What is the A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey ?
The A to Z is a free access ice hockey resource, developed by The Ice Hockey Annual and Graphyle Consultants, for hockey fans world-wide. The A to Z will always be a work in progress - constantly updated and expanded.

Based in the UK, we are compiling the A to Z to cover ice hockey across the globe - not just links but details about hockey - players, people, teams, leagues, competitions, awards, events, rinks, books, magazines, web sites etc

Our supporters
We would like to thank all the people who are contributing to this project - their efforts are very much appreciated (check out Credits for a list of contributors).

Our special thanks go to our team of Consultants - Urs Berger, Jan Casteels, Razvan Codorean, Sylwek Cyba, Martin Harris, Patrick Houda, Ville Hursti, Jimmy Kalyvas, Christophe Laparra, Martin Laus, Gregorio Martín, Bryan McCready, Lars Nikolaisen, Birger Nordmark, Johan Nyberg, Mark Opalinski, Victor Oudintsev, Mikhail Starlychanov and Dr Garth Vaughan - for helping to make us truly international.

We would also like to acknowledge the following books, publications and web sites which have been a great source of information - The Ice Hockey Annual, International Ice Hockey Federation, Flashing Blades, Global Ice Hockey, Årets Ishockey, Eishockey Almanach, International Ice Hockey Guide, Ishockey, Svensk Ishockey 75 År, ePenaltybox.com, Total Hockey, the Internet Hockey Database, Eurohockey.net and the Hockey Logo Server.

We would also like to acknowledge the support of members of the Society for International Hockey Research and the Swedish Icehockey Historical and Statistical Society.

Any club logos displayed with team entries remain the copyright of those clubs.

Using the A to Z
The A to Z is an index, with entries filed alphabetically in the sub-letter pages Aa through Zu. 

To view an entry, use the main letter index on the navigation panel to open a letter within the encyclopaedia,

then use the Go To Index bar or the Browse Page bar (at the top of each page) to open a sub-letter index or a sub-letter page. 

You could also try our Search feature.

Visit the various sections of the encyclopaedia by clicking on the appropriate heading in the centre of the navigation panel.

If you use the embedded links within the A to Z and then use your browser's , you will need to double click to move back to your previous position. 

'Nicknames' are listed in single quote marks. "Book" & "Film" titles are listed in double quote marks (year books and annuals are listed without quote marks).

With the number of pages in the A to Z and the volume of information we are dealing with, the pages are updated as and when additional information is added to a page so, at the top of most pages we show when that page was last updated.

Questions
If you have a question you would like answered, try our FAQs page or visit the hockey history forum at Yahoo! Sports Groups via this link.

Errors & Omissions
If you spot an error or omission e-mail us here - we will always respond to your messages but as our in-tray is always quite full, it may not be an instant reply.

Suggestions
If you want to make a suggestion for an entry - then please use the Add an Entry form. 

Covering our costs
To help cover our costs, we have books, videos, games & posters for sale, and offer advertising opportunities, to find out more follow the Book, Video & Games, Poster Shop & Advertise links.

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