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1913 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1913 German Ice Hockey Championship was the second season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

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.

1998 Royal Bank Cup

The 1998 Royal Bank Cup is the 28th Junior "A" 1998 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

Andre Champagne

Andre Joseph Orius Champagne (born September 19, 1943 in Eastview, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey left winger.

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.

Antonín Bořuta

Antonín Bořuta (born October 26, 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently with Orli Znojmo of the Austrian Hockey League.

Bill Holmes

William Orser Holmes (March 9, 1899 — March 14, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Americans.

Billy Hague

William "Billy" Robert Hague (born April 9, 1885 in London, England - September 9, 1969) was a professional ice hockey goaltender.

Bobby Schmautz

Robert James Schmautz (born March 28, 1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Brewers Cup

The Brewers Cup is an Ice hockey tournament hosted by the Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League.

Carey Wilson

After playing college hockey, he played two more seasons for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga and then finally played the 1983–84 season for the Canadian National Hockey team which resulted in him playing in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Coupe de Chamonix

The Coupe de Chamonix was an international ice hockey tournament held in Chamonix, France from 1909-1914.

Denis Shvidki

Denis Aleksandrovich Shvidki (born November 21, 1980) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey right wing currently playing for Heilbronner Falken of the German 2nd Bundesliga.

Fred Cusick

Frederick Michael Cusick (November 7, 1918 - September 15, 2009) was an American ice hockey broadcaster who served as the Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer from 1971 until 1997 on WSBK-TV (Channel 38) in Boston, and from 1984 until 1995 on NESN.

Garry Howatt

Garry Robert Charles Howatt (born September 26, 1952 in Glendon, Alberta) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

George Pargeter

George William Pargeter (February 24, 1923 – October 2, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played four games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.

Gerald Heffernan

Gerald "Gerry" Joseph Heffernan (July 24, 1916 in Montreal, Quebec – January 16, 2007 in Moraga, California) was a professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League.

Gerry Pinder

Allan Gerald "Mouse" Pinder (born September 15, 1948 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 353 games in the World Hockey Association and 223 games in the National Hockey League.

Greg Nemisz

Gregory Nemisz (born June 5, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL).

In Between Evolution

"Heaven Is a Better Place Today" doubles as a tribute to Dan Snyder, a player for the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team who died in an automobile accident nine months before the album's release, and for young men being sent to war.

Jerome Bechard

Jerome Bechard (born March 30, 1969) is a retired professional ice hockey left wing and the long-time current head coach of the Columbus Cottonmouths in SPHL.

Kevin Stevens

Not only did he rarely see the ice during this season, but after a game against the St. Louis Blues, he was caught in an East St. Louis, Illinois motel with a prostitute and crack cocaine.

Kyle Klubertanz

On May 24, 2012, Klubertanz signed a one-year contract with Finnish club, HIFK of the SM-liiga.

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.

Lee Norwood

Lee Charles Norwood (born February 2, 1960 in Oakland, California) is a retired American ice hockey player.

Lev Yashin

Yashin also played goalie for the Dynamo ice hockey team during those early years of trying to break into the senior squad.

Mickey Ion

The team was run by hockey entrepreneurs Lester Patrick and Frank Patrick, and when they started the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1911, they hired several of their lacrosse players—Ion among them—to referee the league's games.

Mike Marcinkiewicz

Mike Marcinkiewicz (born January 26, 1966) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and is the current head coach of the University of Florida's ice hockey team.

Nikolai Khabibulin

On March 5, 2001, Khabibulin was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mike Johnson, Paul Mara, Ruslan Zainullin, and the New York Islanders' second round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Matthew Spiller).

Ottawa Valley

Among the well-known people who hail from the Ottawa Valley, are former governor-general and broadcaser Adrienne Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, Lorne Greene, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Frank Finnigan, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Jennings, Matthew Perry, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Redman, Tom Green, Rich Little, Paul Anka, Alan Verch and Princess Margriet, sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Oxford University Ice Hockey Club

After a long break from league competition, they entered two seasons of the Southern League in the 1970s, then joined the Inter-City League and finally played in the first season of the British Hockey League.

Piney Orchard, Maryland

Piney Orchard Ice Arena, located at the corner of Piney Orchard Boulevard and Riverscape Drive, had been the practice site for the Washington Capitals ice hockey team until 2006, when they moved to their newly built practice facility, Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia.

Purina Mills

At one point, Ralston Purina owned an interest in the St. Louis Blues National Hockey League team; during this period, the arena they then used was referred to as the “Checkerdome”.

Ralston Purina

In 1977, Ralston Purina acquired Missouri Arena Corporation and the St. Louis Blues National Hockey League franchise.

Red Wings–Avalanche brawl

As tensions mounted early in the first period, defencemen Brent Severyn (Avalanche) and Jamie Pushor (Red Wings) fought at 4:45 of the first period, followed by a fight between forwards Kirk Maltby (Red Wings) and René Corbet (Avalanche) at 10:14.

Rob Shick

The former referee Rob Shick (born December 4, 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) was a National Hockey League referee beginning with the 1985–86 NHL season.

Robin Bouchard

Shortly after Bouchard's return to the team, Generals coach Robbie Nichols and Muskegon Fury coach Paul Kelly set up a trade: Bouchard for Detroit Vipers' prospect Steve Walker.

Ron Attwell

Ronald Allan Attwell (born February 9, 1935 in Humber Summit, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 22 games in the National Hockey League.

Seattle Totems

Among other notables for the Americans were Val Fonteyne, notable as the least penalized player of all time, future Vezina winner Charlie Hodge, and future National Hockey League general managers Emile Francis and Keith Allen.

Siniša Martinović

Siniša Martinović (born Tuzla, December 19, 1980) is a Croatian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the 2nd Bundesliga.

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.

Swede Knox

Knox, as a linesman, later filled in as referee during a game in Toronto in the early 1990s, when Don Koharski couldn't finish the game and Kevin Maguire made his NHL officiating debut as a linesman.

Todd Strueby

Todd Kenneth Strueby (born June 15, 1963 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan and raised in Humboldt, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played most of his career in the minor leagues.

Toledo Mercurys

Team coach and manager Andy Mulligan had signed nine players from his native Manitoba to build the team, including team captain and right-winger Max Labovitch, center Barney O'Connell and left wing Jake Kernahan .

Toronto Blueshirts

The Toronto franchise was bought by Frank Robinson, Percy Quinn, who was also president of the Dominion Lacrosse Association, a Canadian professional lacrosse league that had patterned itself after the NHA and other investors.

Troy Loney

Troy Ayne Loney (born September 21, 1963 in Bow Island, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Left Winger.

Vladimir Zavyalov

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

Wilhelm Arwe

Karl Wilhelm Konrad Arwe (28 January 1898 in Ölserud, Sweden – 8 April 1980) was a Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.

Willie Brossart

William James Brossart (born May 29, 1949 in Allan, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals

Yusuf Halil

Yusuf Halil (September 10, 1991), is a professional ice hockey player, who currently plays forwatd for the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League's Izmir B.B. SK and since 2010 in the Turkey national men's ice hockey team.


see also

1920–21 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship

The 1920-21 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship was the sixth edition of the international ice hockey championship in Switzerland.

1920–21 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship

The 1920-21 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th edition of the national ice hockey championship in Switzerland.

1921–22 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship

The 1921-22 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship was the 12th edition of the national ice hockey championship in Switzerland.

1977 Rudé Právo Cup

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

1995–96 Bulgarian Hockey League season

The 1995–96 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 44th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria.

1999–2000 Bulgarian Hockey League season

The 1999-00 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 48th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria.

2000–01 Bulgarian Hockey League season

The 2000–01 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 49th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria.

2010–11 KHL season

The KHL administration has explicitly banned the sale and use of vuvuzelas, infamous since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in ice hockey arenas.

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.

Adduono

Rick Adduono (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey, Atlanta Flames player

Alexander Pankov

Alexander Sergeevich Pankov (born November 17, 1991, Ufa) is a Russian professional ice hockey player, forward who currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Alexander Vasilevsky

Alexander Vasilevski (born 1975), Ukrainian ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues

Allen Cohen

Alan Cohen (born 1954), American businessman, owner of ice hockey team

Argentina men's national ice hockey team

The Argentina men's national ice hockey team played its first game in February 2012 against Mexico in an exhibition game being held in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.

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.

Balint

Magosi Bálint (born 1989), Hungarian professional ice hockey forward

Baltiysky railway station

A glass panel on the façade still features the original clock, designed by Pavel Bure, a celebrated watchmaker to the tsar and the ice-hockey players' ancestor.

Bare-knuckle

Fighting in ice hockey, in ice hockey rule books, fighting is referred to as "fisticuffs" as they fight without gloves, and is therefore "bare-knuckle"

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.

Bobby Boucher

Robert Boucher (1904–1931), Canadian ice hockey player who played one season in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens

Brendan Nash

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

Clarence Kparghai

Clarence Kparghai (born May 13, 1985 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Swiss-Liberian professional ice hockey defenceman.

De Keyser

Tracey DeKeyser (born 1990), American ice hockey player and coach

Denis Kadić

His uncle is former Yugoslavian ice hockey player Mustafa Bešić.

Dordrecht Lions

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

Hindmarch

Dave Hindmarch (born 1958), Canadian former professional ice hockey player

Hubert Wilson

Hub Wilson, James Hubert Wilson (1909 – 1999), ice hockey player

IJHL

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

Island Junior Hockey League, a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada founded in 1996

Jan Muršak

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

Kapanen

Sami Kapanen (born 1973), Finnish professional ice hockey forward

Karakaş

Mike Karakas (1911–1992), American ice hockey goaltender in the NHL

Long Island City

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

Nakusp, British Columbia

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

Naslund

Patrik Näslund (born 1992), Swedish professional ice hockey player

Norgren

Christoffer Norgren (1974–) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player

Popeye Jones

During Popeye's tenure with Denver, he approached Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche about his son playing ice hockey.

Robitaille

Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, defenceman for, among other teams, the Buffalo Sabres, for which he currently serves as commentator

Rundqvist

Adam Rundqvist (born 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player

Sang-woo

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

Teiji Honma

In 1927, Elizabeth Graham, playing for the Queen's University women's ice hockey team, used a fencing mask at the insistence of her father.

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

Tikkanen

Esa Tikkanen (b. 1965), a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player

VIM-Berkut

VIM-Berkut is an ice hockey team in Lviv, Ukraine.