some good ice hockey players, but not many good unicycle hockey players.• Its ice hockey team is one of the best in the country.• The consortium is being headed by the manager of the ice hockey team.• Swindon will go wild if their ice hockey team win promotion to the Premier League.• And he loved apple juice and chewing gum and watching ice hockey games. 