How can you quickly become familiar with everything hockey-related ie player names teams stats general knowledge etc?

You can learn whatever is taught to you, whether by playing, by watching, by reading about or by having the game explained. For example, WikiAnswers has a whole category devoted solely to Ice Hockey and one to Field Hockey; we currently don't have categories for any otehr type, but we're working on it.

Just ask any question you want about any type, and someone will probably answer it very soon. Questions already asked include:

• Rule, regulation and scenario explanations;
• Histories, records and famous people or events;
• Equipment descriptions, explanations and uses;
• and many more besides.