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Bone Skates - Did Ice Hockey Start on Sk...
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July 23rd, 2014
Ice Hockey as we know it today is a fast sport played on skates made by various manufacturers, but they all have one thing in common, a thin blade of medal is what they skate on...
Adrienne Clarkson & Women's Professional...
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March 23rd, 2014
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) (Chinese: 伍冰枝; née Poy, February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Gove...
The Biggest Trade In Sports History - Wa...
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August 8th, 2013
Two hours after the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1988, Gretzky learned from his father that the Oilers were planning to deal him to another team.]Walter had known for months, b...
Worlds Oldest Shinty Trophy - 1829 - His...
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July 12th, 2013
The world’s oldest shinty trophy has remarkably turned up on a farm in the Highlands – just yards from where the match it had commemorated was played 184 years ago.
The...
Jamie Dwyer - 300th Game Played for Aust...
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June 19th, 2013
Jamie Dwyer could have been revered around the globe as another Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi had he chosen soccer over hockey.
But hockey chose him, writes Gené Step...
Constance Applebee - Field Hockey Pionee...
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January 6th, 2013
Constance Mary Katherine Applebee (1873–1981), promoter of women's field hockey, was born Katherine Mary at Chigwell Row, Chigwell, Essex, on 4 June 1873, the daughter of Jam...
The Abbott Cup .. Lest We Forget - Capta...
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November 7th, 2012
By GREGG DRINNAN
Edward Lyman Abbott (right photo) was, they all agreed, one of a kind.
He w...
Meet Foster Hewitt, W A Hewitt & Family ...
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July 10th, 2012
At his home in Forest Hill, Ont., Foster Hewitt has just finished cooking a steak. A crew from CBC Television's Graphic is on hand to witness not only Hewitt's prowess in the...
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on September 17th, 2011
The Zamboni Story
Frank J. Zamboni Wikipedia info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zamboni
1901-1988
If necessity is the mother of invention, Frank J. Zamboni might be considered its father. This tireless inventor/entrepreneur never came across an obstacle he co...
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on August 28th, 2011
Oldest Ice Hockey Trophy in The World
McGill University Hockey Club are the winners of this trophy.
McGill University Hockey Club Roster :
J. A. Kinloch - Team Captain
A. P. Low
T. D. Green
R. F. Smith
J. M. Elder
P. L. Fosler
W. ...
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on June 30th, 2011
OTTAWA – Team Canada captain Hayley Wickenheiser has received one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. The three-time Olympic gold medallist and six-t...
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on June 14th, 2011
The Millionaire Forgotten By the Stanley Cup
Honour Ken Mallen, whose name was left off the coveted trophy 96 years ago.
By Tom Hawthorn, 8 Jun 2011, TheTyee.ca
Ken Mallen with the New Westminster Royals in 1912, before...
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on May 25th, 2011
The Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup "The Stanley Cup" currently sits behind locked glass, in the vault at The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Original Stanley Cup has not seen a Hockey Arena or Championship Games since 1963. This is what the vault looks like with The Original S...