Ice hockey is popular in colder places such as Canada and Scandinavia, however it is less often seen in countries as my own such as the United Kingdom. 
I live in the United States and it is very popular here, although I don't know much about it. Have you ever seen a game?
I haven't, no. However, hockey played on grass is common in the United Kingdom and I was part of my secondary school team, competing against other school teams in my county. 
Wow! That's interesting! Is hockey played on grass as much of a contact sport as hockey played on ice?
Definitely not! It always amazes me how many fights ice hockey players seem to get in to. Hockey is non-contact over here, although I have seen the odd person get hit in the face with a stick where the other person has raised their stick too high! 
Ice hockey seems to be quite a violent sport, for sure. Field hockey sounds a little bit more my speed. What position did you play?
Field hockey
Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities (with the higher carbon fibre stick being more expensive and less likely to break) to hit a round, hard, plastic ball.
Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey, with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking. Worldwide, there are ice hockey federations in 76 countries.
In Canada, the United States, Nordic countries, and some other European countries the sport is known simply as hockey; the name "ice hockey" is used in places where "hockey" more often refers to the more popular field hockey, such as countries