Two locations, both in Canada , claim the first organized game of hockey.
Kingston Ontario, and Moncton New Brunswick, both claim the honour.
The first game of hockey WITH WRITTEN RULES in place was played in Montreal Quebec, in 1875, by students of McGill University. They wrote the original rules that the present rules are based on. It is a Canadian game, for sure.
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Without skates it was played by the Indiginoues people's of Canada around 1400 ad on skates the first documented game was played 1898 in England, couldve been played as early as mid 1800's I'm England
Ice Hockey has been played for generations, under various guises and with different rules, in most colder countries. The first organized game of modern hockey was played in 1875 in Montreal Canada.
The first Field Hockey club was formed in 1849 - Blackheath in south east London. I'm not sure how it worked as they had no one to play against.