A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

i. On some hockey statistics it means Saves in Overtime.
ii. On some hockey statistics it means Shoot Out.

Played one season in the Southern League.
Home ice : Michael Sobell Centre
Team colours :

Played in the SIHA Junior League 1976-77.
Home ice : Michael Sobell Centre
Team colours :
Honours : Won the SIHA Junior League 1976-77.

Born in Sweden. Forward.
Club Career : Played for Västra Frölunda IF and Bournemouth Stags 1982-83.

Based in Canada. The Society was founded in 1991 at Kingston, Ontario - the home town of Bill Fitsell (Founding President) who currently edits the Society's quarterly Newsletter. The purpose of the Society, "is to bring together dedicated researchers and historians to apply even more diligent research to record and preserve .... so that a 100 years hence the record will be as clear and as accurate as it can be." The Hon. President is Brian McFarlane. The membership secretary is Jefferson Davis c/o The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.
Bill Fitsell (1991-96)
Paul Kitchen (1996- )

Södertälje is a town near Stockholm, Sweden. Founded 1902. Södertälje have played over 65 seasons in the top Swedish division. Played in the Swedish Elite League 1996-98.
Home ice : Scaniarinken
Team colours : blue & yellow
Head coach : Mats Hallin/Johan Hemlin
Honours : Won the Swedish Championship in 1925, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956 & 1985.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1974-75.
Club Career : Played for New York Rangers & Providence Reds 1975-76, New York Rangers & New Haven Nighthawks 1976-81, Winnipeg Jets 1981-84, Montreal Canadiens 1984-86 and New York Rangers 1986-87.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1986.

President of the South African Ice Hockey Association 1968- . Owner of the Wembley Ice Rink in Johannesburg.

International Career : Played for Great Britain 1952-53.

Born in Romania. Netminder.
International Career : Played for Romania in the 1964 Olympics.

Seen on some hockey statistics - means Shots On Goal. Goal judges count shots that would have gone into the net if a player or the goalie had not intervened. Hitting the pipework does not count as a shot on goal.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for France in the 1995, 1997 & 2000 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for HC Chamonix.

Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki.
Honours : Won the Urpo Ylönen Trophy in 1982-83.

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986 (player).

See Kiev (Sokol Kiev)

Moscow, Russia.
Home ice for : HC Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow
Capacity : 4,000
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 98 feet

International Career : Played for Kazakhstan in the 1998 Olympics.

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Poland 1930- (including the 1936 Olympics). Played for Lechia Lwów.

Seen on some hockey statistics - means Shoot Out Loss.

Forward.
International Career : Played for France in the 1998 World Championships and the 1999 & 2000 World Championship Qualification Tournaments.

Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. Founded in 1991, name changed in 1992 to Wightlink Raiders. Played in the English League 1991-92.
Home ice : Ryde Arena
Team colours : green, white, gold & black

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Founded in 1965. Formerly the Birmingham Barons. Out of this team grew another Solihull team called Solihull Vikings.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours :

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Founded in 1972. Played in the Southern League 1972-78, the Inter-City League 1978-82, the British League Division Two 1982-84, the British League Division One 1984-86, the British League Premier Division 1986-91, the English League 1991-93 and the British League Division One 1993-96.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours : white & red
Honours : Won the English League 1993.
Won the Southern League 1977-78.

Solihull, West Midlands, England.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours :

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Formerly the Solihull MK Kings. Played in the Emglish Premier League 2005- .
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours : red, white & black
General manager :
Head coach : Dave Graham 2005-

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Founded in 1965, named changed from Solihull Barons in 1996. Played in the British Premier League 1996-97. Played in the English League 1997-98, the English League Premier Division 1998-99 and the British National League 1999-2000. The team move to Coventry and became the Coventry Blaze from the 2000-01 season.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours : White, blue, red and gold

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Played in British League Division Three 1982-83.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Reserve team for Solihull Blaze. Played in the English League in 1996-97.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours :

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Formerly the Milton Keynes Kings. Played in the British National League 2002-05. Reverted to the old name of Solihull Barons.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours : blue, white & black
General manager : Mike Pack 2002-05
Head coach : Rick Strachan 2002-05

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Formed by some members of the original Solihull Barons team. The team was named after the Public House opposite the rink and was suggested by Keith Jenney (a former player and club secretary of the Solihull Vikings). Played in the Southern League 1970-74.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours : black, white & red

Solihull, West Midlands, England. Played in Women's Premier League in Great Britain.
Home ice : Hobs Moat Road Rink
Team colours :

Born in Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Philadelphia Falcons 1945-46 (also one game for Cleveland Barons), Minneapolis Millers 1946-47, Cleveland Barons 1947-49, Pittsburgh Hornets 1949-51, Toronto Maple Leafs & Pittsburgh Hornets 1951-55, Pittsburgh Hornets 1955-56, Hershey Bears 1956-60 (also one game for Detroit Red Wings 1959-60), Edmonton Flyers 1960-61, San Francisco Seals 1961-62, Los Angeles Blades 1962-64, Red Deer Rustlers 1964-65, Lacombe Rockets 1965-66, Edmonton Nuggets 1966-68 and Edmonton Monarchs 1968-69.
Honours : AHL Rookie of the Year 1948.
AHL All-Star Second Team 1953.
WHL All-Star Second Team 1962 & 1963.

Sweden.

Sweden. Played in the Swedish Elite League and the Swedish Second Division.

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for the USSR in the 1972 Summit Series.

Born in Moscow, USSR. Defenceman. He only started playing organized ice hockey at the age of 25 but went on to score 128 goals in 350 league games. A Russian who helped the USA win Olympic gold at Squaw Valley in 1960. Having defeated Canada and the USSR, all the United States team needed to do was defeat the team from Czechoslovakia in the final game. After two periods, the Americans, playing lethargically in the thin air high in the Sierra Nevadas, were behind by the odd goal in seven. During the break between the second and third periods, Sologubov - who apparently did not speak English, went to the USA changing room and by making gestures, indicated that the American players needed to take on board some oxygen. They did, and when they returned to the ice they turned a 3-4 deficit into a 9-4 victory.
International Career : Played for the USSR in the 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 & 1963 World Championships and the 1956 & 1960 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for CDKA Moscow 1949-51, CDSA Moscow 1951-54, CSK Moscow 1954-59, CSKA Moscow 1959-64 and SKA Kalinin 1964-65.
Medals : Won the Russian Championship in 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 & 1964.
Won World Championship silver 1955, 1957, 1958 & 1959.
Won Olympic gold in 1956.
Won World Championship gold in 1956 & 1963.
Won Olympic bronze in 1960.
Won World Championship bronze in 1960 & 1961.
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 (player).
Won the World Championship Best Defenceman Award 1956, 1957 & 1960.

Born in Bilbao, Spain. Defenceman. A member of the first Spanish team to enter a World Championship.
International Career : Played 27 games for Spain between 1977 and 1983 ( including the 1977 World Championship Pool C).
Club Career : Played for Casco Viejo.

Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Previously known as the Dumfries Sharks. Played in Scottish League 1998-00 and the Scottish National League 2000-03. Name changed to Dumfries Vikings.
Home ice : The Ice Bowl
Team colours : blue, white & green

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Centre.
Club Career : Played for New York Rangers.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1933.

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

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

Played in the the Eastern Professional Hockey League 1961-62.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Played in the the Eastern Professional Hockey League 1959-61.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Born in Kensington, London, England. Netminder. He was an aeroplane designer famous for his World War I bi-planes - Sopwith Pup and Sopwith Camel. He was Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group and responsible for the Hawker Hurricane and the Jump Jet. In addition to playing hockey and building planes, he was also a race car driver, yachtsman, speed record holder, balloonist, pioneer pilot and engineer.
International Career : Played for Great Britain in the 1910 European Championships.
Club Career : Played for Princes.
Medals : Won European Championship gold in 1910.

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

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

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1994-95.
Club Career : Played for London Knights (UK) & Jokerit Helsinki 2000- .

Born in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Detroit Falcons 1930-32, Detroit Red Wings 1932-37, Detroit Red Wings & New York Americans 1937-38, New York Americans 1938-40, New York Americans & Springfield Indians & Hershey Bears 1940-41, Hershey Bears 1941-43 and Indianapolis Capitals 1943-45.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1936 & 1937.

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

Born in Canada. Played defence.
International Career : Played for Canada (Women) in the 2001 World Championships (Women) and the 2002 Olympics (Women).
Club Career : Played for Oval X-Treme.
Medals : Won Olympic (Women) gold in 2002.
Won World Championship (Women) gold in 2001.

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Spain (Junior) in 1982.
Medals : Won European Championship (Junior) Pool C silver in 1982.
Honours : Won European Championship (Junior) Best Goalkeeper Award in 1982 (Pool C).

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

Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Russia in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.

Born in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. Defenceman. New Jersey Devils 3rd pick (71st overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 2005 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Tri-City Americans 1993-94, Tri-City Americans & Prince George Cougars & Albany River Rats 1994-95, Prince George Cougars & Kelowna Rockets & Albany River Rats 1995-96, Albany River Rats 1996-97, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats 1997-98, New Jersey Devils 1998-99, New Jersey Devils & Montreal Canadiens 1999-00, Montreal Canadiens 2000-04 and Farjestads BK 2004- .
Medals : Won World Championship silver in 2005.
Honours : NHL All-Star Roster 2004.

See South Africa

Contested as early as the late 1930s on a provincial basis. The South African Championship is effectively the Gauteng-League. Teams from Pretoria and Johannesburg compete in the Gauteng-League (formerly called Transvaal-League) which is the oldest and most developed league. Teams in and around Cape Town compete in the West Province League.

The South African Ice Hockey Association was founded in 1936 and became a member of the IIHF in 1937.
J C Stevens 1938-
Tommy Durling 1958-61
Gerald Geffen 1964-66
Hymie Sofer 1967-69
Otto Herz 1970-91
Dave May 1992-95
Denis Nicholson 1996-97
Jim DiMambro 1998-98
Richard Edwards 1998-

North Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Founded in 1993. Played in the East Coast Hockey League 1993- .
Home ice : North Charleston Coliseum
Team colours : red, white & blue
Affiliations have included : Buffalo Sabres 1995-03, Edmonton Oilers, Rochester Americans, Toronto Roadrunners, Washington Capitals 2004-05 & 2007-08
General manager : Rick Vaive 1993-98, Taylor Lee
Head coach : Rick Vaive 1993-98, Rick Adduono 1998-02, Jason Fitzsimmons 2002-
Team captain : Brett Marietti 1995-03
Honours : Won the Patrick J Kelly Cup in 1996-97 & 2000-01.
Won the Henry Brabham Cup in 1996-97.
Retired jersey numbers : 12 14 24

A 12 team two-tier league based in Hong Kong.

Based in Little River, South Carolina, USA. Founded in 2003. A professional league operating in the south eastern USA. Contested by four teams in 2003-04 - Cape Fear Fire Antz, Huntsville Channel Cats, Knoxville Ice Bears and Winston-Salem T-Birds. For the 2004-05 season - Pelham Bulls & Tupelo T-Rex were scheduled to join the league but the league merged with the Eastern Hockey League (2004-05) to become the Southern Professional Hockey League.
i. League Winners :
2003-04 Huntsville Channel Cats

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Manitoba, Canada. Senior hockey league.

See South Korea

Southampton, Hampshire, England. Played in English League Division 2 1931-33.
Home ice : Southampton Ice Rink
Team colours :

Published in pamphlet form in Southampton, England in 1987 by Paul Kemp.

Published in pamphlet form by Peter Harper.

The history of Southampton Ice Rink [web link] is a web article by Natalie Murphy which covers the 1930s to date.

Southampton, Hampshire, England. Played in British League Division Three 1982-83.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Southampton, Hampshire, England. Founded 1936. Formerly Français Volants. Played in the English National League 1936-37. After a period of inactivity, the team re-formed for the 1952-53 season when the Sussex team transferred en bloc. Played in the Southern Intermediate League 1952-55. Played in the Southern League 1976-78, Inter-City League 1978-82, British League Division One 1982-84, British League Premier Division 1984-85 and British League Division One 1985-88. Team folded in 1988 when the rink was closed.
Home ice : Top Rank Ice Rink
Team colours : red, white & blue
Honours : Won British League Division One 1983-84.
Won the Southern Intermediate League 1952-53.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Junior 'A' hockey team. Play in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.
Home ice : Sagkeeng Arena Complex
Team colours :
General manager : Ray Neufeld
Head coach : Ray Neufeld

i. One of the divisions of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Teams in this division in 1998-99 were Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals. The Atlanta Thrashers joined the division in 1999-2000.
ii. One of the divisions of the Southern Conference of the East Coast Hockey League. Teams in the division in 1998-99 were Augusta Lynx, Charlotte Checkers, Florida Everblades, Greenville Grrrowl, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, Miami Matadors, Pee Dee Pride and South Carolina Stingrays.

See Southern League

Contested in England during the 1970s. A second level league organised by the Southern Ice Hockey Association.

i. Former conference of the American Hockey League. The last season for this conference structure was 1996-97. Consisted of two divisions - Mid Atlantic Division and New England Division.
ii. A conference of the East Coast Hockey League which has two divisions - Southeast Division and Southwest Division.

A one-off competition held in southern England in 1989-90. Four teams contested the round robin home and away cup - Basingstoke Beavers, Bracknell Bees, Slough Jets and Streatham Redskins.
i. winners : Slough Jets

Minor hockey league in the USA. Founded in 1973. The league ceased operations when it folded on the 31st January 1977.
i. commissioner :
Jack Riley 1975
ii. league winners :
1973-74 Roanoke Valley Rebels
1974-75 Charlotte Checkers
1975-76 Charlotte Checkers
ii. play-off winners :
1974 Roanoke Valley Rebels
1975 Charlotte Checkers
1976 Charlotte Checkers

1973-74 : Charlotte Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Macon Whoopees, Roanoke Valley Rebels, Suncoast Suns and Winston-Salem Polar Bears.
1974-75 : Charlotte Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Hampton Gulls, Roanoke Valley Rebels and Winston-Salem Polar Bears.
1975-76 : Charlotte Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Hampton Gulls, Roanoke Valley Rebels, Tidewater Sharks and Winston-Salem Polar Bears.
1976-77 : Baltimore Clippers, Charlotte Checkers, Greensboro Generals, Hampton Gulls, Richmond Wildcats, Tidewater Sharks and Winston-Salem Polar Twins.

Minor hockey league in the USA founded in 1995 when the Sunshine Hockey League expanded outside of Florida. Folded at the end of its inaugural 1995-96 season. Six teams played in the league in its one and only season.

1995-96 : Daytona Beach Breakers, Huntsville Channel Cats, Jacksonville Bullets, Lakeland Prowlers, Winston-Salem Mammoths and West Palm Beach Barracudas.

1995-96 : Lakeland Prowlers won the league; Huntsville Channel Cats won the play-offs

England, UK. The association existed between 1970 and 1978. Operated the Southern League - there were, at times, two levels - an 'A' league and a 'B' League. operated a junior league known as the SIHA Junior League.

New Zealand. A member of the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. Includes clubs in Albury, Dunedin, Ranfurly, Gore, Alexandra and Queenstown.

Contested between 1948 and 1955 by Cambridge University, Earls Court Marlboroughs, Harringay Hornets, Oxford University, Richmond Ambassadors, Royal Air Force, Southampton Vikings, Streatham Royals, Sussex and Wembley Terriers. In the 1948-49 season there was only a knock-out competition, known as the Intermediate Trophy, but from 1949-50 there was a regular league structure although not all home & away fixtures were contested and some games were played for four points.

1949-48 : Wembley Terriers
1949-50 : Royal Air Force

England. Formed in 1970 by three rinks - Altrincham, Blackpool and Solihull under the banner of the Southern Ice Hockey Association, contested until 1977-78. Sometimes referred to as the Southern 'A' League.

Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Formed by a merger of the Eastern Hockey League and the South East Hockey League. Played under new name from 2004-05 season.
League Commissioner :
Tom Coolen 2004-

2004-05 : Asheville Aces, Columbus Cottonmouths, Fayetteville Fire Antz, Huntsville Havoc, Jacksonville Barracudas, Knoxville Ice Bears, Macon Trax and Winston-Salem Polar Twins.
2005-06 : Asheville Aces, Columbus Cottonmouths, Fayetteville Fire Antz, Florida Seals, Huntsville Havoc, Jacksonville Barracudas, Knoxville Ice Bears and Pee Dee Cyclones.
2006-07 : Columbus Cottonmouths, Fayetteville Fire Antz, Florida Seals (folded January 2007), Huntsville Havoc, Jacksonville Barracudas, Knoxville Ice Bears, Pee Dee Cyclones and Richmond Renegades.

Saskatchewan, Canada. The league operated from 1918 to 1945.

Club Career : Played for Grimsby Buffaloes 1975-76.

i. One of the divisions of the Western Conference of the International Hockey League. Teams in this division in 1997-98 were Houston Aeros, Las Vegas Thunder, Long Beach Ice Dogs, San Antonio Dragons and Utah Grizzlies.
ii. One of the divisions of the Southern Conference of the East Coast Hockey League. Teams in the division in 1998-99 were Baton Rouge Kingfish, Birmingham Bulls, Louisiana Ice Gators, Mississippi Sea Wolves, Mobile Mysticks, New Orleans Brass, Pensacola Ice Pilots and Tallahassee Tigersharks.

Trenton, New Jersey, USA.
Home ice for : Trenton Titans
Capacity : 7,850
Ice pad size :

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Home ice for : Reading Royals
Capacity : 7,200
Ice pad size :

See Russian Championship

See USSR in the National Teams section of the A to Z.