- WHA
- See World Hockey Association
- WHA All-Star Game
- Each season of the World Hockey Association there was an All-Star game but the format changed on a regular
basis.
1972-73 Eastern Division vs Western Division contest.
1973-74 Eastern Division vs Western Division contest.
1974-75 Eastern Division vs Western Division contest.
1975-76 Canadian-based teams (5) vs US-based teams (9).
1976-77 East played West.
1977-78 AVCO Cup champion (Quebec Nordiques) vs WHA All-Star team.
1978-79 WHA All-Star team vs Dynamo Moscow in a three game series.
- WHA All-Star Teams
- A and B teams were voted for at the end of each season during the lifetime of the
World Hockey Association.
- WHA Amateur Draft
- The World Hockey Association employed a draft
system that often meant that promising junior/amateur players were drafted
by both the WHA and the NHL.
- WHA2
- See World Hockey Association 2
- Whalen, Ted (- )
- Club Career : Played for Port Arthur Bear Cats
1924-26.
- Medals : Won the Allan Cup with
Port Arthur Bear Cats in 1925 and 1926.
- Wharram, Ken (1933- )
- Born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Right-wing.
Club Career : Played for one game for Chicago Blackhawks
in the 1951-52 season. Played for Chicago Blackhawks
& Quebec Aces 1953-54, Buffalo
Bisons 1954-55, Chicago Blackhawks
& Buffalo Bisons 1955-56, Buffalo
Bisons 1956-58 and Chicago Blackhawks
1958-69.
Medals : Won the Stanley Cup in
1961.
Honours : NHL All-Star First Team
right-wing 1963-64 & 1966-67.
NHL All-Star Roster 1961 & 1968.
- Wharry, Bill (- )
- Born in England. Son of Jack Wharry.
Club Career : Played for Billingham
Bombers 1975-76.
- Wharry, Jack (1926-1992)
- Born in England. A founding member of the English Ice Hockey Association
in 1982. Treasurer of the EIHA 1982-91. A member of the
BIHA Council. Father of Bill Wharry & Ian
Wharry.
International Career (managing) : General Manager of
Great Britain 1987-89 (joint manager),
Great Britain 1989-90 (assistant) and
Great Britain 1990-92.
Club Career (managing) : General Manager of
Billingham Bombers.
Honours : Elected to the British Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Wheeldon, Simon (1966- )
- Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Forward.
International Career : Played for Austria 1997- (including the 1998
Olympics and the 2000 & 2001 World
Championships).
Club Career : Played for VEU
Feldkirch and Munchen Barons.
Medals : Won the European Hockey League in 1997-98.
Won the Alpine League 1996-97.
- Wheeler, Ambrose (- )
- Club Career : Manager of the Moncton Hawks 1933-34 (won the Allan
Cup).
- Wheeler, Blake (1986- )
- Born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA. Right-wing. Phoenix
Coyotes 1st pick (5th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry
Draft.
- Wheeling Civic Center
- Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. Also known as WesBanco Arena.
Home ice for : Wheeling
Nailers
Capacity : 5,406
Ice pad size : 200 feet x 85 feet
- Wheeling Nailers
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. Played in the East Coast Hockey
League 1997- .
Home ice : Wheeling Civic
Center
Team colours : red & black
Affiliations have included : Philadelphia Flyers 2007-08, Pittsburgh
Penguins 1998-08, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins.
General manager : Fred Traynor, Eddie Johnston, Rob Brooks
& Jim Brooks
Head coach : Peter Laviolette
1997-98, Chris Jensen 1998-99, Murray Eaves 1999-00, Alain Lemieux & Joe
Harney 2000-01, John Brophy
2001-03, Pat Bingham 2003- - Wheeling Thunderbirds
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. The ECHL franchise moved from Winston-Salem, North
Carolina where they were called the Winston-Salem
Thunderbirds. Played in the East Coast Hockey League
1992-97. Name changed in 1997 to Wheeling Nailers
Home ice : Wheeling Civic
Center
Team colours : red & black
Head coach : Doug
Sauter 1992-95, Larry Kish 1995-96, Tom McVie 1996-97
Honours : Won the Henry
Brabham Cup 1992-93 & 1994-95. - Whistle
- Originally in hockey games, a hand-bell was used to stop play. Using a
whistle to stop play is credited to Fred C Waghorn
and happened in the early part of the 20th century.
- Whistle, Dave (1966- )
- Born in Ontario, Canada. Centre.
- International Career : Assistant coach for Great Britain in the 1999
& 2000 World Championship Pool B.
Club Career : Played for Kitchener Rangers,
Kamloops Blazers & Brandon Wheat Kings,
Billingham Bombers 1991-92, Romford
Raiders 1992-93, Basingstoke
Beavers 1993-94, Telford
Tigers 1994-95 and Bracknell
Bees 1995-98. Coached Bracknell
Bees 1998-00, Belfast Giants
2000-03 and Iserholner Roosters & Cardiff
Devils 2003- .
Medals : Won the Superleague
1999-00.
Honours : BIHWA
ISL Coach of the Year 1999-00.
- Whitby Dunlops
The Senior "A" team that represented Canada
in
1958.
Home ice :
Team colours : black & gold
Honours :
Won World Championship gold in 1958.
Won the Allan Cup in 1957 & 1959. - Whitcroft, Frederick (- )
- Honours : Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in
1962 (player).
- White, Andrew James (1983- )
- Forward.
International Career : Played for Australia
in the 2003-04 (Division II) World Championships.
Club Career : Played for West Sydney Ice Dogs.
Medals :
Won World Championship Division
II (Group A) bronze in 2004.
- White, Bill (- )
- Defenceman.
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series.
Club Career : Played for Chicago Blackhawks.
Honours : NHL All-Star Second Team
defenceman 1971-72, 1972-73 & 1973-74.
- White, Bob (- )
- International Career : Played for Canada in the 1956
Olympics.
Club Career : Played for Kitchener Waterloo
Dutchmen 1955-56.
Medals : Won Olympic bronze in 1956.
- White, Brooke (1979- )
- Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Forward.
International Career : Played for USA
(Women) in the 2001 World Championships
(Women).
Medals :
Won World Championship (Women)
silver in 2001.
- White, Colin (1977- )
- Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Defenceman.
Club Career : Played for Albany
River Rats 1997-99, Albany
River Rats & New Jersey
Devils 1999-00 and New Jersey
Devils 2000- .
Medals : Won the Stanley
Cup in 2000 & 2003.
- White, Conor (- )
- Netminder.
International Career : Played for Australia.
- White, Frank (- )
-
Club Career : Played for Ottawa Silver Seven.
Medals : Won the Stanley
Cup in 1905.
- White, John (1959- )
- Born in Dublin, Ireland. Centre. Raised and learn to play hockey in
Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
International Career : Played for Ireland
in the 2004 World
Championship Division III.
- White, Martin (1958- )
- Netminder.
International Career : Played for Great
Britain in 1979.
Club Career :
Played for Whitley Warriors 1977-78.
Honours : Won the Pete Smith Bowl
1977-78.
- Whitehead, John C (- )
- Co-Owner of the New Jersey Devils.
- Whitehead, Tony (1936- )
- Born in Lonesome, near Streatham, London, England.
International Career : Played for Great Britain 1962.
Club Career (playing) : Played for Streatham
Royals, Southampton Vikings 1960-63,
Wembley Lions, Streatham 1975-76, Avon
Arrows 1981-82, Richmond Flyers
1982-83 and Medway Bears 1985-86.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached
Streatham 1975-77.
Honours : Southern League (South) All-Star coach 1975-76.
- Whitehill, Chris (1973- )
- Club Career : Played for Fife
Flyers 1989-92.
- Whitehouse, Paul (1956- )
- International Career : Played for Great Britain 1977-81.
Club Career : Played for Billingham Bombers 1975-82 and Whitley Warriors 1982-89.
- Whitfield, Trent (- )
-
International Career : Played for Canada
(Junior) in 1996-97.
- Whitley Arrows
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Under-12 team.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : purple, black & gold- Whitley Bandits
Played one season in the Northern League.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold.- Whitley Bay Ice Hockey Club
The Whitley Bay Ice Hockey Club junior development programme runs four junior teams: Whitley Braves, Whitley Tomahawks,
Whitley Mohawks and Whitley
Arrows. - Whitley Bay Ice Rink
- Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England.
Home ice for :
Capacity : 3,200
Ice pad size : 186 feet x 81 feet
- Whitley Bay Warriors
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Founded 1956. Competed in Northern Tournament
1956-57 only. Succeeded by Whitley Bees.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : White, maroon and gold.- Whitley Bay Wasps
- Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. The team that had been Wasps at Durham moved to
Whitley for a couple of seasons; the rinks/teams were all owned then by the same branch of
the Smith family.
- Whitley Bees
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Played in the Northern League 1957-61.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold.- Whitley Braves
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Play in the Northern Conference of the English
Under-19 league.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold.- Whitley Intermediates
Ontario, Canada.
Home ice :
Team colours : - Whitley Mohawks
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Under-14 team.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold.- Whitley Tomahawks
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Under-16 team.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold.- Whitley Warriors [web
site]
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. Founded in 1956 as the Whitley Bay Warriors. Whitley Warriors first season was
1963-64 when they played in the North East League. Played in the Northern League 1966-81,
the English National League 1981-82, the British League Premier Division 1982-95 (known as
the Newcastle Warriors in 1995-96) and the
Northern Premier League 1996-97. Since 1997 have played in the English League.
Home ice : Whitley Bay Ice
Rink
Team colours : white, maroon & gold
Head coach : Terry Matthews 1970-71, Don MacAdam 1975-76
Honours : Won the Icy Smith
Cup in 1973 & 1974.
Won the Northern League 1973-74 & 1974-75.
Won the Northern Autumn Cup 1971-72.
 - Whitney, Ray (1972- )
- Born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Right-wing. San
Jose Sharks 2nd pick (23rd overall) in the 1991
NHL Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Canada in the
1998 & 1999 World Championships.
Club Career : Played for Kölner Haie
& Team Canada & San
Jose Sharks & San Diego Gulls
1991-92, San Jose Sharks & Kansas
City Blades 1992-93, San Jose Sharks
1993-96, San Jose Sharks & Kentucky
Thoroughblades & Utah Grizzlies
1996-97, Edmonton Oilers & Florida
Panthers 1997-98, Florida
Panthers 1998-00, Florida
Panthers & Columbus Blue Jackets
2000-01, Columbus Blue Jackets
2001-03, Detroit Red Wings 2003-04 and
Carolina Hurricanes 2005- .
Medals :
Won the Presidents' Trophy in
2003-04.
Honours : NHL North America All-Star Roster 2000.
- Whitten, Erin (- )
- Born in the USA. Netminder. The first female netminder to record a win in
a professional game.
International Career : Played for USA
(Women) in the 1992, 1994, 1997 & 1999 World Championships
(Women).
Medals :
Won World Championship (Women)
silver in 1992, 1994, 1997 & 1999.
- WHL
- See Western Hockey League
- WHL Leading Goaltender Award
- Presented to the top goalie in the
Western Hockey League based on fewest goals against.
1952-53 : Emile Francis (Vancouver
Canucks)
1953-54 : Gump Worsley (Vancouver Canucks)
1954-55 : Johnny Bower (Vancouver Canucks)
1955-56 :
1956-57 :
1957-58 : Marcel Pelletier (Vancouver
Canucks)
1958-59 :
1959-60 :
Hank Bassen (Vancouver Canucks)
1960-61 :
Don Head (Portland Buckaroos)
1961-62 : Al Millar (Seattle Totems)
1962-63 : Don Head (Portland Buckaroos)
1963-64 : Al Millar (Denver Invaders)
1964-65 : Jim McLeod (Seattle Totems)
1965-66 : Don Head & Dave Kelly (Portland
Buckaroos)
1966-67 : Jim McLeod (Seattle Totems)
1967-68 : Marv Edwards (Portland
Buckaroos) & Jim McLeod (Portland Buckaroos)
1968-69 : Dave Kelly & Jim McLeod
(Portland Buckaroos)
1969-70 : George Gardner (Vancouver
Canucks)
1970-71 : Dave Kelly & Jim McLeod
(Portland Buckaroos)
1971-72 : Bob Johnson & Peter McDuffe
(Denver Spurs)
1972-73 :
1973-74 : Rick Charron (Portland
Buckaroos)
- WHL Rookie Award
- Presented to the best rookie in the
Western Hockey League.
1973-74 : Larry Patey (Salt Lake Golden
Eagles)
- Whyte, Gordon (1970- )
- Club Career : Played for Dundee
Tigers 1987-88, Tayside Tigers
1988-89, Fife
Flyers 1989-92, Fife
Flyers & Murrayfield Racers
1992-93, Fife
Flyers 1993-94, Dumfries Border
Vikings 1994-97.
Medals : Won the Heineken League Division One 1991-92.
Won the Heineken League Division One Play-offs 1991-92.
- Whyte, Sandra (- )
- Centre.
International Career : Played for USA
(Women) in the 1998 Olympics (Women)
and the 1997 World Championships
(Women).
Medals : Won Olympic
(Women) gold in 1998.
Won World Championship (Women)
silver in 1997.
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