- Vea, Ricardo (1958- )
- Born in Logrono, Spain. Forward. A member of the first Spanish team to
enter a World Championship.
International Career : Played 33 games for
Spain between 1977 and 1985 ( including the 1977
World Championship Pool C).
Club Career : Played for CH
Txuri Urdiń.
- Vedres, Mátyás (1943- )
- Netminder. Ranked as the number one Hungarian goalkeeper in the 1960s. His best
tournament was in the 1965 World Championships Pool B in Tampere, Finland where he was
ranked as best goalkeeper
International Career : Played for Hungary in the 1964 Olympics
and in nine World Championships between 1963 and 1974.
Club Career : Played all his career with Újpesti Dózsa 1960-70
Medals : Won six Hungarian Championships between 1960 and
1970.
Honours :
- Vega, Luis De La (1988- )
- Born in Mexico. Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Mexico (Junior)
2003-04.
Club Career : Played for San Jeranimo.
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior U18) Division III
gold in 2003-04.
- Vehmaisten Urheilijat (VehU
Tampere)
- Tampere, Finland. Like many others at that time it was a general sports club with hockey
as just one branch of sports. VehU Tampere played only one season (1968-69) in the Finnish
SM-liiga (or Suomen mestaruussarja - Finnish Championship series - as it was known before
1975 when play off system was introduced). Team's statistics were : 22 games played, 2
wins, 20 defeats, goal differential 47-146. VehU seems to have ceased to exist as a hockey
club.
- Vehmanen, Jorma (- )
- Born in Finland.
Club Career : Played for Lukko Rauma.
Honours : Elected to the Finnish Ice
Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1989 (player).
His number 8 jersey has been retired by Lukko Rauma.
- Veilleux, Steve (- )
-
International Career : Played for Canada
(Junior) in 1988-89.
- Veith, Vladimir (1954- )
- Born in Czechoslovakia. Left-wing. Billed as the next superstar but never fulfilled the
high expectations. A good skater with great puck control. Played 14 seasons in the Czech
league (533 games - 182 goals).
International Career : Played for Czechoslovakia 30 times (10 goals) including the 1974
World Championships where he was on the same
line as Vaclav Nedomansky and Jiri Holik.
Club Career : Played for Tesla
Pardubice 1964-76 (champions in 1973), Dukla Jihlava
1976-78 and Tesla Pardubice 1978-85.
- Vejvoda, Otakar (1972- )
- Born in Czechoslovakia. Forward.
International Career : Played for the Czech Republic in the
1995 & 996 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for HC Kladno 1991-96 and AIK 1996-98.
Medals :
Won World Championship
gold in 1996.
Honours : World
Championship All-Star Team forward 1995-96.
- Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy
 - An annual award for the player who has scored most
points during the regular season of the Finnish SM-liiga. The Ketola Trophy was first introduced to the Finnish SM-liiga in 1978. It was renamed
in honour of Veli-Pekka Ketola in 1995. See Veli-Pekka Ketola
- Vellucci, Mike (1966- )
- Born in Farmington, Minnesota, USA. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Whitley
Warriors 1989-90.
- Vendelsö IK
- Sweden. ...
- "Vendetta On Ice"
- A bbok by Phil Drackett. Published in
Norwich in 1992.
- Venev, Ventizslav (1966- )
- Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Bulgaria
in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.
- Verbeek, Pat (1964- )
- Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Winger.
- International Career : Played for Canada
(Junior) in
1983. Played for Canada in the 1996 World Cup of
Hockey.
Club Career : Played for New
Jersey Devils 1982-89, Hartford
Whalers 1989-94, Hartford Whalers
& New York Rangers 1994-95, New
York Rangers 1995-96 and Dallas Stars
1996- .
Medals : Won World Championship
(Junior) bronze in
1983.
Won the Stanley Cup in 1999.
Honours : NHL All-Star Roster 1991 &
1996.
- Verchota, Phil (- )
- 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).
- Verdun (Les Dragons de
Verdun)
-
Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Play in the Quebec Senior Major Hockey League.
Home ice :
Team colours :
- Verdun Junior Canadiens
-
Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
1984-89.
Home ice :
Team colours :
- Verdun Junior Maple Leafs
-
Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
1944-46.
Home ice :
Team colours :
Head coach : Frank Currie
1944-46
- Verdun Juniors
-
Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
1982-84.
Home ice :
Team colours :
- Veret, Claude (- )
- Club Career : Played for HC Rouen
1988-93.
Honours : Won the Raymond Dewas Trophy
in 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93.
- Vernon, Mike (1963- )
- Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Netminder.
International Career : Played for Canada
(Junior) in
1983.
Club Career : Played for Calgary
Flames & Calgary Wranglers
1982-83, Calgary
Flames & Colorado Flames
1983-84, Moncton Golden Flames
1984-85, Calgary
Flames & Moncton Golden
Flames & Salt Lake Golden
Eagles 1985-86, Calgary
Flames 1986-94, Detroit Red Wings
1994-97, San Jose Sharks 1997-99, San Jose Sharks
& Florida Panthers 1999-00 and Calgary
Flames 2000-02.
Medals : Won World Championship (Junior) bronze in 1983.
Won the Stanley
Cup in 1989 & 1997.
Honours : Won the Conn Smythe Trophy
in 1997.
Won the William M Jennings Trophy
in 1995-96 (with Chris Osgood)
NHL All-Star Second Team
1988-89.
NHL All-Star Roster 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 & 1993.
His number 30 jersey has
been retired by Calgary
Flames
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 29
30
- Versteeg, John (1971- )
- Right-wing.
International Career : Played for the Netherlands in the 1999 World Championship Pool C.
- Verwey, Alan (- )
- Forward.
International Career : Played for South
Africa in the 1992 World Championships.
- Vesely, Ivo (1926- )
- Forward.
International Career : Played for Australia in the 1960 Olympics.
- Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
- See Arizona Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
- Vezina, Georges (1887-1926)
- Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. Netminder. Vezina had the first
shutout in NHL history - 18th February 1918 - Montreal
Canadiens 9-0 Toronto Arenas.
The Montreal Canadiens goalie who
collapsed during an NHL game on 28th November 1925, and died of tuberculosis a few months
later. The Vezina Trophy is awarded in his memory.
Club Career : Played for Montreal
Canadiens 1910-26.
Medals : Won the Stanley
Cup in 1916 & 1924.
Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.
- Vezina Trophy
The former owners of the Montreal Canadiens (Leo
Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joe Cattarinich), presented the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1926-27 in memory of Georges Vezina. An annual award to the best NHL goalkeeper.
Since the 1981-82 season it has been voted for by the general managers of all NHL
clubs. Prior to 1981-82 it was awarded to the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the
fewest number of goals.
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