1955: Inventor of the first Ice Hockey helmet, the SPAPS helmet. Born Sven Johansson in 1931, he changed his surname in 1965 to his birthplace Tumba, a small town south of Stockholm. "Swedish ice hockey has lost one of its biggest players through time," SIHA Chairman Christer Englund ...

Conn Smythe named William George Barker - Will Barker, the first President of The Toronto Maple Leafs in 1927. On Thursday, September 22, 2011 a memorial statue was unveiled in front of the mausoleum in Mount Pleasant Cemetery where his body lies. “Will Barker came back from the w...

Our goal is to maintain the high standards of MODO Hockey in the Swedish Elite series and thereby establish ourselves as one of Europe's leading franchises. This position will be cemented with the help of Örnsköldviks genuine hockey culture and our ambition to always place the training an...

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...