Andy Brown (ice hockey) without a mask throughout his three seasons in the WHA. His insistence on playing barefaced earned him the nickname "Fearless". His father, Adam, also played in the National Hockey League, as a left winger. Andy Brown (ice hockey) Andrew Conrad "Andy" Brown (born February 15, 1944) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. He played with the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association and several teams in the minor leagues. In 1973–74 he incurred 60 minutes in penalties, then the NHL record for penalty minutes in
Ice hockey in the United Kingdom finished better than twelfth in the World Championships since 1962. Ice hockey is played professionally in the United Kingdom in the Elite Ice Hockey League, a ten-team league which was founded in 2003. Ice hockey was first played in Canada during the early nineteenth century, based on similar sports such as field hockey that were played in Europe. The sport was originally played with a stick and ball, but in 1860 a group of English veterans from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment played a game in Kingston, Ontario, utilising a puck for what is believed to be the first time.