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1951 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 15th World Championships and the 28th European Championships in ice hockey for international teams.

1977 Rudé Právo Cup

The 1977 Rudé Právo Cup was the first edition of the Rudé Právo Cup ice hockey tournament.

2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships

The 2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships involved 21 schools playing in a round robin followed by a single elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCRHA Division I college roller hockey.

2012–13 Georgian Ice Hockey League season

The 2012–13 Georgian Ice Hockey League season was the third season of the Georgian Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Georgia.

79th Grey Cup

The Toronto Argonauts capped off a memorable season under the new ownership of Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall, hockey player Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy with a win over Calgary.

Anna Vanhatalo

Anna Vanhatalo (born February 29, 1984) is a hockey and ringette player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team and for Finland women's national ringette team.

Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association

The Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association (ACTIHA) was formed as the Australian Capital Territory's branch for Ice Hockey Australia.

Balbir Singh Kullar

For a brief time, he also played for the little-known hockey team of Mohun Bagan.

Bob Brooke

After graduation, Brooke played for the Yale University men's ice hockey team graduating in 1984 due to his hiatus to play international hockey as a member of the United States national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Brendan Nash

For the Canadian professional ice hockey player, see Brendon Nash.

Buffalo Turkey Trot

The race is partially a serious competition and partially a fun run; participants in the Turkey Trot have been known to wear unusual costumes (comparable to those used by the contestants in the game show Let's Make a Deal) such as turkey suits, hockey uniforms with mullets, whole canoes, Chewbacca outfits, or formal wedding wear while racing.

Dave Gunning

The track "A Game Goin' On" from Gunning's album No More Pennies was submitted to the Great Canadian Song Quest (2013 edition: Hockey Night In Canada Song Quest).

Del Taco

In an effort to improve its reputation, Del Taco launched a sports-sponsorship program with teams in eight U.S. states, including the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Phoenix Coyotes hockey teams, basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas’s football and basketball teams, and several minor league hockey and baseball teams.

Dordrecht Lions

The Dordrecht Lions are an ice hockey team in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Downtown College Prep

The school received considerable help in its formation from Father Mateo Sheedy, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic church, and its advisory board and eventual board of trustees included then-mayor of San Jose Ron Gonzales, Robert Caret, then-president of San Jose State, Tony Ridder, CEO of Knight Ridder, then headquartered in San Jose, and Greg Jamison, president of the San Jose Sharks hockey team.

Fairchild 24

Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Hockey player Bill Barilko and his dentist Henry Hudson disappeared on August 26, 1951, aboard Hudson's Fairchild 24 floatplane, flying from Seal River, Quebec.

Fifty Mission Cap

The song's lyrics describe the mysterious disappearance of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player Bill Barilko.

Gordon Juckes

Today, each year the Gordon Juckes Award is given by Hockey Canada to a person who has made exceptional contributions to the development of amateur hockey.

HarborCenter

The HarborCenter will become the home of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres and recently acquired Buffalo Regals youth hockey organization.

IJHL

International Junior Hockey League, an independent Tier III Junior A ice hockey league in the northeastern United States

India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Negi's involvement and the Gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India.

Jan Muršak

Muršak developed his skills in his hometown ice hockey club HDK Maribor where he played until the age of 17.

Jerry Ciccoritti

Ciccoritti was instrumental in developing the TV series Catwalk (1992) and Straight Up (1996) and began a secondary career as a director of big-budget television movies and miniseries with Net Worth (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the NHL on behalf of his fellow players.

KPXM-TV

KXLI was also simulcast on KXLT-TV channel 47 in Rochester, and by the late 1980s, Minnesota North Stars hockey broadcasts would also air on the stations.

Lance Bouma

Additionally, he played for Team Alberta at the 2007 Canada Games hockey tournament, scoring two goals as the team finished in fourth place.

Le Journal de Montréal

This change was accompanied by the addition of several new columnists, including journalist and television host Richard Martineau, former Quebec government ministers Yves Séguin and Joseph Facal, former federal government Minister Sheila Copps,former hockey player Guy Lafleur and the ex-hacker Mafiaboy.

Long Island City

Ice hockey forward Zenon Konopka is a resident of Long Island City during the hockey season.

Mark Pavelich

Koch played junior hockey for the Delta Ice Hawks in his native Canada before concussions ended his career.

Michael Hilgers

Playing club hockey for Gladbacher HTC during his career, he later on became the chief-executive of the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, which hosted the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Minnesota Golden Gophers Spirit Squads

Members of the 2007-08 squad portray cheerleaders for a fictional high school hockey team in the 2008 film Killer Movie directed by Jeff Fisher and starring Paul Wesley and Kaley Cuoco.

Mitro Makarchuk

In 1959, as a first year student at the University of Toronto, Makarchuk offered to underwrite a Canadian intercollegiate hockey championship between the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team and University of Saskatchewan Huskies as there was no national playoff between eastern and western Canadian regional hockey champions.

Nakusp, British Columbia

Brad Larsen is a professional ice hockey left winger who played several seasons in the National Hockey League.

NBA on USA

Manhattan Cable (subsequently referred to as the MSG Network) debuted in the spring of 1969 and did all home events from the Madison Square Garden: New York Knicks basketball, New York Rangers hockey, college basketball, horse shows, Golden Gloves boxing, tennis, the Westminster Dog Show, ice capades, professional wrestling, etc.

Paul Geary

Geary is also co-owner of an authentic Italian restaurant in Boston's North End called TRESCA, along with his partners, hockey star Ray Bourque and real estate mogul Harvey Wilk.

Raghib Ismail

It would have been difficult to offer Ismail enough money to join the CFL, but Bruce McNall, who with hockey player Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy had recently purchased the Toronto Argonauts, tried.

Richard Hilleman

An avid hockey player during his youth in Minnesota, Hilleman was Executive Producer or Producer for other successful EA Sports titles in the 1990s as well, including NHL Hockey, NHLPA Hockey, PGA Tour Golf and Tiger Woods Golf.

Robert Giguère

They may have disappeared from Le Perche, but thanks to Robert, thousands of people, including the famous hockey player, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, who call themselves Giguère or one of its many variants, can be found all over North America.

Russell McConnell

McConnell is one of the most accomplished hockey players in McGill University history, being a member of four championship teams including one in which he was captain.

Sainik School, Amaravathinagar

Football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, gymnastics, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, mountaineering, parasailing, trekking (hiking), obstacles course, rifle shooting, boxing, NCC,karate,music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band, Choir

Sandon, British Columbia

Sandon was the birthplace of hockey Hall of Fame member Cecil "Tiny" Thompson.

Sang-woo

Sin Sang-woo (born 1987), South Korean professional ice hockey winger

Sikhism in Malaysia

Kuldip Singh- Member of the Malaysia national hockey team at the 1968 Olympics

Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League

The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Sunshine Hockey League

Kelly Dyer, one of five females to ever play professional hockey in North America, played in the SuHL with the West Palm Beach Blaze from 1993 to 1995.

Théberge

Greg Theberge (born 1959), retired Canadian ice hockey player, grandson of former NHL player Dit Clapper

Thomas Daley

Joe Daley (Thomas Joseph Daley, born 1943), retired ice hockey goaltender

Trevor Fahey

Following his playing career, Fahey published two hockey books entitled "All About Hockey" (1974) and "Hockey: Canadian/Soviet" (1977).

Vincent Lecavalier

Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey".

Vladimir Zavyalov

Vladimir Zavyalov (ice hockey), Kazakhstani ice hockey player who participated in the 1998 Olympics

Waseem Ahmad

As always, Waseem Ahmad has been invited to play Hong Kong Premier Hockey League 2013 for Punjab Sports Club together with Sohail Abbas, Mudassar Ali Khan and Gabbar.


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