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Championships
Most countries where organized ice hockey is played have some kind of a national championship. In some cases, such as National Hockey League or Kontinental Hockey League, the championship is that of a league comprising more than one country; in many other cases, it is a multi-level system, with one top league and one or several lower divisions between which a system of promotion and relegation exists.
Here are some of the strongest leagues worldwide:
, : National Hockey League- , , , , , : Kontinental Hockey League
- : Swedish Hockey League
- : Liiga
- : Deutsche Eishockey Liga
- : National League A
- : Czech Extraliga
- , : Slovak Extraliga
Top Tier Junior:
- Ontario Hockey League (CHL)
- Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (CHL)
- Western Hockey League (CHL)
- Minor Hockey League
- J20 SuperElit
- United States Hockey League
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International competitions
Major International competitions in ice hockey are sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This federation has 76 members and takes care of organizing the ice hockey events during the Olympic Games, the World Championships and several other competitions such as the European Champions Cup, the European Women's Champions Cup, the Continental Cup, the Champions Hockey League and the Victoria Cup. Its main aim is to help foster the development of the game worldwide; it also is the governing body of all the member nations' National Federations.
Several other major competitions are not ruled by the IIHF. Among them are the World Cup, the Canada Cup, the Deutschland Cup, the Spengler Cup and the Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec.
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Other useful articles
If the article ice hockey is by far the most important to read for the neophytes, several more articles are of importance to understand the sport of ice hockey. This section lists some of the key articles to take a look at:
- Rules
- Penalties
- Goaltender
- Defenceman
- Forward
- Coaching staff
- Management
- Equipment
- Team
- Puck
- Arena
- Rink
- Goal
- Assist
- Zamboni
- Hockey net
- Hockey stick
- National Federations
- List of Hockey Nations
Levels of Hockey
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Featured picture
This pair of newspaper photgraphs shows three players and a coach from the 1963-64 season of the Metropolitan Montreal Junior League. What is unusual of the pictures is that Rogatien Vachon and Scotty Bowman (above) and Craig Patrick and Larry Pleau (centered, below) all became General Managers in the National Hockey League. Also pictured are Frank J. Selke (left, below) and Sam Pollock (right, below), General Managers of the Montreal Canadiens.
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Featured article
The Portage Terriers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), itself a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) sanctioned by Hockey Canada.
Founded in 1967, the team was one of the founding members of the now defunct Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League, which merged after only one season of existance with the MJHL. They have been MJHL members ever since, and won 5 titles across the years (1973, 1990, 2005, 2008, 2009). 1973 turned out to be a special year for the team, which did not only win the Manitoba title, but also the Anavet Cup, the Abbott Cup and the Centennial Cup. The quadruple crowning earned the 1973 Portage Terriers to be inducted to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.
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In the news
- May 22, 2020 The University of Alabama in Huntsville announced that it is discontinuing the Men's Division I program effective immediately citing financial constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alabama-Huntsville Chargers become the first Men's Division I to be cancelled since the Wayne State Warriors men's program was ended in 2008. A fund raising campaign was started to spare to the program. By May 30th fundraising reached over $750,000 and the program was saved for at least the 2020-21 season. The groundwork was being put in place to help secure a new conference affiliation and a funding plan to keep the program going for at least five more seasons beyond that.
- March 21, 2020 The 2020 IIHF World Championship which was to be held in Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland is cancelled.
- March 12, 2020 The National Hockey League suspends play due to the COVID-19 global pandemic after the National Basketball Association postponed its' season the previous day. Within the next twelve hours pretty much well all sporting activity across North America was postponed or cancelled.
- February 22, 2020 The Saint Anselm Hawks defeat the Franklin Pierce Ravens 2-1 in five overtimes in the semifinals of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance tournament. The game becomes the longest game in the history of NCAA women's hockey and the third longest NCAA hockey game ever.
- February 15, 2020 The NHL Stadium Series is held at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy. The Los Angeles King win behind the first ever outdoor hat trick in NHL history by Tyler Toffoli.
- January 24-26, 2020 The 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend is held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Pacific Division defeated the Atlantic Division 5-4 in the final. David Pastrňák was named All-Star Game MVP
- January 5, 2020 Canada defeats Russia 4-3 at the Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava, Czech Republic to win the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for their 18th championship at the event.
- January 2, 2020 The United States defeats Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship held at the Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink in Bratislava, Slovakia. This was the United States 8th title in the event. This was the 12th time in the 13 times this event has been held that the Canada and the United States met in the gold medal game.
- January 1, 2020 The Dallas Stars defeat the Nashville Predators 4-2 to win the 2020 NHL Winter Classic in front of a crowd of 85,630 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
- December 15, 2019 Russia defeated Canada East 2-1 in overtime at the EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia Canada to win the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.
- October 26, 2019 The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 in overtime to win the 2019 Heritage Classic in front of a crowd of 33,518 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan in the first Heritage Classic played in a neutral venue.
- August 10, 2019 Russia defeats Canada at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup to win their 4th title at the event which was held at the Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav, Czech Republic and the Easton Arena in Piešťany, Slovakia.
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Did you know that...
... in unlikely Australia is the fifth oldest ice hockey trophy in existance? The Goodall Cup is indeed awarded since 1909 to the national senior men's ice hockey champion team of Australia. Traditionally the prize of an inter-state tournament, the Cup became the Australian Ice Hockey League's championship trophy since 2000.
New South Wales is the most crowned state, with 38 titles. Of the AIHL era, the Newcastle North Stars are the most frequent victor with 6 titles most recently in 2016. The Goodall Cup celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009.
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About the project
The Ice Hockey Wiki (IHW) is a project created to cover ice hockey as thoroughly as possible. The wiki was founded on June 27th 2006 by DMighton and has, ever since its creation, kept growing at a steady pace. We encourage visitors to create an account and join us in our effort to build the most complete and accurate ice hockey encyclopedia ever.
You do not have to create 50 new articles every day to contribute. Heck, you don't even need to drop by every day either! There is no obligation here. You may want to begin by correcting little spelling mistakes our members may have made to begin with; you may as well correct a team roster, add a line or two about a particular event that occurred in the history of a particular team or league, add statistics for a player, create an article to "blue" a dead link... In the end, every little step counts, and every edit made makes IHW better.
This is a free project for everyone; therefore, everyone can contribute. We hope to have your help!
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The community
The Ice Hockey Wiki community is a small but dedicated group of people who love ice hockey and are bound by a common goal: to build the most complete and accurate ice hockey encyclopedia ever written. We all have our very own Specialty.
If you have any question about the wiki itself or about editing, you should ask our three administrators: DMighton, founder of the IHW,Yannzgob or Fanofpucks.
We have a discussion page, the Locker Room. Don't hesitate to drop by the place and ask questions, propose things or join ongoing discussions!
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Help to Get You Started
You decided to help us? Thank you! We are glad you stepped in. We realize there may be quite a few things confusing for people who are new to wiki editing, and several little technicalities you may not be aware of if you have not hanged around here for a long time, so we have some resources to assist you. We suggest you start by reading the Ice Hockey Wiki Guidelines. That's a good place to begin with, as our rules and policies are stated there. Don't worry, we don't have many, and they are very simple and instinctive.
If you are new to wiki editing, you should then read this help page about editing. You should also read the Manual of style. It is not a very long read, and it will tell you what you need to know about how to write a new article. If you want to practice using the editing interface, you should do it in the sandbox. We also have a small FAQ to assist you with some things.
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IHW projects
The Ice Hockey Wiki is a pretty big wiki and is certainly not about to stop growing. Considering the fact that the world is a large place across which hockey is spread, IHW is beginning to create specific projects within the wiki for specific aspects of the sport. Here is a list of all the projects ongoing within the IHW. You are free to join any ongoing project or to start new ones at any time, but in the latter case, you should first check if there is not already one in progress covering what you plan to work on.
- IHW Project:Ontario hockey - a project aiming to gather all the data about ice hockey in Ontario.
- IHW Project:Hockey towns - a project aiming to build complete all-time lists of ice hockey teams and players based in or hailing from every city and town worldwide
- IHW Project:NCAA Hockey - a project aiming to build the most complete reference about NCAA hockey.
- IHW Project:Chronology of Hockey - a project that aims to gather all the important dates in the history of hockey
- IHW Project:Hockey Cards - a project for the collectors, aiming at building a comprehensive and complete encyclopedia of the history of hockey cards, that so many of us probably collected at one point in our lives.
- IHW Project:Women's hockey - a project aiming at building the most comprehensive and complete encyclopedia on women's ice hockey. The focus includes events, players and teams at Olympic, national, and collegiate levels.
