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August
2005 Feature
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Stats,
Stats, Stats Part 2 |
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The Society for International
Hockey Research (SIHR) based in Canada, was founded in 1991 at
Kingston, Ontario - the home town of founding President - Bill
Fitsell.
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.
There is an annual mebership fee payable.
The Swedish Icehockey
Historical and Statistical Society (SIHSS) based in Stockholm, Sweden,
was founded in 1994. The society is connected to the Society for
International Hockey Research (SIHR).
The major goal for the society is research of the origin ice
hockey in Europe 1895-1945.
The society invites interested researchers from all countries to write for
exchange of findings and discussion of co-operation.
There is no membership fee - a list of members with contact
e-mails is provided on the web site.
For more information visit their web sites by following these links
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SIHR
- SIHSS
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July
2005 Feature
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Stats,
Stats, Stats Part 1 |
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Keeping
statistics during a game is the job of the scorer - the Off-Ice Official
who fills in the game sheet during the match and records goals and
penalties.
But we all know that many fans at matches also keep their own records,
if you are one of those fans, you'll know that keeping tabs on just one
team can be problematic.
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So, my hat comes off to those web sites that try to keep statistics for
all teams & players - in particular, Ralph Slate's Internet
Hockey Database
and Mike Ewer's
Eurohockey
Net. There are other statistic sites but these two are,
in my view, the best.
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At the A to Z we
have never tried to include year by year stats for players because these
two sites already do an excellent job on that front. We also try
and avoid
duplicating what Team web sites might offer in terms of career stats
analysis for their players. Once a player has retired, we may include a
summary of
his career stats.
To find out more about the Internet
Hockey Database and the Eurohockey
Net Database
click these links.
Next month we will be featuring statistical societies & groups.
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June
2005 Feature
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GBSC
founders
elected to
British Ice Hockey
Hall of Fame |
Great Britain Supporters Club
(GBSC)
founders,
Allan
& Annette Petrie
have been inducted into the
British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
The British Ice Hockey
Association, the governing body back in 1993, gave their permission for the creation of
the GBSC (Great Britain and
Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Supporters Club). The club now has over 400 members, representatives at most British
clubs and raises funds by the sale of merchandise, raffles and special events.
The club gives financial support to the national teams at all levels.
As the world's only fan club for a national team its members are renowned for their fanatical support of their country wherever
the team play.
The GB
web site has GB News, Tournament results, Interviews, GBSC Travel details, Merchandise & Fan Forums.
To find out more about the club and its organised trips to World
Championship tournaments visit their web site.
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May
2005 Feature
World
Championships 
The 2005 World Hockey Champions are the Czech
Republic.
Canada won silver and Russia
claimed bronze
The 16 teams contesting the tournament were Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and the USA.
Austria & Germany were relegated.
Italy & Norway are promoted to the 2006 World Championship which
will be held in Latvia.
To find out the scores and statistics from the 2005 tournament visit http://web1.icehockey2005.com
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April
2005 Feature
World
Championships 
The 2005 World Championships that take place in
Austria at the end of this month are to be screened on NASN.
The tournament runs from 30th April to 15th May with games played in
Vienna and Innsbruck.
NASN will be showing 17 games during the
two weeks of the World Championships.
The 16 teams contesting the tournament are Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and the USA.
To find out more about the tournament visit http://web1.icehockey2005.com
For more on NASN's
schedule visit www.nasn.com
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March
2005 Feature
Hockey
Fiction
Dawson
City Seven |
Killing
Frank McGee |
These
two books from Don Reddick are works
of fiction based on factual events and people.
Dawson City Seven, published
in 1993, is a story about a 1905
trip made by a group of Dawson City (Yukon) hockey players across Canada
to play the then best hockey team that had ever been assembled.
Killing
Frank McGee,
published
in 2001, was prompted by an article Don
Reddick wrote on the story. The
article, also entitled "Killing Frank McGee" appeared in the
1999
Society
for International Hockey Research Journal. The article was then bought
by
Total
Hockey and included in their
hockey encyclopedia (second edition) in 2000. The article was also
selected by Glenn Stout, editor of
The Best American Sports Writing series for their Notable Sports Writing of 1999
category. The SIHR
also awarded Don
Reddick the Brian McFarlane Award
for distinguished research and writing in May 2001.
To find out more about the author and/or to buy his books, visit
www.donreddick.com
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February
2005 Feature
Hockey
Tickets & lots more 
Barry’s
Tickets Service Inc. (Barrystickets.com) have been providing their
clients with hard-to-get and premium tickets to all major worldwide,
national and local events since 1984. As a member in the National
Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB), reliability and accountability are
the cornerstones of their business philosophy.
When the NHL decide to play some hockey, why not get your tickets
from Barrystickets.com.
In the meantime, call them if you want to see the any of the 374 NHL
players currently playing in Europe - in 19 European leagues.
But, it's not just hockey tickets they sell, you can find tickets for
Auto Racing, Boxing, Concerts, Golf, Horse Racing, LA Events, MLB, NBA,
NCAA, NFL, Rodeo, Soccer, Tennis, Theatre & Wrestling via
their site or office. If you want a ticket for events not listed,
they will be happy to locate them for you.
Barrystickets.com, is not just a web-based company. Their
customer service is just a phone call (800) 348-8499 or
e-mail
away.
They are based in Los Angeles where they have four offices and are in
the Top 10 of all ticket brokers in the USA.
It's not just US tickets that Barry’s
Tickets Service Inc supply, if you want soccer tickets,
including the Premiership and La Liga, they can get them. If you want to
see a European Cup game, watch Test Cricket or see a concert anywhere in
the world, give them a call. If tickets are made available to brokers,
then Barry’s Tickets Service Inc will be able to help
you.
To find out more visit the
www.barrystickets.com
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January
2005 Feature
Anglo-Czech
Hockey School 
The school was the brainchild of Milan
Figala, one of the first Czech players to play in the UK. Figala's idea was to forge links with his home country, the Czech Republic and to give something back to the sport he loved so much. Figala and a hockey schools director, John Wright got together - Wright became the contact in England while Figala covered Scotland and the Czech Republic. They started by inviting Czech junior teams to visit the UK, competing with teams throughout England and Scotland. Seeing such commitment to the sport in the UK, the Czechs offered
an opportunity to take young British players to schools/camps in the Czech Republic, to be coached by the very best.
Since 1990, players from the Anglo-Czech Ice Hockey Schools have been selected to take part in the Czech junior program, and several young British players have taken advantage of the opportunity.
To find out more visit the
Anglo-Czech
Ice Hockey School
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