On an early June day in 1946, Brown, who operated the Boston Garden arena and was part of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, was the driving force behind the Basketball Association of America and the Celtics birth.
William J. Taugher (April 17, 1906 – February 25, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played from 1925 until 1936, including stops with the St. Louis Eagles of the National Hockey League (NHL), and Buffalo Bisons, Cleveland Falcons and Rochester Cardinals of the International Hockey League (IHL).
Former National Hockey League player Greg Carroll skated with the Marlboros during the 1985-86 season, scoring 17 goals and 29 assists for 46 points in nine games played.
The constituency's first Ontario Liberal MLA was Lionel Conacher, a famous Canadian athlete that retired from the National Hockey League to start a career in politics.
The NHL rescheduled its Saturday, October 22 regular-season game between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers to Monday, December 5.
Hardee's IcePlex has two regulation National Hockey League size rinks (85’ x 200’) with 600 seat capacities each.
John Fraser "Jack" Tomson (January 31, 1918 – December 14, 2001) was a professional ice hockey player who played 15 games in the National Hockey League.
Pan American Arena was operated by the Indiana/World Skating Academy and has one standard 85-foot by 200-foot ice rink (NHL size) and one 100' by 200' ice rink (Olympic Games size).
Jason Bowen - NHL player 1992 - 1998 Between Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers
In the National Hockey League in North America, a system described as "the three-point win" was proposed in 2004, with three points for a win in regulation time, two for a win in overtime, and one for a tie.
Akin to the minor premiership of Australasian sports (called a "premiership" by the A-League) and similar to the President's Trophy of the NHL, the Woosnam Cup will be awarded each year annually in order to recognize overall consistent performance through the end calendar year.
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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.
Bryan Lewis (born September 10, 1942 in Alliston, Ontario) is a Canadian municipal politician and a former referee and Director of Officiating for the National Hockey League.
Jack Melenbacher a local who was at the time an NHL referee mentored the team and a young Roy Edwards who played goal for the Seedmen later starred in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings.
CJOB, which had been the flagship station for the WHA/NHL incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets, bid for broadcast rights to the current NHL Jets, but lost out to CFRW.
Craig Sanford Redmond (born September 22, 1965 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 191 games in the National Hockey League.
During the early stages of its construction, Fayetteville’s Crown Coliseum was mentioned as a possible temporary home for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, but this was blocked by minor-league hockey executive Bill Coffey who had signed an exclusive lease agreement with the arena for the Fayetteville Force of the Central Hockey League.
Dan Schachte (born July 13, 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a former linesman in the National Hockey League.
Mannion holds the rare distinction of having experience in all four Major League sports: MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL.
Dean Chynoweth is a former National Hockey League player, and is currently an assistant coach with the New York Islanders.
It had been used by the official training facility and practice arena for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League before the team built a new downtown Chicago training facility.
Francis Hamilton Ingram (September 17, 1905 in Craven, Saskatchewan – April 1, 1985 in Edmond, Oklahoma) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played three seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks.
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 "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.
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.
Gregory Wayne Sheppard (born April 23, 1949 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who most notably played for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Lamirande (August 20, 1923 – January 30, 1976) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 49 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers.
However, after a heart attack to Buffalo Sabres coach "Punch" Imlach, Crozier was given Imlach's position and made his National Hockey League coaching debut in 1972.
He was the founder, majority owner, chairman, and governor of the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team.
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Ingoldsby (aka 'Ding' and 'Jack') played the position of right wing for teams in the NHL, AHL, OHA-B, TIHL, TNDHL, OHA-SR, IHL, EHL, Al-Cup, and the EAL hockey leagues.
WKBD in Detroit invested heavily in sports programming, securing rights to carry games of the NBA's Detroit Pistons, the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, and other area college teams early in its history.
His younger brother Kevin is a former professional hockey player and currently the general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.
Lawrence Emmett Regan (b. August 9, 1930 in North Bay, Ontario - d. March 9, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario), was a retired Canadian National Hockey League(NHL) professional ice hockey player and hockey executive.
The winners of the regular season receive a trophy (Harry Lindbladin muistopalkinto) as well, though it is considered less prestigious than the bronze medals of the playoffs, similar to the difference in the National Hockey League between the status of the Stanley Cup and the Presidents' Trophy.
An Olympic silver medalist, she achieved a number of historic firsts during her career, including becoming the first and only woman ever to play in a National Hockey League exhibition game.
Matt Loughlin is an American sportscaster, and is the current radio play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League on WFAN, where he is partnered with commentator Sherry Ross.
Sets of themes have been made in partnership with GM, Ford, HP, Dell, the NHL, NBA, and NCAA.
Brad Larsen is a professional ice hockey left winger who played several seasons in the National Hockey League.
Neil Joseph Henry Labatte (born April 24, 1957 in Don Mills, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 26 games in the National Hockey League.
The "Payroll Room" is a term that originated in 2005 with the National Hockey League's new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which was negotiated following a season-long lockout.
The Gaglardis had two sons: Bob Gaglardi, founder of Northland Properties (whose holdings include the 35-hotel Sandman Hotel chain and 100-plus restaurants under various labels) whose son Tom Gaglardi is the current owner of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars, and BIll, a Calgary businessman.
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”.
In 1977, Ralston Purina acquired Missouri Arena Corporation and the St. Louis Blues National Hockey League franchise.
Raymond Richard Chartraw (born July 13, 1954 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played 420 games in the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1984.
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.
In February 2006, in the wake of a police investigation codenamed Operation Slapshot, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL had retained Cleary to conduct its own investigation into the involvement of Rick Tocchet, an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes, in an illegal bookmaking ring.
Rocky Trottier (born April 11, 1964 in Climax, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 38 games in the National Hockey League.
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.
As president, DeGregorio has been responsible for numerous ceremonial functions; for example, DeGregorio honoured Mike Modano during an on-ice presentation as the top US-born scorer in the National Hockey League.
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.
The network obtained the National Hockey League rights from ESPN in 1988 by offering the NHL almost triple the amount of money that ESPN was offering (a move not unlike the 2005 NHL rights grab by Comcast/OLN over ESPN).
Bozon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father, Philippe Bozon, played hockey for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), but was raised in France, where his father is from.
He first played competitively in his native Finland with Tappara, and HIFK of the SM-liiga before enjoying a lengthy career in the National Hockey League with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres and the Anaheim Ducks.
Sensationally, during their debut season in HockeyAllsvenskan, the club acquired Shjon Podein, an NHL-merited North American player who played 699 NHL games and won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001.
He was drafted 69th overall by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft but never played in the National Hockey League due to his strong opposition to fighting, choosing instead to sign with the Raiders of the rival WHA.
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
In 2013, former Quake player Jacob Doty signed a three year deal with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.