The International Hockey Hall of Fame (IHHOF) and Museum located in Kingston, Ontario on the Kingston Memorial Centre grounds features many exhibits within their museum about the history of ice hockey.
Historic Hockey Series[]
Each February since 1969 the IHHOF presents its annual Historic Hockey Series. The series is both a competition and demonstration of the first organized hockey game played on the Kingston Harbour in 1886 between Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada. The original style sticks and uniforms as well as the original rules of that era are used including a square puck, seven players per side and with no forward passing. Queen’s University and the Royal Military College of Canada compete along with the 2nd Regiment from the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from Petawawa who represent the garrison soldiers stationed in Kingston in the 1880s in a round-robin tournament. The 38th Annual Historic Hockey Series took place on Sunday February 5, 2006 on the new outdoor rink at Kingston’s downtown historic Market Square.
History of the IHHOF[]
International Hockey Hall of Fame building.
Founded on September 10, 1943 and incorporated as a non-profit charity by the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. By 1958, NHL President Clarence Campbell announced that the NHL was withdrawing their support for the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston to establish the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Despite this major setback, the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved forward. In 1962, a grant was awarded by the City of Kingston for the construction of a new building. In 1965 the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved into their new building located on the Memorial Centre grounds in Kingston. In 1969, the NHL and the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto made unsuccessful overtures to obtain the IHHOF exhibits and the rights to the name “International Hockey Hall of Fame”. The IIHF exhibits had been located at the IHHOF from 1992 through 1997. The IIHF relocated them to the HHOF in Toronto, in 1998.
External links[]
| Ice hockey halls of fame | |
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| International | Hockey Hall of Fame (list of members) · International Hockey Hall of Fame (list of members) · IIHF Hall of Fame (list of members) |
| National | Belarusian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame · British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (list of members) · Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame · Dutch Hockey Hall of Fame · Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame · French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame · German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame · Hungarian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame · Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame · Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame · Slovenian Hockey Hall of Fame · Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame · United States Hockey Hall of Fame (list of members) |
| Other recognition | Triple Gold Club · IIHF Centennial All-Star Team |