 The game is listed amongst those to keep children interested in playground activities in the 1915 issue of "The Playground" published by the Playground Association of America.In his book "Brian Mcfarlane's NHL Hockey 1984", Brian McFarlane mentions how brothers Joe and Brian Mullen played the game as kids in arena stairwells while waiting for ice time at the rink.Anson Carter's introduction to ice hockey was a game of foot hockey played in his hometown of Scarborough, Ontario when he was a child.