A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

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

Gothenberg, Sweden. In the 1995-96 season Frölunda had reached the final of the Swedish Championship but had to play all their home games in the Frölundaborg because of the Gothenburg Horse Show. Hosted the 2002 World Championships along with the Karlstad Arena & Kinnarps Arena.
Home ice for : Västra Frölunda HC
Capacity : 12,300
Ice pad size :

Södertälje, near Stockholm, Sweden.
Home ice for : Södertälje SK
Capacity : 7,600
Ice pad size :

Club Career : Played for Montreal Shamrocks.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1899 & 1900.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965.

Honours : Captain of SG Cortina 2003-04.

Born in Zeltweg, Austria. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Austria 1996- (including the 1998 Olympics and the 1999 & 2000 World Championships Pool A).
Club Career : Played for Klagenfurter AC.

Born in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, Canada. Centre. Vancouver Canucks 3rd pick (66th overall) in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 2000 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Brandon Wheat Kings 1993-96, Brandon Wheat Kings & Syracuse Crunch 1996-97, Syracuse Crunch 1997-98, Vancouver Canucks & Syracuse Crunch 1998-00 and Vancouver Canucks 2000- .

Comissioner of the DEL 1997- .

Forward.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1934 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Saskatoon Quakers 1933-34.

Schenectady, New York, USA. Played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League 1981-82. Folded on 16th November 1981.

Home ice :
Team colours :

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Norway in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Canada 1990-91 and in the 1992 & 1994 Olympics.
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 1992 & 1994.
Honours : Captain of Canada at the 1992 Olympics.

Born in Landshut, Bayern, West Germany. Forward. A German ice hockey legend who played all of his 23 seasons in the German Bundesliga with his hometown team. He scored 496 goals during his 806 games for Landshut. During his 12 year international career, he scored 87 goals in 206 games.
International Career : Played for Germany in 12 World Championship tournaments (including 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978) and the 1968, 1972 & 1976 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for EV Landshut 1963-86.
Medals : Won World Championship Pool B gold in 1966.
Won the Bundesliga in 1969-70, 1981-82 & 1982-83.
Won World Championship Pool B silver in 1970 & 1975
Won the German Championship in 1970 & 1983.
Won World Championship Pool B bronze in 1974.
Won Olympic bronze in 1976.
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2005 (player).
Bundesliga Leading Points Scorer 1971-72
Bundesliga Most Goals 1971-72
Bundesliga All-Star Team 1976-77
Captain of Germany for six seasons including the 1976 Olympics.
Captain of EV Landshut 1971-86.

Also known as Kunsteisbahn Kloten.
Home ice for : EHC Kloten
Capacity : 7,561
Ice pad size :

Born in Eagan, Minnesota, USA. Forward.
International Career : Played for USA (Women) in the 1998 Olympics (Women) and the 1999, 2000 & 2001 World Championships (Women).
Club Career : Played for University of Minnesota.
Medals : Won Olympic (Women) gold in 1998.
Won World Championship (Women) silver in 1999, 2000 & 2001.

Born in Austria. Forward.
Club Career : Played for VEU Feldkirch.
Medals : Won the Alpine League 1996-97.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Centre. General Manager of Boston Bruins 1967-72 and Washington Capitals 1974-76. Schmidt was part of the famous Kraut Line with Woody Dumart & Bobby Bauer.
Club Career : Played for Boston Bruins & Providence Reds 1936-37 and Boston Bruins 1937-42 & 1945-55. Coached Boston Bruins 1955-61 & 1962-66 and Washington Capitals 1974-76.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1939 & 1941.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961 (player).
NHL Leading Scorer 1940 (See Art Ross Trophy).
Won the Hart Trophy in 1951.
NHL All-Star First Team centre 1939-40, 1946-47 and 1950-51.
NHL All-Star Second Team centre 1951-52.
NHL All-Star Roster 1947, 1948, 1951 & 1952.
His number 15 jersey has been retired by Boston Bruins.
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 15

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Switzerland in the 1934 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for EHC St Moritz 1933-34.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for France in the 1987 Olympic Qualification Tournament, the 1987 World Championships, the 1988 Olympics and the 1989 World Championship (Pool B).
Medals : Won World Championship (Pool B) bronze in 1989.

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

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Left-wing.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1991-92. Played for Team Canada 1994-95.
Club Career : Played for Seattle Thunderbirds 1988-89, Seattle Thunderbirds & Swift Current Broncos 1989-90, Swift Current Broncos 1990-92, Swift Current Broncos & New Haven Nighthawks 1992-93, Ottawa Senators & PEI Senators 1993-94, Leksands IF & Team Canada & PEI Senators 1994-95, Minnesota Moose 1995-96, Manitoba Moose 1996-97, ECR Revier-Löwen & Schwenningen Wild Wings 1997-98 and Schwenningen Wild Wings 1998- .

Forward.
International Career : Played for the USA in the 1980 Olympics.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1980.
Honours : Elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003 (player - 1980 US Olympic Team).

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Netminder. Vancouver Canucks 1st pick (26th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Born in New York, New York, USA. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for USA (Junior) 1987-88. Played for the USA in the 1998 Olympics and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Club Career : Played for Cornwall Royals 1986-87, Cornwall Royals & Montreal Canadiens & Sherbrooke Canadiens 1987-88, Cornwall Royals 1988-89, Montreal Canadiens & Sherbrooke Canadiens 1989-90, Montreal Canadiens 1990-94, Montreal Canadiens & New York Islanders 1994-95, New York Islanders & Toronto Maple Leafs 1995-96, Toronto Maple Leafs 1996-98, New York Rangers 1998-00 and Los Angeles Kings 2000- .
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1993.
Won World Cup of Hockey gold in 1996.
Honours : NHL All-Star Roster 1996.

Club Career : Played for Solihull Barons 1985-86.
Honours : BIHWA All-Star centre and Division One Player of the Year 1986.

Born in Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Boston Bruins.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1970.

Born in Galt, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman. Buffalo Sabres 1st pick (5th overall) in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft.
Club Career (playing) : Played for Buffalo Sabres 1972-73, Cincinnati Swords & Buffalo Sabres 1973-74, Buffalo Sabres 1974-81, Buffalo Sabres & Detroit Red Wings 1981-82, Detroit Red Wings 1982-83, Boston Bruins 1983-84 and Buffalo Sabres 1984-85.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached Rochester Americans 1984-85, Buffalo Sabres 1985-86, New Jersey Devils 1987-90, Washington Capitals 1993-97, Phoenix Coyotes 1997-99, New York Rangers (assistant) 2002-03 and Hartford Wolf Pack 2005- .
Club Career (managing) : General Manager of the Hartford Wolf Pack 2003- .
Honours : NHL Plus-Minus Leader in 1980.
NHL All-Star Second Team centre 1979-80.
NHL North American All-Star Roster 1999 (assistant coach).

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1956 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Kitchener Waterloo Dutchmen 1955-56.
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 1956.

Born in Pitssburgh, Pennsylvania
International Career : Manager of the USA in the 1920 Olympics.

Columbus, Ohio, USA. The arean is within the Jerome Schottenstein Center.
Home ice for : Ohio State Buckeyes
Capacity : 17,500
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1988, 1992 & 1994 Olympics.
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 1992 & 1994.

Born in Syracuse, New York, USA. Centre. Edmonton Oilers 2nd pick (25th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Born in Belgium. President of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation for two terms between 1935 and 1937.

Born in Saratov, Russia. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for New York Americans 1934-39 and Toronto Maple Leafs 1939-43 & 1944-46.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1942 & 1945.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.
NHL Scoring Leader in 1936 & 1937 (See Art Ross Trophy)
NHL Rookie of the Year 1934-35.
NHL All-Star First Team left-wing 1935-36 & 1940-41.
NHL All-Star Second Team left-wing 1936-37.
NHL All-Star Roster 1937.

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1948 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers in 1947-48.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1948.

Born in Ortisei, Italy. Defenceman. Fatally injured in an Italian league match the month after the World Championship (Junior) Pool C.
International Career : Played for Italy (Junior) in 1989-92.
Club Career : Played for HC Gardena.
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior) Pool C gold in 1991-92.
Honours : Won Best Defenceman World Championship (Junior) Pool C in 1991-92.

Forward.
International Career : Played 66 games for Switzerland (including the 1948 & 1952 Olympics).
Club Career : Played for Zürcher SC.
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 1948.

Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Ayr Scottish Eagles 1996-99 and Cardiff Devils 1999- .
Medals : Won the British Championship 1998.
Won the Superleague 1997-98.
Won the Benson and Hedges Cup 1997.
Won the Express Cup 1997-98.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Canada (Women) in the 1998 Olympics.
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 1998.

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

Born in Onoway, Alberta, Canada. Left-wing. Quebec Nordiques 7th pick (124th overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Scored the first Superleague goal at the Odyssey Arena on the 2nd December 2000, but couldn't stop his team from losing their first home game on home ice 1-2 to the Ayr Scottish Eagles.
Club Career : Played for University of North Dakota 1990-91, Spokane Chiefs 1991-93, Cornwall Aces & Quebec Nordiques (one game) 1993-94, Cornwall Aces 1994-95, Cornwall Aces & Saint John Flames 1995-96, Saint John Flames & Calgary Flames (one game) 1996-97, Saint John Flames & Las Vegas Thunder 1997-98, Bracknell Bees 1998-00 and Belfast Giants 2000- .
Medals : Won the Superleague in 1999-00.

Born in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. The creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts comic strip. In 1975 he started a hockey tournament, Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament, which had "age" divisions, starting with 40 years old but with no maximum age restriction. As he reached an age milestone he created another division. He played in all of his annual tournaments which have become the most popular Senior Hockey Tournament in North America. Divisions are named after the characters from his comic strip. Some of the divisions are : Charlie Brown Division, Lucy Division, Peppermint Patty Division, Marcie Division, Linus Division, Rerun Division, Spike Division and Woodstock Division.

Born in Waldheim, Saskatchewan, Canada. Left-wing. Philadelphia Flyers 5th pick (52nd overall) in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. He was nicknamed 'The Hammer' because he was a gritty, physical and hard working player and is credited as the reason the Philadelphia Flyers were coined the 'Broad Street Bullies'. He played in 535 NHL games, scoring 200 points (79 goals, 121 assists) and racking up 2,294 penalty minutes. He set an NHL single season record of 472 penalty minutes in 1974-75.
Club Career (playing) : Played for Salem Rebels & Quebec Aces 1969-70, Quebec Aces 1970-71, Philadelphia Flyers & Richmond Robins 1971-72, Philadelphia Flyers 1972-76, Los Angeles Kings 1976-77, Los Angeles Kings & Pittsburgh Penguins 1977-78, Pittsburgh Penguins & Buffalo Sabres 1978-79 and Buffalo Sabres & Rochester Americans 1979-80.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached New York Slapshots 1985-86, Madison Monsters 1996-97, Baton Rouge Kingfish 1997-98, Mohawk Valley Prowlers 1998-99, Elmira Jackals 2004- .
Club Career (managing) : General Manager of Mohawk Valley Prowlers 1998-
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1974 & 1975.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Defenceman. Washington Capitals 2nd pick (27th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) 2000-01.
Club Career : Played for Prince Albert Raiders.

Vienna, Austria. Full name of arena is the Albert Schultz-Eishalle.
Home ice for : Vienna Capitals
Capacity : 4,900
Ice pad size :

Born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. Netminder. New Jersey Devils 12th pick (200th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
Club Career : Played for Utica Devils & Cincinnati Devils 1991-93, Albany River Rats 1993-95, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats 1995-96, Tampa Bay Lightning 1996-98, Tampa Bay Lightning & Cleveland Lumberjacks 1998-99, Orlando Solar Bears & Vancouver Canucks & Syracuse Crunch 1999-00, Kansas City Blades 2000-01, Toronto Maple Leafs 2001-02 and New Jersey Devils 2002- .
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 2003.
Honours : Won the Hap Holmes Memorial Trophy in 1994-95 (shared with Mike Dunham).
Won the Jack Butterfield Trophy in 1995 (shared with Mike Dunham).

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

Born in Mlada Boleslav, Czechoslovakia. Netminder. St Louis Blues 1st pick (17th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Born in Belgium. President of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation from 1965 to 1972.

see Schwenninger Wild Wings

Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. Formerly known as Schwenninger ERC. Played 13 seasons in the Bundesliga and have played in the DEL since 1994. Reached the semi-finals of the German Championship in 1990.
Home ice : Eissportzentrum am Bauchenberg
Team colours : blue & white
Head coach : Kim Collins

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for South Africa in the 1961 and 1966 World Championships.

Alba di Canazei, Italy.
Home ice for : SHC Fassa
Capacity : 3,500
Ice pad size : 195 feet x 97.5 feet

Published during the 1980-81 season. This ice hockey magazine had an A4 photo-copy format with printed covers, existed for seven issues and was edited by Ian Whitehouse.

i. The player who puts or deflects the puck into the net.
ii. The Off Ice Official who fills in the game sheet during the match and records goals and penalties.

A scoring chance is when a player has a clear opportunity to shoot on the net but chooses to pass the puck or delays his shot long enough for the opposition player(s) to close him down and take away the opportunity to shoot. It might also be said that a scoring chance is a shot on goal that is saved or blocked.

Club Career : Played for Ottawa Silver Seven.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1904.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Victoria Cougars 1989-90, Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds & Belleville Bulls 1990-91, Belleville Bulls & Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 1991-92, Detroit Junior Red Wings 1992-93, Cornwall Aces 1993-94, London Wildcats & Cornwall Aces 1994-95, Chicago Wolves & Atlanta Knights & Cape Breton Oilers 1995-96, Hershey Bears 1996-97, Basingstoke Bison 1997-98 and Manchester Storm 1998- .
Medals : Won the Benson and Hedges Cup 1999.

Forward.
International Career : Played for New Zealand in the 1998 World Championships Pool D.
Club Career : Played for Christchurch.

Born in South River, Ontario, Canada. Forward.
Club Career : Played for New York Rangers.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1928.

Born in Dublin, Ireland.
International Career : Played for Great Britain 1993- .
Honours : BIHWA All-Star forward and Division One Player of the Year 1994.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Italy in the 1936 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Diavoli.

Braehead near Glasgow, Scotland. Formerly the Ayr Scottish Eagles. Played in the Superleague 2002-03 but withdrew from league 14th November 2002.
Home ice : Braehead Arena
Team colours : white, green, orange & gold
General manager : Bob Zeller 2002-03
Head coach : Paul Heavey 2002-03

First president was Joe Brown.

Published in 1948. An eight page tabloid newspaper which was published over a 15 week period in conjunction with the Mid Scottish Ice Hockey Times and the Scottish-Canadian Ice Hockey Times. There were five issues of each newspaper, each issued every three weeks.

i. Winners :
1945-46 Dunfermline Royals

Founded in 1935. In addition to the league competition during the 1930s, there was also a Scottish National League knock-out cup contested for the President's Puck.

i. For the 1947-48 season the league was contested in two divisions - East and West, and therefore, there were two champions that year. Teams playing in the league between 1946 and 1954 were Ayr Raiders, Dundee Rockets, Dundee Tigers, Dunfermline Vikings, Edinburgh Royals, Falkirk Lions, Fife Flyers, Glasgow Bruins, Glasgow Mohawks, Paisley Pirates and Perth Panthers.
ii. Revived in 1981 for just one season - 1981-82.
iii. Revived in 2000. Teams playing in the league in the 2000-01 season were Ayr Bruins, Castlereagh Goldwings, Dundee Tigers, Kilmarnock Avalanche, Kirkcaldy Kestrals, Murrayfield Raiders, Paisley Mohawks, Perth Panthers and Solway Sharks.

A weekly four page tabloid edited by Johnny Kelly and devoted to ice hockey in Scotland. It was published during the hockey season and ran for 123 issues - from September 1947 until April 1951.

Published in 1948. An eight page tabloid newspaper which was published over a 15 week period in conjunction with the Mid Scottish Ice Hockey Times and the Scottish Ice Hockey News. There were five issues of each newspaper, each issued every three weeks.

A player who is originally listed to be in the team before the game but is replaced on the final team sheet. It normally means a player is injured but there are "healthy scratches" - meaning that a player is fit but has been dropped for tactical reasons or because of their current playing form. It derives from putting a line through a name or scratching it out.

When a player uses his body to block the opposing goalies view.

Born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Defenceman. Washington Capitals 12th pick (204th overall) in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
Club Career : Played for the University of Maine 1986-90, Kansas City Blades 1990-91, Kansas City Blades & San Jose Sharks 1991-93, Varese HC (Italy) & Kansas City Blades 1993-94, Kansas City Blades 1994-98, Hannover Scorpions 1998-99, London Knights (UK) 1999-00 and Krefeld Penguins 2000- .
Medals : Won the British Championship in 2000.
Honours : BIHWA All-Star defenceman 1999-00.