A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

International Career : Coached Finland in the 1999, 2000 & 2001 World Championships (assistant).
Medals : Won World Championship silver in 1999 & 2001 (assistant coach).
Won World Championship bronze in 2000 (assistant coach).

International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998 Olympics.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Japan in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. Defenceman. Los Angeles Kings 3rd pick (76th overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Czech Republic in the 1999, 2000 & 2001 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for HC Kladno 1993-95, MoDo Hockey 1995-99, Los Angeles Kings & Long Beach Ice Dogs & Lowell Lock Monsters & Atlanta Thrashers 1999-00, Atlanta Thrashers 2000-04 and Carolina Hurricanes 2004- .
Medals : Won World Championship gold in 1999, 2000 & 2001.

Born in Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia. Defenceman. Toronto Maple Leafs 13th pick (204th overall) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Czech Republic in the 2002 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for HC Kladno & St John's Maple Leafs 1997-98, Toronto Maple Leafs 1998-01, HC Kladno & Toronto Maple Leafs 2001-02 and Toronto Maple Leafs 2002- .
Honours : NHL All-star roster 2002.

Born in Nowy Targ, Poland. Forward.
International Career : Played 118 games (38 goals) for Poland between 1969 and 1974 (including the 1972 Olympics).
Club Career : Played for Podhale Nowy Targ.
Medals : Won the Polish Championship in 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973 & 1974.

Forward.
International Career : Played for South Africa in the 1992 World Championships.

Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Right-wing.
Club Career : Played for Peterborough Pirates 1991-93, Milton Keynes Kings 1993-94 and Milton Keynes Kings & Blackburn Hawks 1994-95.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Greece in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships. Played for the Greek (Junior) National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

Club Career : Played for Vojens IK.
Honours : Denmark Player of the Year in 1974 & 1979.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for China in 1997.

Born in Finland. A top Finnish SM-liiga referee.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 (referee/linesman).
Won the Unto Wiitala Trophy in 1978, 1979, 1987 & 1990.

Club Career : Played for Skoda Plzen.

Born in Rybnik, Poland. Forward. Played over 50 times for his country.
International Career : Played for Poland in the 1970 World Championships and the 1976 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Unia Oswiecim (Poland) 1967-70, Naprzod Janow (Poland) 1970-80, ATSV Steyr (Austria) 1980-82 and ASKÖ EHC Linz (Austria) 1982- .

Born in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania. Centre. Played 70 times for his country (34+17=51).
International Career : Played for Romania in the 1964 & 1968 Olympics and 9 World Championships between 1961 and 1973.
Club Career : Played for Vointa Miercurea-Ciuc and Steaua Bucuresti.
Medals : Won the Romanian Championship 8 times between 1963 and 1971.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1974. Played in the International Hockey League 1974-95. Name changed to Michigan K-Wings.
Home ice : Wings Stadium
Team colours : red, white & blue/green, gold, black & white
Affiliations included : Dallas Stars 1993-95, Detroit Red Wings 1974-75, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota North Stars, Vancouver Canucks
General manager : Bob Lemieux 1974-79, Doug McKay 1979-81, J P LeBlanc 1981-84, Bill Inglis 1984-95
Head coach : Bob Lemieux 1974-78, Bill Purcell 1978-79, Doug McKay 1979-81, J P LeBlanc 1981-84, Bill Inglis 1984-87, John Marks 1987-91, Bob Hoffmeyer 1991-93, Ken Hitchcock 1993-95
Honours : Won the IHL Championship in 1979 and 1980.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Franchise moved from the Madison Kodiaks. Played in the United Hockey League 2000- .
Home ice : Wings Stadium
Team colours : red, white & blue
General manager : Paul Pickard
Head coach : Dennis Desrosiers 2000- , Mark Reeds
Honours : Won the Tarry Cup 2005-06.
Won the Colonial Cup in 2006.

An annual award for the best coach in the SM-liiga. The Numminen Trophy was first introduced to the Finnish SM-liiga in 1978. It was renamed in honour of Kalevi Numminen.

Sweden.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Club Career : Played for Ilves Tampere.
Honours : Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1973-74.

Born in Finland. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Finland in the 1999, 2000 & 2001 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for TPS Turku.
Medals : Won World Championship silver in 1999 & 2001.
Won World Championship bronze in 2000.

Born in Ludvika, Sweden. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Sweden in the 1981 Canada Cup.
Club Career : Played for HC Tunabro 1972-74, MoDo AIK 1974-76, Sodertalje SK 1976-78, Djurgardens IF 1978-79, New York Islanders & Indianapolis Checkers (two games) 1979-80 and New York Islanders 1980-85.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983.

Sweden.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kuopio, Finland. Founded in 1929 in Sortavala as Sortavalan Pallo Seura (SPS). The Sortavala region was conquered by Soviet Union in World War Two, however and the team moved to Kuopio and since 1946 has been known as KalPa (short for Kalevan Pallo). SPS didn't play hockey. Played in the SM-liiga 1953-54, 1957-59, 1961-62 and from 1986 to the present.
Home ice : Kuopion jäähalli

Team colours : Yellow, black, red and white

Born in Klagenfurt, Austria. Forward.
International Career : Played for Austria 1993- (including the 1998 Olympics and the 1999 & 2000 World Championships Pool A).
Club Career : Played for Mannheim and Long Beach Ice Dogs.
Medals : Won the German Championship in 1996-97 and 1997-98.

President of the Österreichischer Eishockey Verband (Austrian Ice Hockey Federation).
International Career : General Manager of Austria at the 2000 World Championships.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Belarus in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Born in the Belarus, USSR. Forward.
International Career : Played for Belarus in the 1998 Olympics and the 1998, 1999 & 2000 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Moscow 1994-95, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1995-96 and Dynamo Moscow 1996- .
Medals : Won European Hockey League silver in 1996-97 & 1997-98.
Won RHL Cup silver in 1998.

Born in Montreal, Canada. Defenceman/Right-wing. Born to Greek parents. Moved to Greece in 1989. One of the players in the first ever Greek national team (Juniors, 1990).
International Career : Played for Greece in the 1995, 1998 and 1999 World Championships (as captain 1998- ). Played for the Greek (Junior) National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

Born in Montreal, Canada. Born to Greek parents. Centre.
International Career : Played for Greece in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships. Played for the Greek (Junior) National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

International Career : Played for Japan in the 1936 Olympics.

Club Career : Played for SKA.

Born in Voskresensk, USSR. Left-wing. Quebec Nordiques 8th pick (129th overall) in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USSR (Junior) 1983-86. Played for the USSR 1985-91. Played for Russia in the 1994 & 2000 World Championships and the 1998 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for CSKA Moscow 1985-91, Quebec Nordiques 1991-94, HC Ambri-Piotta & Quebec Nordiques 1994-95, Colorado Avalanche 1995-99 and New York Rangers 1999-00.
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) gold in 1983-84.
Won World Championship (Junior) bronze in 1984-85.
Won World Championship (Junior) gold in 1985-86.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1996.
Honours : Won World Championship Best Forward Award in 1991 (Pool A).
USSR Player of the Year in 1991.
NHL All-Star Roster 1998.

Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in in the 1998 Olympics and the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Born on 27th July 1980. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Lithuania in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Born on 20th October 1980. Netminder.
International Career : Played for Lithuania in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Lithuania in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Born in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada. Centre. Minnesota North Stars 3rd pick (48th overall) in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.
Club Career (playing) : Played for Saskatoon Blades 1984-88, Saskatoon Blades & Minnesota North Stars (one game) 1988-89, Halifax Citadels & Quebec Nordiques (one game) 1989-90, Fort Wayne Komets & Halifax Citadels 1990-91, Halifax Citadels & Quebec Nordiques 1991-92, Halifax Citadels 1992-93, Portland Pirates & Washington Capitals 1993-95, Washington Capitals 1995-97, Portland Pirates 1997-98, Las Vegas Thunder 1998-99 and Orlando Solar Bears & Providence Bruins 1999-00.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2000-02 (assistant), Long Beach Ice Dogs 2002-04, Missouri River Otters 2004-05 and Youngstown SteelHounds 2006- .
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 17 23 32 40

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Played in the Western Canada Major Junior Hockey League 1985-87 and the Western Hockey League.
Home ice : Riverside Coliseum
Team colours :
Affiliations have included :
General manager :
Head coach : Tom Renney 1991-93
Team captain :
All-time best players : Shane Doan
Honours : Won the Memorial Cup in 1992, 1994 & 1995.
Retired jersey numbers :

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Played in the Okanogan Senior Hockey League 1956-58 and the Western Canadian Major Junior Hockey League 1986-88.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Played in the Okanogan Senior Amateur Hockey League 1954-55.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Played in the Western Canada Major Junior Hockey League 1981-84.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Born in Berlin, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Toronto Maple Leafs.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1942.

Born in Finland. Netminder.

Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki, Tappara Tampere and Kärpät Oulu.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 (player).
Won the Urpo Ylönen Trophy in 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84 & 1986-87.
SM-liiga All Star Team netminder 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984 & 1987.

Presented to the winners of the Finnish SM-liiga Championship. The Bowl was donated by the Finnish community of Canada in 1951.

Coach.
Club Career : Coached Krylia Sovetov Moscow.

Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
Home ice for : Kanata Stallions
Capacity : 1,353
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Kanata, Ontario, Canada. Played in the Central Junior A Hockey League (CJHL).
Home ice : Kanata Recreation Centre
Team colours : black, white, red & green
General manager : John Comerford
Head coach : Mike Ruest

Born in Buffalo, New York, USA. Right-wing. Chicago Blackhawks 1st pick (1st overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Club Career : Played for London Knights 2006-07 and Chicago Blackhawks 2007- .
Honours : Won OHL Rookie of the Year Award 2006-07.
Won Canadian Major Junior Rookie of the Year 2006-07.
Won the Calder Memorial Trophy 2007-08.
OHL All-Star First Team 2007.
OHL All-Rookie Team 2007.

Honours : BIHWA Coach of the Year 1990 and Division One Coach of the Year 1992.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Hungary 1990- .
Club Career : Played for Alba Volán.

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the American Hockey Association 1940-42.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Founded in 1990. Played in the International Hockey League 1990-01. Folded when the IHL folded at the end of the 2000-01 season.
Home ice : Kemper Arena
Team colours : red, silver & black
Affiliations have included : Hartford Whalers 1990-91, San Jose Sharks 1991-96
Head coach : Paul MacLean 1997-00, Stan Smyl 2000-01
Honours : Won the IHL Championship in 1992.

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the Central Professional Hockey League 1967-68, the Central Hockey League 1968-71, the Central Professional Hockey League 1971-72 and the Central Hockey League 1976-77. Name changed after the 1976-77 season to Kansas City Red Wings.
Home ice : American Royal Arena
Team colours :
General manager : Doug Harvey 1967-68, Fred Hucul 1968-70, Cliff Fletcher 1970-71,Johnny Choyce 1971-72, Emile Francis 1976-77
Head coach : Doug Harvey 1967-68, Fred Hucul 1968-69, Camille Henry 1969-70, Johnny Choyce 1970-72, Barclay Plager 1976-77
Honours : Won the Central Hockey League 1976-77.
Won the Adams Cup in 1977.

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the United States Hockey League 1949-50.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the United Hockey League 2004-05.
Home ice : Kemper Arena
Team colours :
General manager : Joe Bucchino 2004-05
Head coach : Darryl Williams 2004-05

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the United States Hockey League 1945-49.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Honours : USHL Play-off Champions 1945-46 and 1946-47.
Won the North Division of the USHL in 1947-48.

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the Central Professional Hockey League 1977-79.
Home ice : Kemper Arena
Team colours : red & white
General manager : Ted Lindsay 1977-79
Head coach : Larry Wilson 1977-79

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Played in the United States Hockey League 1950-51.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Founded 1974. Played in the National Hockey League 1974-76. The Kansas City franchise joined the NHL for the 1974-75 season with fellow expansion team, Washington Capitals. Named the Scouts, the franchise had trouble accumulating talent since the rival WHA was depleting the talent pool, and for the Scouts' two years of existence, they never made the playoffs and their franchise record for wins in a season was, a hardly inspiring, 15. The team was a financial wreck and the franchise transferred to Colorado Rockies in 1976.
Home ice : Kemper Arena
Team colours : blue, red & gold
Affiliations have included : Albuquerque Six-Guns 1973-74, Baltimore Clippers 1974-75, Johnstown Jets 1975-76, Port Huron Flags 1974-76, Springfield Indians 1975-76
General manager : Sid Abel 1974-76
Head coach : Bep Guidolin 1974-75, Bep Guidolin & Sid Abel & Eddie Bush 1975-76
Team captain : Simon Nolet 1974-76

Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Home ice for : Wichita Thunder
Capacity : 9,686
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Club Career : Played for HPK Hämeenlinna.
Honours : Won the Kalevi Numminen Trophy in 1996-97.

Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki.
Honours : Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1974-75.

Born in Finland. Centre.
International Career : Played for Finland in the 2000 & 2001 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki.
Medals : Won World Championship silver in 2001.
Won World Championship bronze in 2000.

Born in Vantaa, Finland. Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Finland (Junior) in the 1992 & 1993 Junior World Championships. Played for Finland in the 1994 & 1998 Olympics, the 1994, 1995, 1996 & 1998 World Championships and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Club Career : Played for KalPa Kuopio 1989-94, IFK Helsinki 1994-95, Hartford Whalers & Springfield Falcons 1995-96, Hartford Whalers 1996-97 and Carolina Hurricanes 1997- .
Honours : SM-liiga All Star Team winger 1994.
NHL World All-Stars Roster 2000.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Greece in the 1998 & 1999 World Championships. Played for the Greek (Junior) National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Slovakia in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Club Career : Played for HPK Hämeenlinna.
Honours : Won the Aarne Honkavaara Trophy in 1992-93.

International Career : Played for the USSR in 1974 against Canada (WHA All-Stars).

Born in Belarus, USSR. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Belarus in the 1998 Olympics and in the 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Dinamo Minsk 1991-93, Podhale Nowy Targ 1993-94, Stoczniowiec Gdansk 1994-95, EV Landsberg 1995-96, Heilbronner EC & Augsburger Panthers 1997-98, EHC Neuwied 1998-99, Revier Lowen 1999-00, EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen 2000-01 and Heilbronner EC 2001-04.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Slovenia in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Born in Aurora, Minnesota, USA. Netminder. He was loaned to Montreal Canadiens for five games during the 1939-40 season, after he had been suspended by Chicago, having refused demotion to the AHL's Providence Reds
Club Career : Played for Tulsa Oilers 1933-35, Chicago Blackhawks 1935-39, Chicago Blackhawks & Montreal Canadiens & Providence Reds 1939-40, Providence Reds 1940-41, Providence Reds & New Haven Eagles (one game) & Springfield Indians (three play-off games) 1941-42, Providence Reds 1942-43, Providence Reds & Chicago Blackhawks 1943-44, Chicago Blackhawks 1944-46 and Providence Reds 1946-48.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1938.
Honours : A member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Won the Calder Trophy in 1936.
NHL All-Star Second Team 1944-45.

Born in Helsinki, Finland. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Finland in the 1998, 1999 & 2000 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for IFK Helsinki 1993-99, IFK Helsinki & Los Angeles Kings & Long Beach Ice Dogs 1999-00 and Los Angeles Kings 2000- .
Medals : Won World Championship silver in 1998 & 1999.
Won World Championship bronze in 2000.

Born in the USSR. Referee. His 27 year career as a game official began in 1960 and totalled 268 international games and 876 games within the USSR national championship. He officiated in the 1982 & 1984 Olympics, 10 World Championships, two Canada Cups, two World U20 and one U18 European Championships. He retired in 1987. A member of the Executive Committee of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia.
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 (referee).
Awarded the Golden Diploma of the IIHF for his service in 1987.

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999 (media).

See Helsinki (Karhu-Kissat Helsinki)

See Ässät Pori

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Left-wing. Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1st pick (4th overall) in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft (he was Anaheim Mighty Ducks first ever draft pick). Born of Japanese parents, he is the most revered NHL player in Japan. He was selected to play for Canada in the 1998 Olympics (to be held in his ancestral homeland) but he suffered a cross-check to the head by Gary Suter just two weeks before the tournament and did not play again for seven months. See "Hockey Heroes : Paul Kariya"
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1991-92 and 1992-93. Played for Team Canada 1993-94. Played for Canada 1992- (including the 1994 & 2002 Olympics).
Club Career : Played for University of Maine 1992-94, Team Canada 1993-94, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1994-03, Colorado Avalanche 2003-04, Nashville Predators 2005-07 and St Louis Blues 2007- .
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 2002.
Won World Championship gold in 1994.
Won World Championship (Junior) gold in 1992-93.
Won Olympic silver in 1994.
Won the NCAA Division I Championship in 1993.
Honours : Won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award in 1994.
Won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1996 & 1997.
World Championship All-Star Team 1994 & 1996.
World Championship (Junior) All-Star Team 1993.
World Championship All-Star Team left-wing 1993-94 & 1995-96.
NHL All-Star First Team left-wing 1995-96, 1996-97 & 1998-99.
NHL All-Star Second Team left-wing 1999-00 & 2002-03.
Hockey East All-Star First Team 1993.
NHL All-Star Roster 1996 & 1997.
NHL North American All-Star Roster 1999 & 2000.
Captain of Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1996-97, 1997-98 (part of season) & 1998-03
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 9

Played in Helsinki, Finland. Annual tournament in Finland since 1996. One of four events that form the Euro Hockey Tour. Contested in 1996 by the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden. Played in Sweden's top division in the 1930s & 1940s.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Play in the Czech Extraleague.
Home ice : Zimni Stadion
Team colours : red, black &yellow
Affiliations have included :
General manager :
Head coach : Marek Sikora 1995-96, Marek Sikora 2000-03
Team captain :
All-time best players :
Honours :
Retired jersey numbers :

See IF Karlskoga

Founded in 1963 following the merger of IF Karlskoga and IFK Bofors.

Home ice :
Team colours : Red and black

Born in Motala, Sweden. Sports journalist. Olympic researcher. Member of the Swedish Icehockey Historical and Statistical Society (SIHSS) and President of the Olympic Section of the SIHSS.

Karlstad, Sweden. Hosted the 2002 World Championships along with the Kinnarps Arena & the Scandinavium Arena.
Home ice for :
Capacity :
Ice pad size :

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1984 & 1988 Olympics.

A club competition involving teams from countries connected by the Carpathian mountain range. Played in two groups with a best of two game final for the top team in each group. In the 1997-98 event teams from Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Yugoslavia competed.
Winners 1997-98 : Dunaferr Dunaujvaros

Oulu, Finland. Oulu is a coastal city on the Northern part of the Baltic Sea. The club was founded in 1946 and started an ice hockey team in three years later. Runner-up in the European Champions Cup 2005 & 2006. Played in Finnish Division 1 1989-00, Finnish SM-liiga 2000- .
Home ice : Raksilan jäähalli

Team colours : grey, white & black
Head coach : Kari Heikkila, Kari Jalonen
Honours : Won the Finnish Championship in 1981, 2004, 2005 & 2007.
Retired jersey numbers : 10

Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, USSR. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Russia in the World Championships (1993, 1996, 1998 and 1999) and the 1994 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1994-97, Calgary Flames and Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1997- .
Medals : World Championship gold in 1993.
RHL silver 1997-98.
RHL Cup gold 1998.
MHL (IHL) Championship bronze 1992-93.
Honours : CIS All-Star First Team 1993 and 1994.

Born in Moscow, USSR. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for USSR (Junior) in 1987-88 & 1989-90. Played for Russia in the 1993 World Championships and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Moscow 1989-93, New York Rangers 1993-94, Dynamo Moscow & New York Rangers 1994-95, New York Rangers 1995-98, New York Rangers & Toronto Maple Leafs 1998-99 and Toronto Maple Leafs 1999- .
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) bronze in 1987-88.
Won World Championship (Junior) silver in 1989-90.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1994.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for France in the 2004 Olympic Pre-Qualification Tournament, the 2005 Olympic Qualification Tournament and the 2005 World Championship Division I (Group B).
Medals : Won World Championship Division I (Group B) silver in 2005.

Finnish SM-liiga linesman.
Honours : Won the Pentti Isotalo Trophy in 1983.

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 (player).

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 (leader).

International Career : General Manager for Russia in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Club Career : Played for New Brunswick Hawks 1981-82.
Honours : Won the Les Cunningham Plaque in 1981-82.

Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Italy (Women) in the 2000 & 2001 World Championships (Women).
Club Career : Played for HC Eagles.

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1973-74.

Club Career : Played for Guildford Flames 1997-00.
Medals : Won the British National League Play-off Championships in 1998.
Won the British National League 1997-98.
Won the Southern Premier League 1997-98.
Honours : BIHWA All-Star forward 1998.

Born in Most, Czechoslovakia. Right-wing. San Jose Sharks 1st pick (22nd overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Born in Elektrenai, USSR. Defenceman. New York Islanders 1st pick (5th overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USSR (Junior) 1989-91. Played for Russia (Junior) 1991-92. Played for Russia in the 1992 & 1996 World Championships, the 1998 Olympics and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Moscow 1988-92, Dynamo Moscow & New York Islanders 1992-93, New York Islanders 1993-96, New York Islanders & Pittsburgh Penguins 1996-97, Pittsburgh Penguins 1997-01, Pittsburgh Penguins & Colorado Avalanche 2001-02 and New York Rangers 2002- .
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) silver in 1989-90.
Won World Championship (Junior) silver in 1990-91.
Won World Championship (Junior) gold 1991-92.
Won the Russian Championship in 1992.
Won Olympic silver in 1998.
Honours : World Championship (Junior) Best Defenceman Award in 1992 (Pool A).

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Austria in the 1999 & 2000 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Klagenfurter AC.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Centre.

Club Career : Played for Boston Bruins 1980-88, Boston Bruins & Los Angeles Kings 1988-89, Los Angeles Kings 1989-91, Philadelphia Flyers 1991-92 and Philadelphia Flyers & Tampa Bay Lightning 1992-93.
Honours : Won the Frank J Selke Trophy in 1982.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Poland in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Poland in the 1936 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Dab Katowice.

Born in the USSR.
International Career : Coached Bulgaria (Junior) in the 2003-04 (assistant) World Championship (Junior U18) Division III.

Kassel, Germany. Played in the DEL since 1994, finished 3rd in the league in 1996-97 and also reached the final of the German Championship. Played in the European Hockey League in 1997-98.
Home ice : Eissporthalle Kassel
Team colours : red, blue & black
Head coach : Hans Zach

International Career : Played for Belarus in the 2002 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge.
Club Career : Played for CSKA Moscow 2002- .

Gävle, Sweden. An outdoor arena.
Home ice for : IK Huge
Capacity :
Ice pad size :

Centre.
International Career : Played for the Ukraine in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Hungary in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998 Olympics and in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Germany in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Rosenheim, Germany.
Home ice for : Rosenheim Star Bulls
Capacity : 6,300 (1,200 seats and 5,100 standing)
Ice pad size :

Katowice, Poland. Founded in 1920 as Górnik Katowice. Name changed to GKS Katowice in 1965.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Honours : Won the Polish Championship in 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968 & 1970.
Prominent players : Andrzej Fonfara, Andrzej Tkacz, Sylwester Wilczek

Netminder.
International Career : Played for the Greek (Junior) National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

See Avangard Omsk

Kaufbeuren, Germany. Known as Kaufbeurer Adler - Kaufbeurer Eagles. Played in the Bundesliga for 25 seasons, finished 4th in 1963-64 and 1964-65. They reached the semi-finals of the German Championship in 1984 and 1985. Played in the DEL from 1994 to 1997. The team lost its franchise in October 1997 and was suspended from the DEL due to financial reasons.
Home ice : Eisstadion am Berliner Platz
Team colours :

See ESV Kaufbeuren

Born in Finland.
Club Career : Played for TBK Tampere.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 (player).
Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1953.

Club Career : Played for IFK Helsinki.
Honours : Won the Matti Keinonen Trophy in 1994-95.

International Career : Head coach for Slovenia in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Born in Japan. He was largely responsible for making women's ice hockey an official event for the first time at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.
International Career : Coached Japan in the 1962 World Championship Pool B.
Club Career : Played for Iwakuragumi for 10 seasons. Coached Iwakuragumi for 9 seasons.
Medals : Won World Championship Pool B gold in 1962 (coach).
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 (builder).

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Japan in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998 Olympics.

International Career : Assistant Coach for Japan in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Ice rink manager. At Liverpool, he was instrumental in re-forming the Liverpool Leopards in the 1970s. From 1980 until his death he was at Aviemore.

Born in Finland. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Manchester Storm 1999-00.

Kazakhstan. Played in the Russian First League 2002- .
Home ice : ...
Team colours : ...

First contested in 1993.

See Kazakhstan

Kazan, Russia. Team from the capital of the Tatar region of Russia. Ak Bars = The White Snow-Leopard. Made their first appearance in the European Hockey League in 1998-99. Played in the Russian Superleague 1997- .
Home ice : Sport Palace
Team colours : green, red & white
Head coach : Yuri Moiseev 2001- , Vladimir Plushchev -03, Vladimir Vujtek 2003- , Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Honours : Won the Russian Superleague in 1997-98 & 2000-01.

Kazan, Russia. Reserve team for Ak Bars Kazan. Played in the Russian First League 2002- .
Home ice : Sport Palace
Team colours : green, red & white

Ust-Kamennogorsk, Kazakhstan. Sponsored by a Zinc Production company. Played in the Russian Premier League 2001- .
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Ust-Kamennogorsk, Kazakhstan. Reserve team for Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust-Kamennogorsk. Played in the Russian First League 2002- .
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