There is only one hockey rink in Wales. Its 40 minutes away from Conner Snooks in Cardiff. (well now there's one in Swansea thanks to Conner's foundation) But Conner's mom who is from the USA brought her love of hockey over to Wales and instilled it in Conner. If she wasn't driving him to the rink in Cardiff, she was playing with him in the street at home or staying up til some ungodly hour to watch games with him (or if this is the era of VHS, taping the games to watching at a more reasonable hour with him). But basically his mom. And Conner wanted to be different from his older sister who was a soccer superstar from a young age. So he grew attached to hockey and overcame a bunch of challenges to make it to the SHL. It also helped that he grew up in Great Britains glory days where they were winning gold and silver almost every season and hockey was at an all time high in the country.