I wish this anime was as good as the picture.

A group of girls united by family friendship join the Nikko Dream Monkeys Ice Hockey team, learning to play and unite as a team, with one friend going away and a new friend learning the meaning of team work, Manaka and her friends set out to conquer the B League to join A League.
Taking cues from Haikyuu's idiot rookie and fallen pro dynamic mixed with idol anime elements makes for a series that doesn't know what it wants to be, as a sports title it's already stale by the fact that it's Ice Hockey without the core mechanic of body checking, I think it's lazy animators more than anything, this is why alot of the anime takes place off the ice rink, then there's the unneeded idol anime element which has no room to develop either.
It all reeks of a still born franchise with nothing really to offer, Ice Hockey is hardly a big sport in Japan as it is, and the idol genre has more than enough representation, but I suppose we have to tick off all the sports that cute anime girls play.
Dub likely not good, but have not seen it.
Final Verdict: It's clear that there was an intention of making it a quick sell idol sports hybrid but they not only chose the wrong sport, there are already more than enough idol anime that there is no room for more.
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