Philip Vassar Hunter invented the buoyant cable, he was president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers but held no position at the British Ice Hockey Association.
He was president of the British Ice Hockey Association from 1934 to 1958 and was responsible for hiring John F "Bunny" Ahearne in 1934 as the Manager of the Great Britain national ice hockey team which went on to win the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics. 
