Bandy has been likened to soccer on ice, except you carry a stick too. Picture eleven on a side, skating on a surface the size of a soccer pitch, knocking around a spheroid about the size of a tennis ball. That's bandy. As you might expect, it’s big in places like Sweden and Russia. I’d never heard of the sport until recently. Has anyone here ever seen a bandy match or played in one??? More about bandy: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/English/Bandyhistory.html Even a World Cup: http://www.intbandy.com/
As a lifelong soccer and hockey player, I have wanted to try bandy ever since I heard of it, years ago.