Seconded.
One question on the following paper:
Where exactly is there
organized ice-hockey mentioned? And, really, where does it even say hockey was actually played in Salt Lake City? The author is looking forward to a winter yet to come and he's suggesting a skating pond should be built, but those are future prospects he's envisioning. Of course, his claim that "the community is now ready for a skating pond" suggests skating on the frozen river had not been uncommon in the prior years, but as for hockey, he's merely keeps envisioning what activities a "skating pond" could host:
The Scotchman would meet and "curl", the Englishman would be after "hockey", American genius would discover something cute to interest and benefit etc.
What this passage shows is that the author knew hockey (on ice)
was something played by English people, but it does not show hockey was already played in Salt Lake City as of 1865.