The IIHF World U20 Championship typically begins on 26 December, while the Spengler Cup also begins on 26 December in Davos, Switzerland ; the Spengler Cup competition includes HC Davos, Team Canada, and other top European Hockey teams.

* Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada sportscaster.

While there are 68 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ), 162 of 177 medals at the IIHF World Championships have been taken by these seven nations: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States.

In 1886, teams that competed at the Winter Carnival organized the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ( AHAC ) league and played a regular season composed of " challenges " to the existing champion.

* 1893 – Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada ; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams.

The family would regularly visit Tony and Mary's farm and watch Hockey Night in Canada together.

* November 22 – In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up.

* March 22 – Hockey Night in Canada is first broadcast on the Toronto Star's private station CFCA, making the first hockey broadcast ever.

In 2010, Newton-John starred in the film Score: A Hockey Musical, released in Canada.

In the United States and Canada, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League games, which are usually played at night during the week, are frequently played during daytime hours-often broadcast on national television.

* Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada sportscaster

* Scott Oake, Hockey Night in Canada sportscaster

In 1979, Roch Carrier wrote the story The Hockey Sweater, which highlighted the cultural and social tensions between English and French speaking Canada.

In English, the program is known as Hockey Night in Canada, and in French, it was called La Soirée du hockey.

Established in 2002, the CBC / Radio Canada merchandising business operates retail locations and cbcshop. ca, its educational sales department CBC Learning sells CBC content and media to educational institutions, CBC Merchandising also licenses brands such as Hockey Night in Canada and Coronation Street.

Some speculated that the looming October 8 start date for the network ’ s most important television property, Hockey Night in Canada, had acted as an additional incentive to resolve the dispute.

Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy was donated in 1892 by then-Governor General of Canada, the Lord Stanley of Preston, as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club.

Sweetland and Ross first presented the trophy in 1893 to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association on behalf of the affiliated Montreal Hockey Club, the champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ( AHAC ), since they " defeated all comers during the late season, including the champions of the Ontario Association " ( Ottawa ).

Only nine months after winning the Cup, in March 1906, the Montreal Wanderers pushed through a resolution at the annual meeting of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association ( ECAHA ) that would allow professional players to play alongside amateurs.

The format for the Stanley Cup Final changed in 1922, with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League ( WCHL ).

Hockey Night in Canada ( often abbreviated Hockey Night or HNIC ) is the branding used for CBC Sports ' presentations of the National Hockey League.

* Washington Capitals, a National Hockey League Team ( USA )

The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States.

Colorado College competes at the NCAA Division III level in all sports except men's hockey, in which it participates in the NCAA Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's soccer, where it competes as an NCAA Division I team in Conference USA.

* 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships at Halifax, Nova Scotia – Canada defeats USA 2-0 in the final

Baker was posthumously awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey in 1987 for his contributions to hockey in the United States.

* Erie Otters, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, playing in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA from 1996 to present

* Jessie Vetter, USA Women's National Ice Hockey Team, 2010 Olympic Winter Games Silver Medalist

* Anastasia Slepuhova ( born 1997 ), USA Field Hockey player

Amonte, playing for Team USA, won the Gold Medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey tournament.

Eruzione also played for Team USA at the 1975 and 1976 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.

Team USA named Hull an alternate captain of its veteran-laden team for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Roenick's penchant for stirring controversy also saw him claiming in 2006 that USA Hockey has " blackballed " him, and was being disrespectful by not including him on the American national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

* 1996: Won World Cup of Hockey championships with Team USA

* 2004: Played in World Cup of Hockey for Team USA

The NHL / USA Hockey Diversity Task Force is a non-profit program for minority youth that encourages them to learn and play hockey.

In 2009, USA Hockey considered eliminating the shorthanded icing rule, having tested its elimination in Massachusetts and Alaska in the 2007 to 2009 seasons.

* USA Hockey coaching

USA Hockey.

The USA Hockey rulebook states when calling a penalty shot, the official will signal by crossing his clenched fists above his head and he will point to centre ice.

* USA Hockey Rulebook (. pdf )

* Head coach, Junior Olympic Floor Hockey Team which competed in the USA and finished third.

John currently plays NCAA Division I college ice hockey with the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey, and he was named the USA team captain at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Burke and Wilson now work together for USA Hockey and formerly for the Toronto Maple Leafs.