“Ice hockey is technically a water sport”

Ice hockey is played on frozen water. Is hockey a water sport?
 
“So since ice is just frozen water, does that mean that hockey is a watersport..? #justsayin” was posted on Twitter by 🐻‍❄️ Dave Sandford 🦌 on October 22, 2011. “Hockey is technically a water sport” was posted on Twitter by Trudy Trudeau on February 27, 2012. “And did you hockey fans know that hockey is also a water sport.. It just happens to be frozen 😉” was posted on Twitter by 🐻‍❄️ Dave Sandford 🦌 on July 9, 2012. “Hockey is technically a water sport” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on October 4, 2014. “Hockey is technically a water sport” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on October 29, 2015.
   
“Ice hockey is a water sport” was posted on Twitter by Nasty Nate on April 24, 2019. “Ice hockey is technically a water sport” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 24, 2019. “Ice hockey is a water sport” was posted on Twitter by Andy Hollandbeck on October 18, 2019. “Ice hockey is a water sport. Change my mind” was posted on Twitter by Owen Ravenna on July 25, 2021.
 
     
Wikipedia: List of water sports
Water sports or aquatic sports are sport activities conducted on waterbodies, and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.
   
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🐻‍❄️ Dave Sandford 🦌
@Dave_Sandford
So since ice is just frozen water, does that mean that hockey is a watersport..? #justsayin
1:54 PM · Oct 22, 2011·Twitter Web Client
   
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Trudy Trudeau
@ThicBoiOfficial
Hockey is technically a water sport.  No wonder black people don’t like it.
7:47 PM · Feb 27, 2012·Twitter SMS
   
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🐻‍❄️ Dave Sandford 🦌
@Dave_Sandford
Replying to @Mokey1313
@Mokey1313 thanks.. And did you hockey fans know that hockey is also a water sport.. It just happens to be frozen 😉
11:02 PM · Jul 9, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Hayley Reynolds
@hayls1323
Screw it I like water sports the most (hockey is on ice..water sport)
12:29 AM · Aug 9, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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brando
@BMWAN1215
Hockey is actually a water sport
8:31 PM · May 22, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts 
Posted by u/BeakerPA October 4, 2014
Hockey is technically a water sport.
Go Pens!
 
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Machine Gun Kyle
@crucialdudekyle
Hockey is technically a water sport
11:59 PM · Nov 1, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
         
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Rita Kalmikova
@RitaKalmikova
Our divers with new jerseys. Ice hockey is also a water sport, just frozen water. #DragonsOnIce #pantsareoptional
5:37 PM · Dec 3, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Pilot_Perry October 29, 2015
Hockey is technically a water sport.
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/J_Swizzle22 July 12, 2016
Hockey is a water sport
   
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/bababerands October 10, 2016
Hockey is technically a water sport.
     
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/thatguynamedmike2001 December 16, 2020
Hockey is a water sport.
     
Twitter
JJ
@jacob__jon3s
hot take: ice hockey is a water sport
1:55 AM · Jul 1, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Gina Moushod
@GMoushod
Ice hockey is my favorite water sport
10:55 AM · Jul 10, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Owen Ravenna
@After4Thought
Ice hockey is a water sport. Change my mind
5:08 AM · Jul 25, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
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GeneralReaction
@GeneralReaction
Ice hockey is a water sport and that’s a hill I’m willing to die on.
12:58 PM · May 5, 2022·Twitter Web App
 
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Walter Goggers
@minnhorn
Ice hockey is a watersport.
Not because ice is frozen water, but because the PP makes it easier to score.
2:19 PM · May 22, 2022·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Getnoisy August 17, 2022
Hockey is actually a watersport