A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

Club Career : Played for Vancouver Millionaires.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1915.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Las Vegas Thunder & Knoxville Cherokees 1993-95, Phoenix Roadrunners & Knoxville Cherokees 1995-96, Roanoke Express 1996-97, Pee Dee Pride 1997-98, Roanoke Express 1998-99, Knoxville Speed 1999-00, Belfast Giants 2000-01 and London Knights (UK) 2001-02.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Austria 1997- (including the 1998 Olympics and the 1999 & 2000 World Championships Pool A).
Club Career : Played for St Catharines Saints 1984-85, Flint Spirits 1985-86, Milwaukee Admirals 1986-87, Ayr Bruins 1988-89, Ayr Raiders 1989-90, Richmond Renegades 1990-91, Brantford Smoke 1991-92, Brantford Smoke & Capital District Islanders 1992-93, VEU Feldkirch 1994-99 and EC Villach 1999-00.
Medals : Won the European Hockey League in 1997-98.
Won the Alpine League 1996-97.

Hoffman Estates, lllinois, USA. Opened in October 2006. Build cost was US$62 million.
Home ice for : Chicago Hounds
Capacity : 9,500
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

A book by Liam Sluyter, subtitled British Ice Hockey's Arena Era. Published in Edinburgh, Scotland in October 1996.

In the main, the rink 'Capacity' figure represents the number of seats in an arena. Where a breakdown of figures is known, this will be shown as x,xxx seats and x,xxx standing. In some cases, although rink capacities are shown as x,xxx seats - this figure may include some standing spaces and therefore represents total spectator capacity.

Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in Western Hockey League 1955-58. Named changed to Seattle Totems.

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Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in Western Hockey League 1952-54.

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Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the Western Hockey League 1977-85. Name changed to Seattle Thunderbirds.
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Head coach : Les Calder 1977-79, Monte Miron 1979-81, Jack Sangster 1981-83, Marc Boileau 1983-85

Seattle, Washington, USA. Also known as the Mercer Arena.
Home ice for : Seattle Thunderbirds 1985-90
Capacity : 4,139
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Seattle, Washington, USA.
Home ice for : Seattle Thunderbirds 1989-95
Capacity : 11,907
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League 1928-31.
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An impressive web site for Seattle hockey fans created by Jeff Obermeyer. A comprehensive site dedicated to the various ice hockey teams from the place known as the Emerald City. Summaries of all the seasons, profiles of players, photos, stats and much more.

Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League 1945-52.
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Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association 1915-24.
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General manager : Peter Muldoon 1916-17
Team captain : Bobby Rowe 1916-17
Honours : Won the Stanley Cup in 1917.

Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League 1940-41.
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Seattle, Washington, USA. Played in the North West Hockey League 1933-36 and the Pacific Coast Hockey League 1936-40.
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Seattle, Washington, USA. Previously known as the Seattle Breakers. Played in the Western Hockey League 1985- .
Home ice : Seattle Center Arena 1985-89, Seattle Center Arena & Seattle Center Coliseum 1989-95, Key Arena at Seattle Center 1995-
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General manager : Russ Farwell 1988-90, Dennis Beyak 1992-94, Bob Tory 1994-95, Russ Farwell 1995-
Head coach : Marc Boileau & Dan Berry & Sheldon Ferguson 1985-86, Sheldon Ferguson & Dan McDonald & Jim Dobson 1986-87, Jim Dobson 1987-88, Barry Melrose 1988-89, Peter Anholt 1989-92, Walt Kyle 1992-94, Don Nachbaur 1994-99, Don Nachbaur & Russ Farwell 1999-00, Dean Chynoweth 2000-

Seattle, Washington, USA. Formerly known as the Seattle Americans. Played in the Western Hockey League 1958-74 and the Central Hockey League 1974-75.
Home ice : Seattle Center Coliseum
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Affiliations have included : Vancouver Canucks 1974-75
General manager : Hal Laycoe 1974-75
Head coach : Keith Allen 1958-59, Orland Kurtenbach 1974-75
Team captain : Guyle Fielder 1958-59, Bill MacFarland 1960-63,
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Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Team Canada 1992-93 & 1994-95.
Club Career : Played for Regina Pats 1987-89, Regina Pats & Portland Winter Hawks 1989-90, Portland Winter Hawks & Seattle Thunderbirds 1990-91, Seattle Thunderbirds 1991-92, Team Canada & Louisville Ice Hawks 1992-93, Louisville Ice Hawks 1993-94, Team Canada & Saint John Flames 1994-95, Daytona Beach Breakers 1995-96, Manchester Storm 1996-97, Nottingham Panthers 1997-98, San Angelo Outlaws & ECR Revier-Löwen 1998-99, ECR Revier-Löwen 1999-00 and Sheffield Steelers 2000- .
Medals : Won the Benson and Hedges Cup in 2000.

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1952 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Edmonton Mercurys 1951-52.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1952.

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

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1976-77. Played for Canada in the 1984 Canada Cup.

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

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

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

See South East Hockey League

Born in Berlin, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for New York Rangers 1931-35, New York Rangers & Chicago Blackhawks 1935-36, Chicago Blackhawks 1936-44, Chicago Blackhawks & Detroit Red Wings 1944-45 and Detroit Red Wings & Indianapolis Capitals 1945-46. Coached Springfield Indians 1946-47.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1933 & 1938.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.
NHL All-Star First Team defenceman 1934-35, 1941-42, 1942-43 & 1943-44.
NHL All-Star Second Team defenceman 1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39, 1939-40 & 1940-41.
NHL All-Star Roster 1939.

Played defence.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.

Tokyo, Japan. Play in the Japanese League.
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Born in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. Played both right-wing & centre. Buffalo Sabres 1st pick (14th overall) in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. Brother of Rod Seiling.

International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1976-77.
Club Career : Played for Buffalo Sabres 1977-86, Detroit Red Wings 1986-87 and Adirondack Red Wings 1987-88.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Defenceman. He played 979 NHL games. President of the Greater Toronto Hotel Association. Brother of Ric Seiling.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1964 Olympics, the 1964 World Championships and in the 1972 Summit Series.
Club Career : Played for Toronto Maple Leafs (one game) & Rochester Americans (one game) 1962-63, Toronto Marlboros & Rochester Americans (two games) & New York Rangers (two games) 1963-64, New York Rangers 1964-65, New York Rangers & Minnesota Rangers 1965-66, New York Rangers & Baltimore Clippers 1966-67, New York Rangers 1967-74, New York Rangers & Washington Capitals (one game) & Toronto Maple Leafs 1974-75, Toronto Maple Leafs 1975-76, St Louis Blues 1976-78 and St Louis Blues & Atlanta Flames 1978-79.
Medals : Won World Championship bronze in 1964.
Honours : NHL All-Star Roster in 1972.

Born in Finland. Forward.
Club Career : Played for Tappara Tampere.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986 (player).
Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1957-58.
SM-liiga All Star Team winger 1962.

Born in Buffalo, New York, USA. Forward. In 489 games with the South Carolina Stingrays, he had 587 (217+ 370)points.
Club Career : Played for South Carolina Stingrays & Rochester Americans 1996-98, South Carolina Stingrays & Chicago Wolves 1998-99, South Carolina Stingrays 1999-04 and Lubbock Cotton Kings 2004-05.
Medals : Won the Patrick J Kelly Cup in 1997 & 2001.
Honours : Won the East Coast Hockey League Playoff MVP Trophy in 2001.
His number 14 jersey has been retired by South Carolina Stingrays.

Club Career : Played for the hockey club Pardubice.

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

Born in Liptovsky Mikulas, Czechoslovakia. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Colorado Tigers 2000-02, Colorado Tigers & St Louis Blues (one game) 2002-03, St Louis Blues & Worcester Ice Cats 2003-04 and Worcester Ice Cats 2004- .
Honours : Won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award 2002-03.
Won Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year 2002-03.

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

A monthly award by the sponsors of the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague. At each Superleague game shown on Sky TV, the man of the match was awarded a Sekonda watch. Each month one of the man of the match winners was named Sekonda Face To Watch.
i. Winners 1998-99 : October - Greg Hadden, November - Kip Noble, December - Frank Pietrangelo, January - Paul Adey, February - Grant Sjerven, March - Shayne McCosh.
ii. Winners 1999-00 : October - Ed Courtenay, November - Mark Cavallin, December - Tony Hand, January - Steve Thornton, Februray - Rob Stewart, March - Jimmy Hibbert.
iii. Winners 2000-01 : October - Trevor Robins, November - Tony Hand, December - Stevie Lyle, January - Shayne McCosh, February - David Longstaff, March - Joe Cardarelli
iv. Winners 2001-02 : October - Mark Cadotte, November - Colin Ward, December - Scott Allison

The name given to the Superleague from 1998- .

The name given to the British Championship from 1999- .

As sponsors of the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague 1998- , Sekonda made an annual award to the Superleague player of the year. The winner was selected from the winners of the monthly Sekona Face To Watch awards by a panel of ice hockey journalists.
i. Winners :
1998-99 Frank Pietrangelo
1999-00 Ed Courtenay
2000-01 David Longstaff

Forward.
International Career : Played for Australia in the 2004 (Division II) World Championships.
Club Career : Played for West Sydney Ice Dogs.
Medals : Won World Championship Division II (Group A) bronze in 2004.

Born Helsinki, Finland. Right-wing. Winnipeg Jets 1st pick (10th overall) in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Holds the NHL record of most goals (76) and most points (132) scored by a rookie. See "Hockey Heroes : Teemu Selanne"
International Career : Played for Finland in the 1999 World Championships Pool A and the 2006 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki 1990-93, Winnipeg Jets 1993-96, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1996-00, Anaheim Mighty Ducks & San Jose Sharks 2000-01, San Jose Sharks 2001-03, Colorado Avalanche 2003-04, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2005-06 and Anaheim Ducks 2006- .
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 2006.
Won the Stanley Cup in 2007.
Honours : Won the Raimo Kilpiö Trophy in 1990-91.
Won the Aarne Honkavaara Trophy in 1991-92.
Won the Calder Memorial Trophy 1992-93.
Won the Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy in 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99 & 1999-00.
Won the Maurice Richard Trophy in 1999.
Won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2005-06.
Won Olympic Leading Points Scorer Award in 2006.
Won Olympic Best Forward Award in 2006
SM-liiga All Star Team winger 1991 and 1992.
NHL All-Star First Team right-wing 1992-93 & 1996-97.
NHL All-Star Second Team right-wing 1997-98 & 1998-99.
NHL All-Stars Roster 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 & 1998.
NHL World All-Stars Roster 1999 & 2000.
Captain of Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1997-98 (part of season)
His number 8 jersey has been retired by Jokerit Helsinki
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 8 13

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International Career : Played for Finland (Women) in the 1998 Olympics.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He helped to set up the permanent home for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961. Retired from hockey in 1964 after 18 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens. The Frank J Selke Trophy and The Selke Trophy were presented in his honour.

Club Career : Coached the University of Toronto and Toronto Marlboros. Assistant general manager of Toronto Maple Leafs 1929-46 under Conn Smythe. General manager Montreal Canadiens 1946-64.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958 & 1960 (Coach)
Won the Memorial Cup in in 1919 & 1929 (Coach)
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960 (Builder).

Presented annually, in honour of Frank J Selke, to the most sportsmanlike player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. Played in the Manitoba Junior B League 1948-50.
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Honours : Won the Manitoba Junior B Championships in 1948-49 and 1949-50.

Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada.
Home ice for : Selkirk Steelers
Capacity : 3,000
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. Junior 'A' hockey team. Play in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
Home ice : Selkirk Recreational Complex
Team colours : red, white, grey & blue
General manager : Ken Petrash
Head coach : Ric Bender

Fresno, California, USA.
Home ice for : Fresno Falcons
Capacity : 8,500
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

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

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1978-79.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Edmonton Oilers 1977-80, Edmonton Oilers & Wichita Wind 1980-81, Edmonton Oilers 1981-86, Edmonton Oilers & Hartford Whalers 1986-87 and Toronto Maple Leafs 1987-88.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1984 & 1985.

Coach.
Club Career : Coached SKA 1946-53.

Born in Pavlovsky Posad, near Moscow, USSR. Forward. Played 339 games and scored 116 goals.
Club Career : Played for Tekstilshchik Pavlovsky Posad, Spartak Moscow, Kristall Saratov 1974-76 and Dynamo Moscow 1976-85. Coached Dynamo Moscow 1994-97 (assistant), Dynamo-2 Moscow 1997-99, THC Tver & Dynamo-Energia Ekaterinburg 1999-00, Dynamo- Energia Ekaterinburg & Dynamo Moscow 2000- .

Born in Sweden. Forward.
Club Career : Played for Södertälje SK and Whitley Warriors 1977-78.

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

Awarded to the Most Outstanding Player in the CIAU.

1983-84 : Mike Ridley

International Career : Head Coach for Lithuania in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

The top amateur ranking in Canada.

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

Born in Finland. Finnish SM-liiga referee.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987 (referee/linesman).
Won the Unto Wiitala Trophy in 1976, 1977 and 1981.

First contested 2003-04.

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

See Metallurg Serov

Born in Barcelona, Spain. Defenceman. A member of the first Spanish team to enter a World Championship.
International Career : Played 28 games for Spain between 1977 and 1983 ( including the 1977 World Championship Pool C).
Club Career : Played for FC Barcelona, Casco Viejo and Puigceerdá.

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

Born in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Colorado Tigers 2002-05.

Honours : Won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award 2004-05.
Won Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year 2004-05.

Born in Deer Park, New York, USA. Right-wing. Toronto Maple Leafs 5th pick (86th overall) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USA (Junior) in 1996-97.
Club Career : Played for St John's Maple Leafs 1997-99, St John's Maple Leafs & Louisiana Ice Gators & South Carolina Stingrays 1999-00, St John's Maple Leafs & South Carolina Stingrays 2000-01, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks & Springfield Falcons & South Carolina Stingrays & Dayton Bombers 2001-02, Sheffield Steelers 2002-03, Quad City Mallards 2003-04, Elmira Jackals & Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2004-05 and Long Beach Ice Dogs & Elmira Jackals 2005- .
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior) silver 1996-97.
Won the Challenge Cup 2002-03.
Won the Superleague 2002-03.

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

Moscow, Russia.
Home ice for : Krylia Sovetov Moscow
Capacity : 8,000
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 98 feet

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

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

Cherepovets, Russia. Cherepovets is town in north west Russia, on the Rybinsk reservoir. Severstal = Northern Steel. Played in the Russian Superleague 1999-2000.
Home ice : Almaz Sport and Concert Hall
Team colours : Black, yellow and white (changed from blue, red and white)

St Petersburg, Russia. Reserve team for Severstal Cherepovets. Played in the Russian First League 1999-2000.
Home ice : Almaz Sport and Concert Hall
Team colours : Black, yellow and white
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International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1990-91.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1975-76.
Club Career : Played for Kalamazoo Wings 1977-78, Springfield Indians & Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1978-79, Montreal Canadiens & Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1979-80, Montreal Canadiens 1980-84, Quebec Nordiques 1984-85, Quebec Nordiques & Fredericton Express 1985-87 and Fredericton Express 1987-88.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1979.
Honours : Won the Vezina Trophy in 1981 (with Denis Herron & Michel Larocque).

A web site managed by Hans Eeuwes, it covers ice hockey in the premier divisions of the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg).

Born Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Settled in London after serving in France with Canadian forces in WWI, married an English girl, and became the driving force and captain of London Lions.
International Career : Played for Great Britain 1924-30.
Club Career : Played for London Lions & Queens IHC.
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 1924.
Won World Championship bronze in 1924.
Won European Championship bronze in 1928.
Honours : Elected to the British Hall of Fame in 1950.