A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

Defenceman.
International Career : Played for China in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.

Subotica, FR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1946. First match played in 1947. Play in the Yugoslav Hockey League.
Home ice : Stadion Malih Sportova (1969- )
Team colours : blue & white
Head coach : Nikola Dujmovic -02, Robert Vere 2002-

Born in Vlci u Loun, Czechoslovakia. He was a co-founder of HC Svezda Praha, and went on to become president of the club for 22 years. In 1953 he became a member of the International Committee of Czechoslovakian Ice Hockey Association, moving up to become its board member three years later and finally its president. Since 1957, He has been a directorate member at the IIHF World Championship and Olympic Ice Hockey Tournaments. He was a chairman of the 1959 IIHF World Championship Organizing Committee. IIHF Council member since 1959. Vice-President from 1966 until 2003. Father of the Junior European Championship. He was chiefly responsible for instituting the first IIHF statistical system and made valuable contributions to develop the IIHF Sport Regulations, By-laws and Statutes. He has presided as an IIHF Tournament Chairman in over 70 events, chaired numerous IIHF Committees, not to mention taking part in 12 Winter Olympics.
Honours : Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 (builder).

Since the 1995-96 season, the Play-Off Champions of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League are presented with the Subway Cup. It was formerly known as the Nat Bailey Cup.

Forward.
International Career : Played for Israel in the 2003 (Division II) World Championships.
Club Career : Played for LOD.

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Home ice for : Sudbury Wolves
Capacity :
Ice pad size :

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The Senior "A" team that represented Canada in 1938. Played in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association 1937-38, the Eastern Professional Hockey League 1959-63 and the Ontario Hockey League 1972- .
Home ice : Sudbury Arena
Team colours : blue, grey & white
General manager : Mike Foligno 2003-
Head coach : Mike Foligno 2003-

An action movie based around a hockey match. It was made in 1995 and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme.

When scores are level at the end of a game, some leagues play an extra 'overtime' period with a sudden death goal to decide which team wins the game. The format of these sudden death overtime periods varies from league to league.

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

Gotland, Sweden. Founded in 1978. Play in Division 2 Eastern in Sweden.
Home ice : Hemse Stadium
Team colours : black, green & white
Head coach : Robert Spath

Centre.
International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998 Olympics and in the 1999 World Championships.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Centre. General Manager of Macon Trax 2003- .
Club Career : Played for Louisville Riverfrogs 1995-96 and Macon Whoopee 1996-01.

Born in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Louisville Riverfrogs & Mobile Mysticks 1995-96, Mobile Mysticks 1996-98 and Macon Whoopee 1998-00.

Netminder.
International Career : Played for Finland in the 1998 Olympics and the 1995, 1998, 1999 & 2000 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki.
Medals : Won World Championship gold in 1995.
Won World Championship silver in 1998 & 1999.
Won Olympic bronze in 1998.
Won World Championship bronze in 2000.
Honours : Won the Jari Kurri Trophy in 1993-94.
Won the Urpo Ylönen Trophy in 1995-96.
SM-liiga All Star Team netminder 1996.

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1928 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for University of Toronto Graduates.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1928.
Won the Allan Cup in 1927.

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

Club Career : Played for Hershey Bears 1953-54.
Honours : Won the Les Cunningham Plaque in 1953-54.

Neminder.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1928 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for University of Toronto Graduates.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1928.
Won the Allan Cup in 1927.

Born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA. Centre. New York Rangers 4th pick (69th overall) in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for USA (Junior) 1987-88 and the USA in the 1997 World Championship.
Club Career : Played for San Diego Gulls 1990-91, San Jose Sharks & Kansas City Blades 1991-92, San Jose Sharks 1992-93, San Jose Sharks & Kansas City Blades & Calgary Flames & Saint John Flames 1993-94, Calgary Flames 1994-97, Boston Bruins 1997-98 and Phoenix Coyotes 1998-00. Coached Providence Bruins 2002-03 and Boston Bruins 2003- .

Born in Australia. Forward. Now a businessman in Queensland, Australia - www.creatalifestyle.com.
International Career : Played for Australia in the 1974 & 1979 World Championships and the 1977 three match series against Germany (Junior U21).
Club Career : Played for Rangers IHC.

Born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Right-wing.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 2000 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Albany River Rats 1994-95, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats 1995-96, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats & Toronto Maple Leafs 1996-97, Toronto Maple Leafs 1997-99, Toronto Maple Leafs & Chicago Blackhawks 1999-00, Chicago Blackhawks 2000-03 and Chicago Blackhawks & Nashville Predators 2003- .

Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Home ice for : Anchorage Aces & Alaska Aces
Capacity : 6,251
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet

Born in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Forward.
International Career : Played for Finland (Junior) 1981-82. Played for Finland in the 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991 & 1995 World Championships, the 1984 & 1992 Olympics and the 1987 & 1991 Canada Cups.

Club Career : Played for Ilves Tampere 1982-3, Ilves Tampere & Edmonton Oilers 1983-84, Edmonton Oilers & Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1984-85, Edmonton Oilers 1985-86, Edmonton Oilers & Vancouver Canucks 1986-87, Vancouver Canucks & Fredericton Express & Flint Spirits 1987-88, Ilves Tampere 1988-92, TPS Turku 1992-93, Jokerit Helsinki & SC Bern 1993-94 and TPS Turku 1994-95.
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior) bronze in 1981-82.
Won World Championship gold in 1995.
Honours : Won the Aarne Honkavaara Trophy in 1982-83 and 1989-90.
Won the Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy in 1988-89 and 1989-90.
SM-liiga All Star Team winger 1983, 1984, 1989 and 1990.

Born in Canada. London business man who formed the Grosvenor House Canadians and later, instigated hockey at Earls Court.

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Also known as Summerside Western Capitals. Played in the Island Junior Hockey League and the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.
Home ice : Cahill Stadium
Team colours : white & blue
General manager : Doug Dexter 2002-
Head coach : Gerard Gallant 1995-98, Ray MacPherson 2002-
Honours : Won the Maritime Junior A Hockey League Roger Meek Division 1995-96 & 1999-00.

See Summerside Capitals

As executive director of the NHL Players Association Alan Eagleson organised the historic Team Canada-Soviet Union series of eight games in September 1972. It was the first time that NHL players had competed in international hockey. Four games were played in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver) and four in the USSR (all four in Moscow). The series, also known as the Team Canada-Soviet Union series, was won by Canada.

St Petersburg, Florida, USA. Also referred to as St Petersburg Suns & St Petersburg Suncoast Suns. Played in the Eastern Hockey League 1971-73 and the Southern Hockey League 1973-74. Folded 19th December 1973.
Home ice : Bayfront Center Arena
Team colours : orange, green & white
Affiliations have included : Los Angeles Kings 1972-73, Minnesota Fighting Saints 1973-74, New England Whalers 1973-74
General manager : Walter Brock 1971-72, Lloyd Hinchberger 1972-73, Paul Caron 1973-74
Head coach : Lloyd Hinchberger 1971-73, Larry Kish 1973-74

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Founded in 1977 as the Crowtree Chiefs, named the Sunderland Chiefs in 1986 (known as the Sunderland Indians 1990-91). Played in the British League Division One 1986-89, the English League 1989-90. Since 1991 have played in the English League.
Home ice : Crowtree Leisure Centre
Team colours : white, red & blue.

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Founded in 1977 as the Crowtree Chiefs, renamed the Sunderland Chiefs in 1986 and known as the Sunderland Indians for the 1990-91 season. Played in the English League 1990-91.
Home ice : Crowtree Leisure Centre
Team colours : White, red and blue.

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Played in Women's Premier League in Great Britain.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Born in Bromma, Sweden. Forward. Quebec Nordiques 1st pick (1st overall) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. The first European player to be selected in first place in the NHL draft.
International Career : Played for Sweden 1990- .
Club Career : Played for Quebec Nordiques 1990-94 and Toronto Maple Leafs 1994- .
Honours : World Championship Most Valueable Player Award 2003.
NHL All-Star Second Team centre 2001-02
NHL All-Star Roster 1996, 1997 & 1998.
NHL World All-Stars Roster 1999, 2000 & 2002.
Canada Cup All-Star Team 1991.
World Cup All-Star Team 1996.
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 13

Born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. Centre. New York Rangers 1st choice (8th overall) in the 1993 Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Sweden (Junior) in the European Junior Championships in 1992 & 1993 and the Junior World Championships in 1993, 1994 & 1995. Played for Sweden in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the 1998 Olympics and the 1998 & 1999 World Championships Pool A.
Club Career : Played for Modo Hockey 1991-95 and New York Rangers 1995- .
Medals : Won World Championship gold in 1998.
Won Junior World Championship silver in 1993 & 1994.
Won World Championship bronze in 1999.
Won Junior World Championship bronze in 1995.
Honours : Junior World Championship Best Forward award in 1994.
Junior World Championship Top Scorer in 1994.
Junior World Championship All-Star in 1994.

See Timrå IK

Club Career : Played for HC Rouen.
Honours : Won the Raymond Dewas Trophy in 1993-94.

Born in Canada. Forward.
International Career : Played for Canada (Women) in the 1998 & 2002 Olympics and the 2001 World Championship (Women).
Club Career : Played for Brampton Thunder.
Medals : Won Olympic (Women) gold in 2002.
Won Olympic (Women) silver in 1998.
Won World Championship (Women) gold in 2001.

Based in Florida, USA. Founded in 1992. Known as the SunHL. Played for three seasons as the Sunshine Hockey League. Name changed to Southern Hockey League after the 1994-95 season..

1992-93 : Daytona Beach Sun Devils, Jacksonville Bullets, Lakeland Ice Warriors, St Petersburg Renegades and West Palm Beach Blaze.
1993-94 : Daytona Beach Sun Devils, Jacksonville Bullets, Lakeland Ice Warriors and West Palm Beach Blaze.
1994-95 : Daytona Beach Sun Devils, Fresno Falcons, Jacksonville Bullets, Lakeland Ice Warriors and West Palm Beach Blaze.

1992-93 : West Palm Beach Blaze (regular season); Jacksonville Bullets (play-offs)
1993-94 : West Palm Beach Blaze (regular season); Jacksonville Bullets (play-offs)
1994-95 : West Palm Beach Blaze (regular season); Jacksonville Bullets (play-offs)

Born in Finland. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for TK-V Tampere.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986 (player).
SM-liiga All Star Team defenceman 1962.

Club Career : Played for Ilves Tampere.
Honours : His number 24 jersey has been retired by Ilves Tampere.

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 (player).

An IIHF competition, first played for in 1997 and contested by the winners of the European Hockey League and the European Cup. In 1998, 1999 & 2000 it was contested by the winners of the European Hockey League and the Continental Cup. The Magnus Orbis Trophy is presented to the winners of the Super Cup.
i. Winners :
1997 TPS Turku 3-2 Lada Togliatti
1998 VEU Feldkirch 4-0 HC Kosice
1999 HC Ambrì Piotta 2-0 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2000 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3-2 HC Ambrì Piotta

Known as the IIHF Super Six, this was the top club competition in Europe from the 2004-05 season onwards. The inaugural IIHF Super Six was played 13th-16th January 2005 at the Ice Palace arena in St Petersburg, Russia. The 2003-04 national champions from the top ranked European countries according to the 2004 IIHF World Ranking participated - Czech Republic: HC Zlin, Finland: Karpat Oulu, Germany: Frankfurt Lions, Russia: Avangard Omsk, Slovakia: Dukla Trencin and Sweden: HV 71. The teams were divided into two groups and played a single round-robin. Each group winner then played in the gold medal game. A total of seven games played in four tournament days. St Petersburg was also to host the 2006 and the 2007 IIHF Super Six competitions.

The UK based Ice-hockey Superleague Ltd (ISL) was established for the 1996-97 season as the senior British league. The league, known as the Superleague was set up with eight teams. Basingstoke Bison withdrew from the league at the end of the 1997-98 season as London Knights joined the league for the start of the 1998-99 season. The league became (almost) a 100% import league. Additional franchises were awarded to Belfast Giants from 2000-01 but a franchise for Leeds Lasers as part of the ISL's expansion plans did not materialise. Sekonda became sponsors of the league from the 1998-99 season. After financial problems and the folding of Manchester Storm and Scottish Eagles in 2002, the league itself folded at the end of the 2002-03 season to be replaced by an Elite League with lower budgets, a reduction in the number of imports and more emphasis on home grown talent.
Chairmen :
David Temme 1996-00
David Davies 2000-
Martin Waddell

The Superleague was set up as an eight-team league and expanded to nine teams from the 2000-01 season.

This discussion forum covers hockey in the UK Superleague and Superleague teams.

Västmanland, Sweden.
Home ice for : Surahammar IF
Capacity : 1,800
Ice pad size :

Västmanland, Sweden. Founded in 1914. Surahammar have played 8 seasons in the top Swedish divisions.

Home ice : Surahallen
Team colours : blue, white & red

Born in Finland.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000 (player).

Brighton, Sussex, England. Played in the English League in 1931-32 and the English League Southern Group in 1935-36. Played in London and Provincal League 1937-39. Played in the Southern Intermediate League 1948-52.
Home ice :
Team colours :

Brighton, Sussex, England. Founded in 1970, played until 1973.
Home ice : No home ice.
Team colours :
Honours : Won the Southern League 1970-71 and 1971-72.

Brighton, Sussex, England. Played one season in the Southern League.
Home ice :
Team colours : blue ?-52

Defenceman.
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 Madison, Wiscounsin, USA. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for the USA in the 1998 & 2002 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Calgary Flames 1985-93, Calgary Flames & Chicago Blackhawks 1993-94, Chicago Blackhawks 1994-98 and San Jose Sharks 1998- .
Medals : Won Olympic silver in 2002.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1989.
Honours : NHL All-Star Second Team defenceman 1987-88.

International Career : Played for Canada in the 1932 Olympics.
Club Career : Played for the Winnipeg Hockey Club in 1930-32.
Medals : Won Olympic gold in 1932.
Won the Allan Cup in 1930-31.

Played shinney/hockey in Kingston, Ontario in the 1880s. He went on to be a player, manager and a referee. In the 1915-16 season he was named president of the Ontario Hockey Association and in 1919 he was president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. He conceived the idea of a Hall of Fame in 1943. Regarded as the Father of hockey in Ontario, Canada.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.

Born in Finland. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Jokerit Helsinki.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 (player).
SM-liiga All Star Team centre 1973.

Born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Centre. New York Islanders 1st pick (17th overall) in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1987 & 1991 Canada Cups.
Club Career : Played for New York Islanders.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1982 & 1983.
Won Canada Cup gold in 1991.

Born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Left-wing. St Louis Blues 2nd pick (20th overall) in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.
International Career : Played for Canada (Junior) in 1974-75. Played for Canada in the 1984 Canada Cup.
Club Career : Played for St Louis Blues 1976-88. Coached St Louis Blues 1988-92, Boston Bruins 1992-95, Calgary Flames 1997-00 and Chicago Blackhawks 2001-05.
Honours : Won the Jack Adams Award 1991.
NHL All-Star Roster 1982, 1983 & 1985.
NHL World All-Star Roster 2002 (assistant coach).
His number 11 jersey has been retired by St Louis Blues.

Born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Left-wing.
Club Career : Played for Chicago Blackhawks & New Brunswick Hawks 1979-80 and Chicago Blackhawks 1980-87. Coached Saginaw 1988-89, Indianapolis 1989-90, Chicago Blackhawks 1992-95, San Jose Sharks 1997-02, San Jose Sharks & Calgary Flames 2002-
Honours : Captain of the Chicago Blackhawks 1982-87.

Born in Viking, Alberta, Canada. Right-wing. New York Islanders 2nd pick (17th overall) in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.
Club Career : Played for New York Islanders 1979-87 and Chicago Blackhawks 1987-90.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in 1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983.

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

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

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Saskatoon Blades 1988-89, Rochester Americans 1989-90, Buffalo Sabres & Rochester Americans 1990-91, Buffalo Sabres 1991-94, Buffalo Sabres & Edmonton Oilers 1994-95, Edmonton Oilers & St Louis Blues & Worcester Ice Cats 1995-96, Manitoba Moose & Albany River Rats 1996-97, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats & San Jose Sharks 1997-98, New Jersey Devils & Albany River Rats 1998-99 and New Jersey Devils 1999- .

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