High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Lisa on Ice" is the eighth television episode of The Simpsons` sixth season. It was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on November 13, 1994. In the episode, Principal Skinner hands out academic alerts to the Springfield Elementary students, and Lisa discovers that she is in peril of failing a class for the first time in her life. When trying to salvage her gym grade, Lisa finds she possesses a skill for ice hockey. Rivalry between Lisa and Bart in the rink escalates into their home life and beyond, fuelled considerably by Homer and coaches.