A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey

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... Air Canada Centre Hockey Match: 20th February 1999 - Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Montreal Canadiens. Todd Warriner scored the first NHL goal at the centre, as the Leafs won in overtime.
... Alexandra Palace Hockey Match: 26th August 1990 - Haringey Racers 4-8 Lee Valley Lions
... Altrincham Aces Home Game: 4th February 1961 - Altrincham Aces 5-9 Glasgow Flyers at Devonshire Road.
... American Born Player to score 30 goals in an NHL season: 1978-79 season - Tom Rowe
... American-born player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy: 1994 - New York Rangers defenceman Brian Leetch (see Conn Smythe Trophy)
... Armenia World Championship Game: 17th March 2004 - Armenia 1-15 Ireland after Armenia had taken a 1-0 lead at the 10 minute mark of the first period.
... Artificial rink: According to The Illustrated London News of the 13th May 1876, the world's first artificially frozen ice rink is considered to be the Glaciarium situated on a plot of land behind the old Clock House in Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England.
... Artificial rink in North America: 1894 - in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
... Assistant Coach in the NHL: 1972-73 season - Mike Nykoluk for Philadelphia Flyers
... Australian elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame: 1974 - Tommy Dunderdale
... Australian born Official to Line & Referee overseas: Adam McMahon
... Aviemore Centre Hockey Match: 12th April 1969 - Highland All-Stars 4-13 Murrayfield Racers.
... Ayr Ice Rink (Limekiln Road) Hockey Match: 5th October 1975 - Ayr Bruins 10-6 Durham Wasps.
... Ayr Scottish Eagles Home Game: 1st September 1996 - Ayr Scottish Eagles 8-2 Telford Tigers at the Centrum Arena.
... Basingstoke Beavers Home Game: 17th July 1988 - Basingstoke Beavers 27-2 Bournemouth Sharks.
... Belfast Giants First Game: 6 September 2000 - Troja Lyungby 5-4 Belfast Giants, match took place in Sweden.
... Belfast Giants First Goal: 6 September 2000 - scored by Paul Ferone.
... Belfast Giants Home Game: 2nd December 2000 - Belfast Giants 1-2 Ayr Scottish Eagles (the Giants had to play their first scheduled home game on 30th September 2000 and used the Coventry Skydome for the match - they also lost that game : Belfast Giants 1-6 Sheffield Steelers)
... Billingham Forum Hockey Match: 3rd February 1973 - England 5-5 Scotland.
... Black Head Coach and General Manager: John Paris Jr has the distinction of being the first black Head Coach and General Manager in professional ice hockey.
... Black Player in the NHL: 15th January 1958 - Willie O'Ree was the first black player in the NHL when he took to the ice with the Boston Bruins.
... Black player in the UK: see Colourasian Player in the UK
... Black Player to play league hockey: 1899 - according to William Humber, in the NHL's Official Encyclopedia 'TOTAL HOCKEY', Hipple 'Hippo' Galloway was the first black player to play league hockey - for Woodstock in the Central Ontario Hockey Association.
... Blackburn Arena Hockey Match: 26th January 1991 - Blackburn Blackhawks 6-3 Oxford City Stars.
... Book on Ice Hockey: "Hockey - Canada's Royal Winter Game" by Arthur Farrell, published 1899.
... Boston Bruins NHL Game: 1st December 1924 - Boston Bruins 2-1 Montreal Maroons
... Boston Garden Hockey Match: 20th November 1928 - Boston Bruins 0-1 Montreal Canadiens
... Bracknell Bees Home Game: 1st November 1987 - Bracknell Bees 13-3 Medway Mauraders.
... Bradley Center Hockey Match: 1st October 1988 - Chicago Blackhawks v Edmonton Oilers (NHL Exhibition game). Denis Savard (Chicago) scored the first goal after 8:05, beating Edmonton's Bill Ranford.
... Bristol Bombers Home Game: 3rd December 1939 - Bristol Bombers 9-3 Richmond Redwings.
... Bristol Redwings Home Game: 15th January 1972 - Bristol Redwings 4-2 Blackpool Seagulls.
... British National Championship of the Modern Era: 9th & 16th May 1976 - Ayr Bruins 14-8 Streatham Redskins (on aggregate)
... Buffalo Sabres NHL game: 10th October 1970 - Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins
... Canada Cup Tournament: 1976 - Canada beat Czechoslovakia in the final (see Canada Cup)
... Cardiff Devils Home Game: 30th November 1986 - Cardiff Devils 32-0 Ashfield Islanders.
... Chelmsford Chieftains Home Game: 5th September 1987 - Chelmsford Chieftains 11-4 Peterborough Titans.
... Chicago Blackhawks NHL Game: 17th November 1926 - Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Toronto St Pats
... Chicago Stadium Hockey Match: 16th December 1929 - Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Pittsburgh Pirates
... Colourasian Player in the UK: 1954-55 - Alf Lewsey - see Colourasian
... Coventry Blaze First Goal: 27 August 2000 - scored by Tyson Fraser in the 19th minute.
... Coventry SkyDome Arena Hockey Match: 27 August 2000 - Coventry Blaze 4-1 Milton Keynes Kings
... Czechoslovakian player to be drafted by the NHL: 1978 - Ladislav Svozil was Detroit Red Wings 14th pick in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
... Detroit Cougars Game (they went on to become the Detroit Red Wings): 18th November 1926 - Detroit Cougars lost to Boston Bruins
... Detroit Olympia Hockey Match: 22nd November 1927 - Ottawa Senators 2-1 Detroit Cougars
... Detroit Red Wings NHL Game: 10th November 1932 - Detroit Red Wings 3-1 Chicago Blackhawks
... Dublin Ice Rink Hockey Match: 21st April 1982 - Dublin Stags 11-7 Liverpool Leopards.
... Dumfries Ice Bowl Hockey Match: 7th September 1992 - Ayr Bruins 13-4 Kirkcaldy Falcons.
... Dumfries Vikings Home Game: 10th October 1992 - Dumfries Vikings v Glenrothes Cougars.
... Dundee Ice Arena: 1 October 2000 - Dundee Tigers 3-3 Kirkcaldy Kestrals
... Dundonald International Ice Bowl Hockey Match: 22nd September 1986 - 'Castlereagh Cougars' (Streatham Redskins) 14-2 Lee Valley Lions at the Dundonald International Ice Bowl.
... Edinburgh Royals Home Game: 19th September 1952 - Edinburgh Royals 4-4 Falkirk Lions.
... England v Scotland International Match: 26 March 1909 - England 11-1 Scotland at the Princes Ice Rink, London.
... European-born Player to lift the Stanley Cup as captain: 2008 - Detroit Red Wings Swedish-born defenceman Niklas Lidstrom
... European-born Player to win the Art Ross Trophy: 1995 - Pittsburgh Penguins Czech-born Jaromir Jagr (see Art Ross Trophy)
... European-born Player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy: 2002 - Detroit Red Wings Swedish-born defenceman Niklas Lidstrom (see Conn Smythe Trophy)
... European-born Player to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy: 2001 - Detroit Red Wings Swedish-born defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom (see James Norris Memorial Trophy)
... European-born Player to win the Vezina Trophy: 1985 - Philadelphia Flyers Swedish-born goalie Pelle Lindbergh (see Vezina Trophy)
... European Player Drafted by the NHL: 1969 - Tommi Salmelainen was St Louis Blues 5th pick in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft.
... European Player Drafted by the NHL in First Place: 1989 - Mats Sundin was Quebec Nordiques 1st pick (1st overall) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.
... European Player Drafted by the NHL in the First Round: 1976 - Bjorn Johansson was California Golden Seals 5th pick (5th overall) in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.
... European Trained Player in the NHL: 27th January 1965 - Ulf Sterner was on the roster for New York Rangers v Boston Bruins
... Female Netminder to Win a Professional Game: 30th October 1993 - Erin Whitten
... Fife Flyers Home Game: 1st October 1938 - Fife Flyers 1-4 Dundee Tigers
... Finnish Draft Pick in the NHL: 1969 - Tommi Salmelainen was St Louis Blues 5th pick in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft.
... Finnish-born player to score a goal in the NHL: 1948 - Pentti Lund
... Finnish-born player to assist on a goal in the NHL: 1948 - Pentti Lund
... Finnish-born player penalized in the NHL: 1948 - Pentti Lund
... Finnish-born player to play in Stanley Cup playoffs: 1947 - Pentti Lund
... Finnish-born player to lead Stanley Cup playoffs in scoring: 1950 - Pentti Lund
... Finnish-born player to win a league-wide award: 1949 - Pentti Lund - the Calder Trophy
... Fort Wayne Komets Game: 1952 - Toledo Mercurys 4-0 Fort Wayne Komets
... German player to be drafted by the NHL: 1978 - Bernhard Englbrecht was Atlanta Flames 11th pick in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
... Gillingham Ice Bowl Hockey Match: 3rd March 1985 - Islington All-Stars 8-4 Southampton Knights.
... Glendale Arena Hockey Match: 27th December 2003 - Phoenix Coyotes 1-3 Nashville Predators
... Goalie Mask in the NHL: 1930 - Clint Benedict wore a crude leather mask when he returned to the nets, from a bad facial injury, towards the end of the 1929-30 season.
... Gosport Ice Rink Hockey Match: 7th October 1989 - Southampton Knights v Slough Harrier Hawks.
... Grimsby Leisure Centre Hockey Match: 25th July 1975 - Grimsby Buffaloes 3-12 Solihull Barons.
... Guildford Flames Home Game: 23rd January 1993 - Guildford Flames 13-3 Stevenage Sharks.
... Hamar OL-Amfi Hockey Match: December 1992 - Storhamar Dragons 8-4 Stjernen.
... Home International Match: 26 March 1909 - England 11-1 Scotland at the Princes Ice Rink, London.
... Humberside Seahawks Home Game: 18th September 1988 - Humberside Seahawks 13-4 Solihull Knights.
... Ice Hockey Game: 1855 - the first formal ice hockey game is said to have been played in Kingston, Ontario.
... Ice Hockey Rink in ...: Northern Ireland - 1939 - King's Hall, Belfast
... Ice-surface Advertising in the NHL: First appeared in the early 1990s.
... IHL goalkeeper to score a goal: 9th November 1996 - Fred Brathwaite (Manitoba Moose) against Long Beach Ice Dogs, in Long Beach.
... Inverness Ice Rink Hockey Match: 4th December 1988 - Kirkcaldy Kestrals 7-6 Dundee Cougars.
... Indoor Arena in Finland: Tampereen j��halli, Tampere, Finland. Built in 1965.
... Intercollegiate Hockey Game: 1886 in Kingston, Ontario - Queen's University 1-0 Royal Military College of Canada.
... Ireland World Championship Game: 16th March 2004 - Ireland 3-8 Mexico
... Ireland World Championship Win: 17th March 2004 - Ireland 15-1 Armenia - on St Patrick's Day as they scored 15 unanswered goals after Armenia took a 1-0 lead at the 10 minute mark of the first period.
... Israeli player to be drafted by the NHL: Max Birbraer - although he was born in Kazakhstan.
... Joe Louis Arena Hockey Match: 27th December 1979 - Detroit Red Wings lost to St Louis Blues
... King's Hall Hockey Match: 2nd December 1939 - Wembley Colts 8-6 Wembley Terriers
... Korean-born player in the NHL: 1990-91 - Jim Paek - Pittsburgh Penguins
... Lee Valley Lions Home Game: 5th February 1984 - Lee Valley Lions 11-9 Oxford University
... Live Radio Game in Britain: The first radio broadcast of a hockey game in Britain was on Monday the 18th January 1932 from Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. The game was between England and Canada. The Ottawas, as they were called, were not the Canadian national team, they were an all-star outfit, and included Lou Bates who joined Wembley Lions in their inaugural year. The Ottawas won 7-0 (0-2, 0-3, 0-2). The Skating Times noted " ..one of the fastest games ever seen at Grosvenor House, so fast indeed that on several occasions I believe, the wireless commentator who was broadcasting a running commentary on the match, was baffled for words."
... Live Radio Game in North America: The first NHL game to be broadcast on CBC radio was Detroit Red Wings against Toronto Maple Leafs.
... Live TV Game: The world's first live TV transmission of ice hockey took place way back in 1938. It was on the 29th October from Harringay Arena in London. The second and third periods of Harringay Racers 7-3 Streatham in the National Tournament were transmitted by the BBC via their studios at Alexandra Palace - where the world's first regular high definition TV channel commenced two years earlier.
... Live TV Game in North America: The first game to be televised in North America was on 25th February 1940 from Madison Square Garden, New York on an experimental station W2XBS (now WNBC-TV). The game finished New York Rangers 6-2 Montreal Canadiens. Approximately 300 people watched on TV.
... Livingston Ice Rink Hockey Match: 11th October 1987 - Livingston Rams 9-6 Glenrothes Jets
... London Knights (UK) London Arena Home Game: 29th October 1998 - London Knights 3-4 Nottingham Panthers
... Los Angeles Kings Goal: Scored by Brian Kilrea.
... Madison Square Garden Hockey Match: 15th December 1925 - Montreal Canadiens 3-1 New York Americans
... Manchester Storm Home Game: 15th September 1995 - Manchester Storm v Telford Tigers
... Maple Leaf Gardens Hockey Match: 12th November 1931 - Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Toronto Maple Leafs
... Medway Bears Home Game: 6th October 1985 - Medway Bears 18-4 Islington All-Stars
... Milton Keynes Ice Rink Hockey Match: 27th June 1990 - England Select 1-6 Dutch Select
... Montreal Canadiens NHL Game: 19th December 1917 - Montreal Canadiens 7-4 Ottawa Senators
... Montreal Forum Hockey Match: 29th November 1924 - Montreal Canadiens 7-1 Toronto St Patricks
... Montreal Maroons NHL Game: 1st December 1924 - Boston Bruins 2-1 Montreal Maroons
... National Ice Centre Hockey Match: 9 April 2000 - Nottingham Vipers 3-4 Slough Phantoms
... Nationwide Arena Hockey Match: 7th October 2000 - Columbus Blue Jackets v Chicago Blackhawks
... New York Rangers NHL Game: 16th November 1926 - New York Rangers 1-0 Montreal Maroons
... New Zealand Ice Hockey Tournament: 1937 - At Opawa, near Albury in South Canterbury. The winners won the Erewhon Cup.
... Newcastle Arena Hockey Match: 19th November 1995 - Newcastle Warriors 4-6 Fife Flyers
... NHL Amateur Draft: 1963 - held in Montreal - 21 players selected (see NHL Draft pick of ...)
... NHL coach to pull his goalie for the extra forward: Frank Boucher pulled goalie Dave Kerr with two minutes left in a 1939-40 regular season game when coaching the New York Rangers.
... NHL Draft pick of ...: Anaheim Mighty Ducks - Paul Kariya - 1993
Atlanta Flames - Jacques Richard - 1972
Atlanta Thrashers - Patrik Stefan - 1999
Boston Bruins - Orest Romashyma - 1963
Buffalo Sabres - Gilbert Perreault - 1970
Calgary Flames - Denis Cyr - 1980
California Golden Seals - Chris Oddleifson - 1970
Carolina Hurricanes - Nikos Tselios - 1997
Chicago Blackhawks - Art Hampson - 1963
Cleveland Barons - Mike Crombeen - 1977
Colorado Avalanche - Marc Denis - 1995
Colorado Rockies - Barry Beck - 1977
Columbus Blue Jackets - Rostislav Klesla - 2000
Dallas Stars - Todd Harvey - 1993
Detroit Red Wings - Pete Mahovlich - 1963
Edmonton Oilers - Kevin Lowe - 1979
Florida Panthers - Rob Niedermayer - 1993
Hartford Whalers - Ray Allison - 1979
Kansas City Scouts - Wilf Paiement - 1974
Los Angeles Kings - Rick Pagnutti - 1967
Montreal Canadiens - Garry Monahan - 1963 (also 1st ever draft pick in the NHL)
Minnesota North Stars - Wayne Cheesman - 1967
Minnesota Wild - Marian Gaborik - 2000
Nashville Predators - David Legwand - 1998
New Jersey Devils - Rocky Trottier - 1982
New York Islanders - Billy Harris - 1972
New York Rangers - Al Osborne - 1963
Oakland Seals - Ken Hicks - 1967
Ottawa Senators - Alexei Yashin - 1992
Philadelphia Flyers - Serge Bernier - 1967
Phoenix Coyotes - Dan Focht - 1996
Pittsburgh Penguins - Steve Rexe - 1967
Quebec Nordiques - Michel Goulet - 1979
St Louis Blues - Gary Edwards - 1968
San Jose Sharks - Pat Falloon - 1991
Tampa Bay Lightning - Roman Hamrlik - 1992
Toronto Maple Leafs - Walt McKechnie - 1963
Vancouver Canucks - Dale Tallon - 1970
Washington Capitals - Greg Joly - 1974
Winnipeg Jets - Jimmy Mann - 1979
... NHL game: Two games were played on 19th December 1917.
Montreal Canadiens 7-4 Ottawa Senators
Montreal Wanderers 10-9 Toronto Arenas
... NHL games on TV: 1957 - the US television network CBS broadcast the first NHL games
... NHL goalie partnership: 1945-46 - Jim Henry & Chuck Rayner at New York Rangers. Coach Frank Boucher would play them in alternate games, in alternate periods, and on a few occasions would even change them from shift to shift as he changed defensemen.
... NHL goalie to wear a Mask: 1930 - Clint Benedict wore a crude leather mask when he returned to the nets, from a bad facial injury, towards the end of the 1929-30 season.
... NHL players charged with assault: 1969 - Following a stick swinging incident in an exhibition game on 19th September 1969, between Ted Green of the Boston Bruins and Wayne Maki of the St Louis Blues, both players were taken to court by the police but both were acquitted of assault charges.
... NHL players compete at the Olympics: 1998 - the Czech Republic won the gold medal
... NHL player sentenced after a stick swinging incident: 1988 - Dino Ciccarelli of the Minnesota North Stars was sentenced to one day in jail and a US$1,000 fine for hitting Luke Richardson on the head with his stick. He served two hours in jail.
... NHL player strike: 1994 - the league's first major labour dispute - players were locked out for 103 days. The regular season began on 20 January 1995 and was the shortest in 53 years.
... NHL regular-season game played in Europe: 29th September 2007 - O2 Arena, London, England. Los Angeles Kings (home team) 4-1 Anaheim Ducks
... NHL Video Review: 1991 - the 1991-92 season was the first where NHL officials used video to review disputed goals
... Non-Canadian to win the Conn Smythe Trophy: 1994 - New York Rangers American-born defenceman Brian Leetch (see Conn Smythe Trophy)
... Nottingham Ice Centre Hockey Match: 9 April 2000 - Nottingham Vipers 3-4 Slough Phantoms
... Nottingham Ice Stadium: 12th April 1939 - Harringay Racers 6-10 Harringay Greyhounds
... Odyssey Arena Hockey Match: 2nd December 2000 - Belfast Giants 1-2 Ayr Scottish Eagles. Paxton Schulte scored the first Superleague goal at the arena, but couldn't stop his team from losing their first home game on home ice.
... Olympia Stadium Hockey Match: 22nd November 1927 - Detroit Cougars v Ottawa Senators. John Sheppard scored first goal at the Olympia.
... Oxford City Stars Home Game: 2nd December 1984 - Oxford University 5-8 Oxford City Stars
... Paisley Ice Rink (Lagoon) Hockey Match: 12th September 1992 - Ayr Raiders 3-2 Fife Flyers
... Pepsi Center Hockey Match: 13th October 1999 - Colorado Avalanche 2-1 Boston Bruins
... Peterborough Pirates Home Game: 23rd May 1982 - Peterborough Pirates 1-6 Streatham Bruins
... Pittsburgh Civic Arena Hockey Match: 11th October 1967 - Pittsburgh Penguins 1-2 Montreal Canadiens
... Practice Rink Attached to an NHL Building: September 2000 - The CoreComm Ice Haus is the practice facility for the Columbus Blue Jackets and also serves as a public skating rink.
... Purpose Built Arena for Ice Hockey: 1898 - Westmount Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
... Rink-board Advertising in the NHL: 1980 - approval was first granted to clubs for the 1978-79 season.
... Romford Ice Rink Hockey Match: 31st March 1987 - Great Britain u 19 1-6 Medway Bears
... Russian player to be drafted by the NHL: 1978 - Viktor Khatulev was Philadelphia Flyers 7th pick in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.
... Sheffield Arena Hockey Match: 26th September 1991 - Sheffield Steelers Select 1-7 Durham Wasps
... Sheffield Ice Rink (Queens Road) Hockey Match: 4th October 1975 - Sheffield Lancers 2-29 Blackpool Seagulls
... Shutout in International competition for ...: Canada - when they won 5-0 against Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey
... Shutout in the NHL: 18th February 1918 - Georges Vezina - Montreal Canadiens 9-0 Toronto Arenas
... Shutout in the NHL by goalies with 25+ shutouts: 4th December 1938 - Frank Brimsek - Boston Bruins 5-0 Chicago Blackhawks
15th January 1950 - Terry Sawchuk - Detroit Red Wings 1-0 New York Rangers
8th January 1953 - Glenn Hall - Detroit Red Wings 4-0 Boston Bruins
14th January 1954 - Johnny Bower - New York Rangers 2-0 Chicago Blackhawks
20th February 1954 - Jacques Plante - Montreal Canadiens 2-0 Detroit Red Wings
22nd October 1971 - Ken Dryden - Montreal Canadiens 6-0 Vancouver Canucks
30th December 1983 - Grant Fuhr - Edmonton Oilers 2-0 Boston Bruins
15th January 1986 - Patrick Roy - Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Winnipeg Jets
19th December 1991 - Curtis Joseph - St Louis Blues 4-0 Winnipeg Jets
16th January 1992 - Dominik Hasek - Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 Toronto Maple Leafs
20th October 1993 - Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils 4-0 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
... SK Bata Zlin Game: 13th January 1929 - SK Bata Zlin 2-7 Sokol Kromeriz
... SkyDome Arena Hockey Match: 27 August 2000 - Coventry Blaze 4-1 Milton Keynes Kings
... Slough Jets Home Game: 4th October 1986 - Slough Jets 15-3 Richmond Flyers
... Sobell Centre Hockey Match: 14th December 1974 - Sobell Colts 12-2 Deeside Flames (Under 14 challenge)
... Solent Vikings Home Game: 31st August 1991 - Solent Vikings 3-10 Streatham Redskins
... Solihull Barons Home Game: 16th May 1965 - Solihull Barons 4-3 Brighton Ambassadors
... Soviet players drafted by the NHL: i. 1975 NHL Amateur Draft - 160th - Viktor Khatulev by Philadelphia Flyers (but never played in the NHL)
ii. 1978 NHL Amateur Draft - 201st - Viacheslav 'Slava' Fetisov by Montreal Canadiens (then re-drafted in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft - 150th - by New Jersey Devils but did not play in the NHL until 5th October 1989)
iii. 1978 NHL Amateur Draft - 203rd - Victor Shkurdyuk by St Louis Blues (but never played in the NHL)
... Soviet player to play in the NHL: Sergei Priakin for Calgary Flames in the 1988-89 season.
... Sportovni Hala Hockey Match: 17th October 1962 - Spartak Praha Sokolovo 5-4 ZKL Brno
... Stanley Cup Winning Goal Scored in Overtime: 31st January 1901 - Winnipeg Victorias 2-1 Montreal Shamrocks. The goal was scored by Dan Bain.
... Streatham Ice Rink Hockey Match: Early March 1931 - Great Britain 1-7 Canada
... Superleague Game: Three games were played on 21st September 1996.
Bracknell Bees 4-5 Cardiff Devils,
Nottingham Panthers 3-0 Basingstoke Bison and
Sheffield Steelers 6-1 Manchester Storm.
... Swedish Draft Pick in the NHL: 1974 - Per Arne Alexandersson was Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd pick in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.
... Swindon Ice Rink Hockey Match: 20th July 1985 - Bournemouth Stags 1-5 Southern Select
... Team to engrave its roster on the Stanley Cup: 1906-07 - Montreal Wanderers
... Telford Ice Rink Hockey Match: 23rd October 1984 - Solihull Barons 7-3 Altrincham Aces
... Telford Tigers Home Game: 31st August 1985 - Telford Tigers 17-3 Altrincham Aces at the Telford Ice Rink.
... Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Game: 17th February 1927 - Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 New York Americans
... USSR player drafted by the NHL: Viacheslav 'Slava' Fetisov in 1983 NHL Entry Draft but did not play in the NHL until 5th October 1989.
... USSR player to play in the NHL: Sergei Priakin for Calgary Flames in the 1988-89 season.
... Varsity Match: 16th March 1900 at Princes ice rink, London. Oxford University 7-6 Cambridge University a lacrosse ball used, not a puck. (source "Ice Hockey" by B M Patton. There is a claim that the first match was played in 1885, in St Moritz, but no contemporary source/reference has ever been listed or published, whereas Patton had access to the Varsity IHC's minute books.)
... Varsity Match to go to Sudden Death OT: 15th March 2003 - Oxford University 4-3 Cambridge University - Mark Sproule scored the winning goal at 7:36 of the extra period as the Varsity Match was settled in sudden death overtime for the first time in the century-old contest.
... Vulcanized Rubber Puck: Vulcanized rubber was invented by Goodyear in 1839 but was not used for puck construction until the 1880s. The first one known to be used was in Kingston, Ontario as teams from the Royal Military College and Queen's University took up the game in 1886. In the same year, an official ruling was adopted by the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada designating the vulcanized disc as the "official" puck of the association.
... Wembley Arena Hockey Match: 25th October 1934 - Wembley Canadians 5-4 Wembley Lions
... WHA regular season goal: 11th October 1972 - scored by Ron Anderson - Alberta Oilers 7-4 Ottawa Nationals.
... Whitley Bay Ice Rink Hockey Match: 1st December 1956 - Whitley Bay Wasps 6-2 Streatham Royals
... Woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup: 1954 - Marguerite Norris was President of the Detroit Red Wings. The Norris family owned the Red Wings 1932-82.
... Woman to play professional ice hockey: 13th December 1992 - Manon Rheaume
... World Championship: The first World Championships were held in 1920 and were played in an indoor arena called Palais de Glace, at Rue de la Sant� next to the Botanique Garden in the centre of Antwerp.
... World Championship Hockey Match: 23rd April 1920 - Sweden 8-0 Belgium
... World Championship (Junior): 1974 - unofficial World Championships (Junior) won by USSR (Junior)
1977 - Won by USSR (Junior) - see World Championships (Junior)
... World Championship (Women): 1990 - Won by Canada (Women) - see World Championship (Women)
... Xcel Energy Center Hockey Match: 11th October 2000 - Minnesota Wild v Philadelphia Flyers
... Yugoslavian Artificial Ice Rink: 1954 - Two rinks opened, in Jesenice and Ljubljana (both in the republic of Slovenia).
... Yugoslavian Ice Hockey Club: 1906 - HASK (Croatian Academic Sports Club) in Zagreb (in the republic of Croatia).
... Yugoslavian National Mens Team Match: 30th January 1934 - Yugoslavia 0-1 Romania

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