I played when I was ~young because I'm from an enormous Minnesotan family where you learn to skate before you learn to walk. I have 3 uncles + a dad who played college hockey and 2 aunts who were probably good enough to be semi professional figure skaters if such a thing existed. We still play shinny at Christmas on the lake at my grandparents house and i miss living in Minnesota something fierce because I miss Minnesotans and the Twin Cities but also because I miss the opportunity for casual hockey.