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Eight years before women’s ice hockey became an Olympic sport, in 1990 the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) sanctioned its...

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Ottawa’s celebration of hockey on March 18, 1892 would lead to the biggest hockey celebrations in North America. For a banquet...

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Forget the Irish. St. Patrick’s Day in 1940 was all about the Germans, as in the Boston Bruins’ “Kraut Line.” As...

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The March 16th games of 1947 were all about making playoffs. In New York, the Rangers failed to make playoffs...

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(Photo: Opening Ceremony, via Wikimedia Commons) The rise of the Red Machine began with the Soviets...

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(hockey rink in Cornwall, Ontario) In modern times, player safety takes priority in hockey rulings. The events...

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Hockey at the high school, college, international, and professional levels all got a boost on March 4, 1931, when future coach

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Born in Tampere, Finland, July 3, 1968, Teppo Numminen had an international and NHL career that lasted until he turned 41....

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Hockey is played at so many levels and leagues, which shift over time. The college tournament of 1984 marked the end of...

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For a sport that began with players serving as coaches, today the thought of an NHL player doing double duty as coach...