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Ice Hockey History

In early 1800s, ice hockey was developed by British soldiers and immigrants as a variant of the Nordic and Germanic field hockey. By the 1900s, official matches within North America and Europe were held and soon after professional teams were formed.

2,600 Questions

Who won the most hockey championships as a head coach?

Curley Lambeau won six NFL titles with the Green Bay Packers (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, and 1944) and George Halas won six NFL titles with the Chicago Bears (1921, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1946 and 1963).

Paul Brown won seven titles with the Cleveland Browns, four in the All American Football Conference (1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949) and three in the NFL (1950, 1954, and 1955).

Where did Willie O'Ree spend his childhood?

I have no idea if O'Ree went to college after his playing career, however, Like most Young Canadian players of that era, O'Ree played Canadian junior and senior hockey before turning pro.

How many times did Mario lemieux win the Stanley cup?

Three. Two consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1990-1991 and 1991-1992 seasons as team captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins and one more in the 2008-2009 season as co-owner and chairman of the Penguins. Mario Lemieux is the one person to have his name on the Cup as a player and an owner.

Why was Maurice Richard important?

maurice Richard became popular because he brought excitement, speed, toughness, and the ability to score, to the ice. so he was so good everybody liked him.

NHL players who have never played in the playoffs?

Stanley Cup Finals Winners

2008-09 : Penguins

2007-08 : Red Wings

2009-10 : To Be Announced

Who won the Vezina Trophy in 1971?

The winner of the 1960-61 Stanley Cup was the Chicago Blackhawks

What are the lines on a hockey rink for?

From end-to-end the lines are:

Goal Line

Blue Line

Center Red Line

Blue Line

Goal Line

The Goal Lines are used to determine if a goal is scored (puck most cross entirely over) and for making icing calls.

The Blue Lines are for determining on-side and off-side calls. (Google offside for a better description)

The Center Red Line is used to in conjunction with the Goal Line in Icing calls. It used to be a part of the offside-pass rule (two-line pass) as well, but the league ditched that rule to speed up the game and increase offense.

Who is the youngest NHL captain to win the Stanely Cup?

Patrick Roy won the Stanley Cup at the age of twenty (20).

Who won the Art Ross Trophy in 1994?

You can find the answer to this and all of the other questions about the Art Ross trophy if you go to Wikipedia.com and type in Art Ross Trophy in the search field then click on history and it will give you all of the winners year by year, I was just there it's great. Thanks Greg

How many Stanley cups for Bowman?

Bowman won 9 Stanley Cups between 1973 and 2002 as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979), Pittsburgh Penguins (1992), and Detroit Red Wings (1997, 1998, 2002). He also was a front office member when the Penguins (1991), Red Wings (2008), and Chicago Blackhawks (2010) won Stanley Cups.

Where is bobby hull now?

Bobby Hull was born on January 3, 1939. He played professional hockey from 1957 to 1980, winning several awards such as the Lester Patrick Trophy, and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. He spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Winnipeg Jets.

How does hockey represent being Canadian?

Canadians invented ice hockey because of canada's long winter canadians made a sport out of it

Who wears the number 93 in the NHL?

As far as I know there is nobody currently wearing the number 68 but Jaromir Jagr, Milan Jurcina, and Zigmund Palffy wore it.

When was the first testicular guard used in hockey?

apparently in 1874,but i wouldn't like to admit that as the first helmet was only used in 1974,which ultimately means that it took us men 100 years to realise that our brain was just as important as our balls

What American born player has scored the most career points in NHL history?

Mike Modano is the all-time goal-scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL.