2. Lake Pyhäjärvi natural ice

Ice hockey was first played in Tampere on an ice rink in front of Joselininniemi point. A local leather manufacturer, Yrjö Salminen, brought equipment for ice hockey, a new sport, from his travels in Canada. On Boxing Day 1926, at 10 a.m., he threw the equipment onto the ice and the young athletes from the clubs Tampereen Pyrintö and Tampereen Palloilijat tried it out. On 5 February 1928, the first ice hockey match between Finnish teams was played in the same place between Tampereen Palloilijat (TaPa) and Helsingin Palloseura (HPS).