A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

Copenhagen, Denmark.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Head coach : Jorgen Hviid 1960s.
Honours : Won the Danish Championship in 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972 & 1976.

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

Born in Kalgenfurt, Austria. Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Austria in the 2003 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Klagenfurter AC 1999- .

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Right-wing. Missed half of the 1998-99 season and all of the 1999-00 season through injury.
Club Career : Played for Saskatoon Blades 1982-83, Saskatoon Blades & Adirondack Red Wings 1983-84, Detroit Red Wings & Adirondack Red Wings 1984-86, Detroit Red Wings 1986-90, Detroit Red Wings & New York Rangers 1990-91, New York Rangers 1991-95, New York Rangers & Vancouver Canucks 1995-96, San Antonio Dragons & Detroit Red Wings 1996-97 and Detroit Red Wings 1997-00.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1994 & 1997.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Netminder.
Club Career : Played for Dayton Bombers & Long Beach Ice Dogs & Detroit Vipers & Philadelphia Phantoms (one game) 1998-99, Toledo Storm & Detroit Vipers 1999-00, Idaho Steelheads & San Diego Gulls 2000-01, San Diego Gulls 2001-03, San Diego Gulls & Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (one game) 2003-04, San Diego Gulls & Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 2004-05, Newcastle Vipers 2005-06 and Coventry Blaze 2006-07.

Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Opened in 1998.
Home ice for : University of Wisconsin Badgers
Capacity : 15,209
Ice pad size :

Kohler Engines sponsored the final of the Autumn Cup in 1983-84 at Streatham. See Autumn Cup.

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

Father of Saku Koivu and Mikko Koivu.
Club Career : Head coach of TPS Turku 2003- .

Born in Turku, Finland. Was the Finnish SM-liiga top scorer in 1994-95 with 74 points in 45 games.
International Career : Played for Finland (Junior) in the World Championships (Junior) in 1993 & 1994. Played for Finland 1993- .
Club Career : Played for TPS Turku 1992-95 and Montreal Canadiens 1995- .
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 1994 & 1998.
Won World Championship gold in 1995.
Honours : Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1994 & 1995.
Won the Jari Kurri Trophy in 1994-95.
Won the Lasse Oksanen Trophy in 1994-95.
Won the Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy in 1994-95.
Won the SM-liiga All-Star Team centre 1995.
Won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2002.
Won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 2006-07.
His number 11 jersey has been retired by TPS Turku.

Club Career : Played for Tappara Tampere.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 (player).
Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1977.

Club Career : Played for TPS Turku.
Honours : Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1976-77.

Born in Joensuu, Finland. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Newcastle Riverkings 1999-00 and London Knights (UK) 2000- .
Honours : BIHWA All-Star forward 1999-00.

Kokkola, Finland.
Home ice for : Hermes Kokkola
Capacity : 3,800 (800 seats and 3000 standing)
Ice pad size :

International Career : Played for the Greek Senior National Team in the Greek Spring Tournament of 1998.

Born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. Centre.

Played 13 seasons in the Czech league, scoring 122 goals in 388 games. Discovered while playing hockey with Stanislav Prýl on a lake in Pardubice. A good hardworking player that became a referee in the Czech league a couple of years after he retired from playing.
International Career : Played for Czechoslovakia on 17 occasions (scoring seven goals) including the 1966 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Pardubice 1955-59, Dukla Litomerice 1959-61, Tesla Pardubice 1961-68, Zetor Brno 1968-73 and Zelezárny Prostejov 1973-75.

Tokyo, Japan. Play in the Japan League.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Honours : Won the Japanese Championship in 1975, 1982, 1988 & 1992.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Born in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Brandon Wheat Kings 1991-94, St John's Maple Leafs 1994-95, Toronto Maple Leafs & St John's Maple Leafs 1995-97, St John's Maple Leafs & Manitoba Moose & Hamilton Bulldogs 1997-98, Nottingham Panthers 1998-99, Schwenninger Wild Wings 1999-00 and London Knights (UK) 2000- .
Medals : Won the Benson and Hedges Cup 1998.

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

Köln (Cologne), Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Opened in 1998, the biggest arena in Germany at that time. Hosted the 2001 World Championships along with Nuremberg Arena & Preussag Arena.
Home ice for : Kölner Haie
Capacity : 18,000 seats
Ice pad size : 197 feet x 98 Feet (60 metres x 30 metres)

See Kölner Haie

Köln (Cologne), Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Founded in 1972. Played in the Bundesliga for 21 seasons. Reached the semi-finals of the German Championship in 11 consecutive seasons between 1980-81 and 1990-91. Played in the DEL since 1994. They are the "worst ever" play-off-champions - after finishing the regular season in 6th place in 1994-95, they went on to win the finals against Düsseldorf EG. Played in the European Hockey League 1996-97 and 1997-98.
Home ice : Köln Arena (previous home ice was Eisstadion Lentstrasse)
Team colours : red & white
Head coach : Bob Murdoch 1997-99, Lance Nethery
Honours : Won the German Championship in 1977, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995 & 2002.
Won the DEL in 1995-96 & 1999-00.
Won the Bundesliga in 1976-77, 1978-79, 1985-86, 1988-89 & 1990-91.
Won the Spengler Cup in 1999.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Slovakia in the 1998 Olympics and in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Netminder. Washington Capitals 1st pick (19th overall) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Germany in the 1996 & 2004 World Cup of Hockey, the 1997 World Championships and the 1998 & 2006 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Washington Capitals 1989-90, Baltimore Skipjacks & Hampton Roads Admirals 1990-92, Washington Capitals & Rochester Americans 1992-93, Washington Capitals & Portland Pirates 1993-96, Washington Capitals 1996-04, Berlin Polarbears 2004-05 and Washington Capitals 2005- .
Honours : Won the Vezina Trophy in 2000.
Won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 2005-06.
NHL All-Star First Team goalie 1999-00.
NHL All-Star Roster 1998.
NHL World All-Stars Roster 2000.

Born in Skalica, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for HK 36 Skalica 2000-06 and Cardiff Devils 2006-07.

International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1997-98.

Coach.
Club Career : Coached SKA 1959-62.

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

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

Kongsberg, Norway. Play in the Norwegian 3rd Division.
Home ice : Kongsberg Ishall
Team colours :

Kongsberg, Norway. Built in 1988. The arena is also used for some international matches.
Home ice for : Kongsberg IHK
Capacity : 4,500
Ice pad size :

Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Austria in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Krefeld, Germany.
Home ice for : Krefeld Pinguine
Capacity : 9,000
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 100 feet

International Career : Played for the USA in the 1970 World Championships.
Honours : Best Defenceman World Championships Pool B in 1970.

Netminder. He played 450 games in the USSR Championships.
International Career : Played for the USSR 1963-71.
Club Career : Played for Torpedo Gorki (now Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod) 1956-72.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1964 & 1968.
Won World Championship gold in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 & 1971.
Won World Championship bronze in 1961.
Honours : The Konovalenko Sports Palace was named in his honour.

Nizhni Novgorod, Russia. Named in honour of Viktor Konovalenko.
Home ice for : Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod
Capacity : 4,300
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 98 feet

International Career : General manager for Bulgaria in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Born in Murmansk, USSR. Defenceman. Suffered severe head injuries, when he was a passenger in a car crash (six days after Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1997), which caused his early retirement.
International Career : Played for the USSR 1986-91.
Club Career : Played for CSKA Moscow 1984-91 and Detroit Red Wings 1991-97.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1997.
Honours : Won the NHL Plus-Minus Award in 1996.
NHL All-Star Second Team defenceman 1995-96.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Forward.
International Career : Played for Team Canada 1991-92, 1993-94 & 1994-95. Played for Canada in the 1994 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Team Canada 1991-92, Tampa Bay Lightning 1992-93, Team Canada 1993-94 and Team Canada 1994-95.
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 1994.

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

International Career : Played for Slovakia in the 1998 Olympics.

Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. Played in the Western Hockey League 1998- .
Home ice :
Team colours :

An international junior hockey league with teams from British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA. Founded in 1967 as the West Kootenay Junior Hockey League and changed to Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in 1972 when Spokane, Washington, USA added a team to the originally exclusively Canadian league.

Born in Minsk, Belarus, USSR. Defenceman. Played in EHL 1997-98 season. Champion of Belarus 1993-95 (when Tivali Minsk played in the MHL).
International Career : Played for Belarus 1992- .
Club Career : Played for Dynamo/Tivali Minsk 1991-95), Avangard Omsk 1995-96, for Torpedo Yaroslavl 1996-98 and for Severstahl Cherepovets 1998- .
Medals : RHL Championship gold in 1997.
MHL (IHL) bronze in 1996.

Skellefteĺarea, Sweden.
Home ice for : Clemensnäs IF
Capacity : 1,100
Ice pad size :

Born in Krakow, Poland. Defenceman.
International Career : Played 107 games (7 goals) for Poland in the 1972 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for LKS Lodz.

Born in Poprad, Slovakia. Not a flashy player, but very consistent and reliable. Always worked hard. He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovakian league, 522 games (125 goals).
Club Career : Played for PS Poprad 1949-58, Slovan Bratislava 1958-64, Dukla Kosice 1964-66 and Slovan Bratislava 1966-77.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Right-wing.
Club Career : Played for Portland Winter Hawks 1982-84, Portland Winter Hawks & Seattle Breakers & Sherbrooke Canadiens 1984-85, Montreal Canadiens & Sherbrooke Canadiens 1985-87, Montreal Canadiens 1987-88, Montreal Canadiens & Toronto Maple Leafs 1988-89, Toronto Maple Leafs 1989-90, Toronto Maple Leafs & Newmarket Saints & Washington Capitals 1990-91 and Quebec Nordiques & Cape Breton Oilers 1991-92.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1986.
Won the Memorial Cup in 1983.

See Korea - DPR

Born in Kazakhstan, USSR. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in the 1998 Olympics and 1998 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1994- .
Medals : MHL (IHL) Championship bronze in 1994-95.
MHL (IHL) Cup silver in 1996.
RHL Championship silver in 1997-98.
RHL Cup gold in 1998.

Born Kazakhstan, USSR. Centre.
International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in the 1998 Olympics and 1998 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1994- .
Medals : MHL (IHL) Championship bronze in 1994-95.
MHL (IHL) Cup silver in 1996.
RHL Championship silver in 1997-98.
RHL Cup gold in 1998.
Honours : Captain of Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2000-01.

Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for London Lions in 1973-74.

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Moved to Britain in 1987. Rink manager at the Kirkcaldy Ice Rink 1993-94 and the Wales National Ice Rink 1994-95. Joined Sky Sports in 1995 as ice hockey colour commentator for their coverage of the Superleague.
Club Career : Played for Telford Tigers 1987-88, Birmingham Eagles 1987-88, Edinburgh Racers 1994-95, Murrayfield Royals 1995-96.

Club Career : Played for CSKA Moscow 1946-47. Coached CSKA Moscow 1946-47.

Club Career : Played for Tappara Tampere.
Honours : Won the Kalevi Numminen Trophy in 1981-82, 1985-86 and 1986-87.

Born in Turku, Finland. Forward. New York Rangers 2nd pick (19th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

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

See Hungary's Rookie of the Year Award

See Dukla Kosice

Kosice, Slovakia. Renamed HC Kosice in 1992. Formerly known as VSZ Kosice. From 1993 HC Kosice has played in the Slovakian Extraliga.
Home ice :
Team colours :
General manager :
Head coach :
Team captain :
All-time best players : Jiri Holecek, Oldrich Machac, Bedrich Brunclik, Zdenek Nedved, Eduard Novák, Frantisek Gregor, Stefan Kordiak, Vincent Lukac, Josef Lukac, Peter Slanina, Igor Liba, Jergus Baca, Ivan Droppa.
Honours : Won the Continental Cup in 1997-98.

Kosice, Slovakia. Formerly known as Dukla Kosice. Established under this name in 1967. Played in the Czechoslovakian league from 1967 to 1993. In 1992 the club was renamed HC Kosice.
Home ice : ... Capacity 5,081.
Team colours : Orange and black
Honours : Won the Czechoslovakian League in 1986 and 1988.

Defenceman.

Club Career : Played for Reipas Lahti and Jokerit Helsinki 1969-71.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989 (player).
Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1971.
SM-liiga All Star Team defenceman 1968, 1970 and 1971.

Born in Finland. Finnish SM-liiga referee.
Honours : Won the Unto Wiitala Trophy in 1985 and 1991.

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 (player).

Born in Bulgaria. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Bulgaria (Junior) 1998-01.
Club Career : Played for Etro 92 Tarnova.

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1988 Olympics.

Born in Sweden. Forward.
Club Career : Played for IK Nyköpings Hockey 90 and Dumfries Border Vikings 1996-97.

Born in Czechoslovakia.
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Italy (Women) in the 2000 World Championship (Women).
Club Career : Played for HC Eagles.

Netminder.
International Career : Played 137 games for Poland between 1964 and 1976 (including the 1972 & 1976 Olympics).
Club Career : Played for Legia Warszawa 1966-67 and LKS Lodz.
Medals : Won the Polish Championship in 1967.

Coach.
International Career : Played for the USSR in 1974 against Canada (WHA All-Stars).
Club Career : Coached Krylia Sovetov Moscow 2001- .

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Hungary at the 1964 Olympics.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Croatia in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Defenceman. Played 218 times for his country.
International Career : Played for Hungary in 12 World Championships 1975-1990.
Club Career : Played for Újpesti Dózsa SC.
Medals : Won 6 Hungarian Championships between 1982 and 1988.

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

Born in Tver, Russia, USSR. Left-wing. Atlanta Thrashers 1st pick (1st overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Russia in the 2002 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Spartak Moscow 1999-01 and Atlanta Thrashers 2001- .
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 2002.
Honours : Won the Maurice Richard Trophy in 2004 (shared with Jerome Iginla and Rick Nash).

Born in Ukraine, USSR. General Manager of Ukraine (Junior) at the 2002-03 World Championship (Junior) Division I & 2003-04 World Championship (Junior).
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior) Division I (Group A) gold in 2002-03 (general manager).

Born in Togliatti, USSR. Right-wing. New York Rangers 1st pick (15th overall) in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USSR (Junior) 1989-91. Played for Russia (Junior) 1991-92. Played for Russia in the 1992 & 2002 Olympics, the 1992 & 1998 World Championships and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. Played for Belarus in the 1999 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Moscow 1989-92, New York Rangers & Binghamton Rangers 1992-93, New York Rangers 1993-94, Lada Togliatti & New York Rangers 1994-95, New York Rangers 1995-98, New York Rangers & Pittsburgh Penguins 1998-99, Pittsburgh Penguins 1999-02, Pittsburgh Penguins & New York Rangers 2002-03 and New York Rangers & Montreal Canadiens 2003- .
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) silver in 1989-90 & 1990-91.
Won World Championship (Junior) gold 1991-92.
Won Olympic gold in 1992.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1994.
Won Olympic silver in 1998.
Won Olympic bronze in 2002.
Honours : NHL World All-Star Roster 2001.
NHL All-Star Roster 2003.

Centre.
International Career : Played for Belarus in the 1998 Olympics and in the 2000 & 2001 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Krefeld Penguins.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Poland 1931- (including the 1936 Olympics). Played for Cracovia.

Club Career : Played for Hampton Roads Admirals 1999-00 and Cardiff Devils 2000- .

Club Career : Played for Detroit Auto Club 1947-48 and Sarnia Sailors 1949-50 (player/coach).
Honours : Won the George H Wilkinson Trophy 1947-48 & 1949-50.

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

International Career : Coached Canada (Women) in the 2001 World Championship (Women) (assistant) and the 2002 Olympics (Women) (assistant).
Medals : Won Olympic (Women) gold in 2002 (assistant coach).
Won World Championship (Women) gold in 2001 (assistant coach).

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

Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Estonia in the 1999 World Championship Pool B.

Born in Togliatti, USSR. Centre. San Jose Sharks 1st pick (6th overall) in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Russia (Junior) 1992-93 and Russia in the World Championships (1996 & 1998).
Club Career : Played for Lada Togliatti 1990-92, Dynamo Moscow 1992-94, Dynamo Moscow & San Jose Sharks & Kansas City Blades 1994-95, San Jose Sharks & Kansas City Blades 1995-96, San Jose Sharks 1996-97, San Jose Sharks & Florida Panthers 1997-98, Florida Panthers 1998-03 and Florida Panthers & New Jersey Devils 2003- .
Honours : 1999 NHL World All-Stars Roster.
2000 NHL World All-Stars Roster.

Born in Voskresensk, USSR. Centre. Detroit Red Wings 2nd pick (45th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USSR (Junior) 1987-91. Played for the USSR in the 1991 World Championships and the 1991 Canada Cup. Played for Russia in the 1994 World Championships and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Club Career : Played for Khimik Voskresensk 1987-91, CSKA Moscow & Detroit Red Wings 1991-92, Detroit Red Wings & Adirondack Red Wings 1992-94, CSKA Moscow & Detroit Red Wings 1994-95, Detroit Red Wings 1995-01, Buffalo Sabres 2001-02 and Atlanta Thrashers 2002- .
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) bronze in 1987-88.
Won European Championship (Junior) gold in 1988-89.
Won World Championship (Junior) silver in 1989-90 & 1990-91.
Won European Championship (Junior) silver in 1989-90.
Won World Championship bronze in 1991.
Won European Championship gold in 1991.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1997 & 1998.

One of the founders and the first president of the Western Professional Hockey League.

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