Dynamo Moscow History – 1st National Championship 1947

Report on Early Soviet Union Hockey – 1947 – Outdoor Rink

CSSR vs UDSSR – 1977 – Full Game Highlights

USSR vs CSSR – 1969 – World Championship

A short documentary covering two exhibition matches between the national teams of the Soviet Union and the visiting Sweden, held in Moscow in 1955

Canada vs CCCP – November 1960

Presentation video of the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship that will be held 26 December 2013 to 5 January 2014 in Malmö, Sweden

Donbass Donetsk took revenge for last year’s loss and defeated the Rouen Dragons 7-1 to become the first Ukrainian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup

1936 Winter Olympics – Germany – Canada vs USA – Adolf Hitler watches game

USSR vs. CSSR – World Championship 1969 during the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia

In this documentary, the members of the University of British Columbia’s Thunderbirds hockey team travel to China to demonstrate their skills to the new teams in the East. While hockey there still has a long way to go, this film leaves no doubt that the Chinese players are up to the challenge. A film propelled by discoveries, it goes a long way to providing insight into the differences between East and West

Team USA Bill Christian’s third period game winning goal to defeat the Soviet Union on the way to gold at the 1960 Winter Olympics

2005 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships – Mexico vs. South Africa. Mexico won the Gold Medal for Division II and ran over the big goalie for South Africa

Who is going to World Cup in Finland and Sweden??

World Cup 2012

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Evgeni Malkin at the World Championships against Kazakhstan scoring a superman goal#!

Five different takes on the peak moment of Canada’s Hockey Gold in 2010, with the Golden Goal by Sidney Crosby defeating the United States of America in Overtime

Footage features goals scored during the final game, where the 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters defeated the USSR National Team 5-1 to win Trail’s second World Amateur Ice Hockey Title

Winter Olympic Ice Hockey Action 1956 – Game Action from Canada vs Soviet Union and USA vs Soviet Union. In the first minute of the clip, the Soviets skate against white-shirted Canada on the final day. The USSR prevailed 2-0, largely on the strength of the stocking-capped NIKOLAI PUCHKOV in goal.
Following, in color, are highlights from the Soviet Union’s 4-0 win over the United States. The big hit on Soviet star VSEVOLOD BOBROV (9) at the 1:08 mark is worth the look. The last minute or so, again in color, returns to the USSR – Canada match. At the 1:57 mark, Dynamo Moscow’s VALENTIN KUZIN (12) seals Canada’s fate with the second Soviet goal, which comes just 37 seconds into the third period of play.

Winter Olympic Games 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway – Canada and Sweden go to a Gold Medal Shoot Out – Peter Forsberg Scores The Golden Goal

Winter Olympics in 1994 Lillehammer, Norway – Canada and Sweden go for Gold Medal Shoot Out

International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF published the 2011 survey of registered players from around the world. There are 1.55 million registered players, up from 1.51 registered players in 2010. Click Here for breakdown of each country

Filmed by Thomas A. Edison on February 24, 1898 – Hockey Match on the Ice

Many great reasons to hold The World Cup of Hockey in August & September of 2012
Look at the history of dates with the first two World Cup of Hockey tournaments, the first one in 1996, starting on on August 26th, and the championship game being played on September 14, 1996. The second one in 2004, starting on August 30th, and the championship game being played on September 14, 2004.
These first two World Cup of Hockey tournaments were held 8 years apart – 2012 is again 8 years later
Let’s look at where The World Cup of Hockey games were played, and some important stats.
1996
*Corel Centre – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*Corestates Centre – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
*Garmish Olympia Stadium – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
*General Motors Place – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*Globen – Stockholm, Sweden
*Helsinki Ice Hall – Helsinki, Finland
*Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York, USA
*Molson Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*Sportovni hala – Prague, Czech Republic

Total attendance for 19 games played – N/A
Champion – USA
MVP – Mike Richter – USA
Scoring Leader – Brett Hull – USA
All Star Team – (G) Mike Richter, USA – (D) Calle Johansson, Sweden – Chris Chelios, USA – (F) Brett Hull, USA – Mats Sundin, Sweden – John Leclair, USA

2004
*Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*Globe Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
*Hartwall Areena – Helsinki, Finland
*Kölnarena – Cologne, Germany
*Sazka Arena – Prague, Czech Republic
*Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota,

Total attendance for 19 games played – 303,630
Champion – Canada
MVP – Vincent Lecavalier – Canada
Scoring Leader – Fredrik Modin – Sweden
All Star Team – (G) Martin Brodeur, Canada – (D) Adam Foote, Canada – Kimmo Timonen, Finland – (F) -Vincent Lecavalier, Canada – Saku Koivu, Finland – Fredrik Modin, Sweden

As you can see, The World Cup of Hockey is truly a World Class Event, played in large Ice Hockey cities
This tournament needs to expand to other cities, and not play multiple games at any one arena. The Championship Game should always be played in the largest arena available, or because this is a NHL sanctioned competition, have the Championship Game played in the city of the current Stanley Cup Champions.

The National Hockey League (NHL) controls this event, just as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) controls the Winter Olympic Ice Hockey games & World Ice Hockey Championships. These two organizations have been learning to work together for years, and the game of Ice Hockey keeps improving as a result. Both of these organizations run FIRST CLASS EVENTS, and the end result every year is proof !

As fans of the sport of Ice Hockey, we have to let these organizations know that we too would like a say in the location of games being played. Right now the decisions are being made by politics, team owners and high ranking officials with-in the 2 organizations. We can help influence these decisions – REMEMBER we the fans are also the ones that pay the admission to the games and buy the merchandise from the events – without us, there is no success of these World Class Ice Hockey Games being played. We should write/email our support and suggestions to both the NHL and IIHF. We can make a difference, and we can make changes to the game we love, but instead of talking about this through forums & blogs – We ask you to DO IT. Take some time from your schedule, send a letter, write a email to these organizations and let them know what you think, give them some suggestions. Don’t be rude, or your effort will be wasted & discarded.

We have idea’s where games should be played too. Both Russia and Slovakia enter teams into The World Cup of Hockey, but have not seen any games played in their own country. In North America, the eastern cities/arenas get all the games (except Vancouver in 1994). What about the cities/arenas in California, or Edmonton, Calgary and now Winnipeg also deserve a chance to host a World Cup of Hockey game.

The World Cup of Hockey is truly a unique sporting event, the only sport in the world where games are played in different countries, leading to The Championship Game (or games) being played in North America – the birth place of the game we all love – ICE HOCKEY

Here are links for all stats to both the 1996 & 2004 World Cup of Hockey events.
1996 World Cup of Hockey
2004 World Cup of Hockey

Write those letters – Send those emails to both Mr. Gary Bettman, NHL & René Fasel, IIHF. Let them both know you want World Cup of Hockey back, and bigger and better then ever. You have choices in your life – NOW MAKE SOME

Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia practices with a junior team called the White Bears in April/2011 at a Moscow ice rink

Great video footage of the nicest goal in years at the IIHF 2011 World Championships in Slovakia. Mikael Granlund of Finland scores this beauty against Russia