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British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League


The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) is a university hockey league based in British Columbia. The BCIHL was created with the purpose of offering a venue for competitive, high-calibre hockey for players beyond their junior hockey careers. The league operates as one of two Division 2 leagues in Canada when compared to the Division 1 U Sports league, the other being Alberta's ACAC. BCIHL teams however regularly play U Sports and NCAA teams. Each BCIHL team plays a 24-game league schedule, with the top four teams qualifying
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College ice hockey


College ice hockey is played in Canada and the United States, though leagues exist outside North America. In Canada, the term "college hockey" refers to community college and small college ice hockey that currently consists of a varsity conference—the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) -- and a club league—the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). "University hockey" is the term used for hockey primarily played at four-year institutions; that level of the sport is governed by U Sports. In the
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British Columbia Breakers


The British Columbia Breakers were a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Langley, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Owner of the Breakers was Nu Global Sports Inc. The British Columbia Breakers is an ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). It was formed in 2004 as a charter member of the league. In 2006, it was announced that the WWHL would be absorbed into the National
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Inline sledge hockey


Inline Sledge Hockey is played to the same rules as inline hockey (essentially ice hockey played off ice using inline skates) and is played in a sports hall and not on ice. Inline Sledge Hockey was originally the brainchild of British Paralympian Matthew Lloyd. However, it has been developed though the dedication and commitment of several key organizations including the Hull Stingrays Elite League Ice Hockey Team, sports wheelchair manufacturers RGK, the British Sledge Hockey Association, Wheelpower, Paralympians United, and the British Inline Puck Hockey Association. There is no
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Canadian Sport School Hockey League


The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) is a minor hockey and Hockey Canada sanctioned league based in Western Canada and the United States. The CSSHL was founded in 2009 with five "Sport Schools" based in Alberta and British Columbia. The CSSHL was specifically designed to enable like-minded student athletes an increased level of competition and exposure. Today, the CSSHL currently has grown to 86 teams from 27 different Hockey Canada Accredited Schools/Schools with Residence spread across seven divisions: Midget Prep, Female Prep, Midget Varsity
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Elite Ice Hockey League


on the NHL players playing the Elite League as a result of the lock-out but since the lock-out ended, coverage has returned to its previous levels. In the 1980s and 1990s, Sky Sports and the BBC's "Grandstand" programme covered the British Hockey League and Superleague and their important games and competitions regularly. However, in 2001 the Superleague sold its broadcasting rights to 'Premium TV Ltd' who planned to set up a new sports channel, which never materialised. British ice hockey was left without coverage
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Cardiff University


the British Universities and Colleges Sport league. The University's Ice Hockey team, the Cardiff Redhawks (which also recruits players from other Welsh universities) competes in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association leagues. The university's sports teams also take part in the annual Welsh Varsity against Swansea University, which includes the Welsh Boat Race, and several other sporting competitions. The Welsh Varsity rugby match has been described as "probably... the second biggest Varsity Game next to Oxford vs Cambridge". Cardiff participates in British Universities and Colleges Sport
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Canlan Ice Sports Etobicoke


Canlan Ice Sports Etobicoke is a four-pad hockey facility located at Ontario Highway 409 and Martin Grove Road in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The arena is owned and operated by Canlan Ice Sports Corporation, of Burnaby, British Columbia. Canlan Ice Sports Corporation is a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the call letters ICE. The arena is home to The Toronto Marlboros Minor Hockey Organization, a member of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL). The Dixie Beehives of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
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Sports in North America


Junior C", are run by various other leagues. In the U.S, the top level is represented by the United States Hockey League, the second level is represented by the North American Hockey League, and then there are several leagues at the third level. Liga Mexicana Élite is the top level league in Mexico, where ice hockey is not popular, but slowly growing. Cricket in the West Indies is the second most popular sport in the Caribbean after association football. Originally introduced to the West Indies by British colonists,
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Fred Page


Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Page was honoured for a lifetime of dedication to hockey with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993, in the builder category. In British Columbia he was inducted as a builder into two halls of fame, first the BC Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995, and then posthumously into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He is the namesake of two different Fred Page Cups, one in British Columbia, the other in Eastern Canada. The British Columbia Hockey League awards a
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BBC Sport


World Tour Masters 1000 events including the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Commentary on Wimbledon men's and women's singles finals Commentary on The Open Championship, US Open, US Masters, PGA Championships and the Ryder Cup Commentary on the Scottish Open on 810 MW National commentary on the National Hockey League, Elite Ice Hockey League, Champions Hockey League and the IIHF World Championships Local commentary on the Elite Ice Hockey League All Formula One races live, qualifying sessions and some practices on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraLive commentary on British
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Western Women's Hockey League


The Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) was a women's hockey league in Canada. The league was established in 2004, and consisted of teams in Canada (some former National Women's Hockey League teams) and one from the United States. The league office was in Vancouver, British Columbia and managed by Recreation Sports Management. On July 13, 2006, the National Women's Hockey League announced it would absorb the WWHL's teams into its new West division. However, scheduling conflicts between the 2007 Women's World
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Pacific Coast Hockey Association


The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was considered to be a major league of ice hockey and was important in the development of the sport of professional ice hockey through its innovations. The league was started by the Patrick family, professional hockey players from Montreal, building new arenas in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.
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Trinity Western University


The university sponsors 11 men's and women's varsity sports. Teams compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the top university athletics league in Canada, with teams competing in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association at the regional level. Varsity teams competing in U Sports include men's and women's basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and cross country. The men's hockey team plays in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League. The basketball, volleyball, and hockey teams play their home games and matches at the Langley Events
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Sport in Cardiff


British Ice Hockey Superleague (BIHL) (known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague from 1998–99 due to sponsorship rights)—the top-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom—between the 1995–96 season and 2000–01 season, when they were relegated to the British National League (BNL). Cardiff played in the (BNL) for two seasons before being promoted to the Elite Ice Hockey League at the end of the 2002–03 season, where they remain. The Devils' home venue moved from the Wales National Ice Rink to the Cardiff
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Sport in Sussex


Bears (in 2004) had won the top-tier British Basketball League. In Sussex basketball is administered by Basketball Sussex. East Grinstead Hockey Club enter teams in both the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues. Netball is played by girls and women. In Sussex the sport is administered through the Sussex County Netball Association (often referred to as Sussex Netball). Cowdray Park near Midhurst has been home to the British Open or Gold Cup since 1967, the most important polo tournament in the UK and one of the
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Nick Halling


Nick Halling is a British sports broadcaster and journalist. He was a boxing commentator for Sky Sports and presented their American football, as well as ice hockey, ten-pin bowling and numerous other events. Halling used to co-present the National Football League (NFL) on Sky Sports along with Kevin Cadle. He is also known for his coverage of the National Hockey League on Channel Five in the UK. He also narrates Channel 4's football programme "Goalissimo", BBC's The Football League Show, KOTV Boxing
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Battle of the Hockey Enforcers


The Battle of the Hockey Enforcers (also known as "Hockey Enforcers: Black & Blue") was a sporting event held at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, on August 27, 2005. The event consisted of ice hockey enforcers (mostly from minor and senior men's leagues) fighting on the ice in full hockey gear, as sometimes seen in regular games. Like in the National Hockey League, no fighting on the ground was allowed, and the referees separated the fighters if the fight
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Courtenay, British Columbia


the Alpine Village. The Comox Valley Glacier Kings play junior hockey in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League in the Comox Valley Sports Centre. They won the 1993-94 VIJHL League Season Championship and the 1994-95 VIJHL Playoffs. In 2009-10 they were the North Division Playoff Champions. In 2009 the World U-17 Hockey Challenge played several games at the Comox Valley Sports Centre. The City of Courtenay is governed by a mayor and six-member council. As of 2018 the mayor is Bob Wells. Provincially, Don
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Abbotsford Heat


The Abbotsford Heat were a professional ice hockey team that played five seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) between 2009 and 2014. The team was based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, and played its home games at the 7,046-seat Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre. The franchise was the National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate of the Calgary Flames and arrived in Abbotsford in 2009 as a relocated franchise formerly known as the Quad City Flames. The team played five seasons in British Columbia before the Flames' lease agreement with
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David Andrews (ice hockey)


David Andrews (born 1948) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player. He is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Hockey League (AHL), the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League. He has been inducted into both the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame (2005) and the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame (2006), and in 2010 he was a recipient of the Lester Patrick Award for contributions to hockey in the United States. Born in Nova Scotia, Andrews attended
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Sports in Vancouver


British Columbia Hockey League. There are a number of amateur lacrosse teams in Greater Vancouver, competing under the auspices of the British Columbia Lacrosse Association. The New Westminster Salmonbellies have won the Mann Cup, Canada's senior lacrosse championship, a record 24 times. There are also a several amateur teams in sports such as soccer, baseball, softball, Canadian football, field hockey, rugby, Gaelic football, Water Polo, disc ultimate and roller derby. Prominent annual amateur sports events in Vancouver include the BC High School Basketball Championship
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Kenora Thistles


the establishment of professional ice hockey leagues across Canada. Along with the Manitoba league, the ECAHA turned fully professional in 1907. The Ontario Professional Hockey League was established the same year and, in 1911, the Pacific Coast Hockey League began in British Columbia. These developments meant the Thistles had to compete with a multitude of teams for players who were being offered higher salaries. As a result, sports historian John Wong has suggested it was unlikely that the Thistles could compete for top-rated players with clubs in larger cities and
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Ice hockey in the United Kingdom


in Crossmyloof, Glasgow. The same year saw the creation of the International Ice Hockey Federation, of which Great Britain was a founding member. The British Ice Hockey Association was set up in 1914, and continued until 1999, when it was replaced by Ice Hockey UK. The sport enjoyed an increase in interest in the 1980s, primarily in North East England and Scotland, where local clubs were at the forefront of the British Hockey League. Its popularity rose further in the 1990s, when teams like the Sheffield Steelers and Manchester
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Pacific Northwest


team which joined the N.F.-Board officially in 2013 to participate in friendlies and the VIVA World Cup. In 2018, the Cascadia Association Football Federation competed in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup representing the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver is home to a 4-team league for Australian football, the British Columbia Australian Football League, one of several Canadian Australian football leagues. Hockey is the most popular spectator sport in British Columbia, with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL being the most popular professional team, although the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League also
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Rick Noonan


Rick Noonan is a Canadian ice hockey executive. He was the general manager of the Canada men's national ice hockey team for the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York. Noonan began his sports career in Ontario as an athletic trainer, and in the 1960s served as trainer for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. In 1970, he joined the University of British Columbia where he was the sports trainer. In 1972, during the Summit Series, Noonan was assigned by Hockey Canada to assist the
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Edinburgh University Hockey Club


Edinburgh University Men's Hockey Club currently comprises seven men's teams, which makes it the largest Men's University field hockey club in the United Kingdom. Each team plays in regional Saturday or Sunday league matches across eastern districts of Scotland and the top teams play in the national leagues. The men's and women's 1st – 4th teams participate in extra leagues on a Wednesday afternoon, where they participate in their respective British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) league, playing other universities in Scotland and occasionally across the UK.
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Tacoma, Washington


Lizard comedy group, the series premiered on March 28, 2019. The city has struggled to keep a minor league hockey franchise. The Tacoma Rockets of the Western Hockey League moved to Kelowna, British Columbia. The Tacoma Sabercats of the former West Coast Hockey League closed their doors for financial reasons. The Tacoma Dome still hosts traveling sports and other events, such as pro-wrestling, figure-skating tours, and the Harlem Globetrotters. At one point, the Tacoma Dome was home to a professional indoor soccer team,
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Peter Patton


League. In October 1936 he wrote the book "Ice Hockey" which chronicled the early years of the sport in Great Britain. Patton was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2002. The Patton Conference in the Elite Ice Hockey League is named in Patton's honour. Besides ice hockey, Patton was a prolific sportsman in ice dancing, canoeing and punting which he did on the River Thames. He also enjoyed skiing and was a founding member of the International Bobsleigh
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Sepsi-78


Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007. Currently Sepsi-78 focuses in youth football and its first team plays in the Kutonen, seventh tier of the Finnish football league system. Seinäjoen Palloseura was founded in 1930. SePS had activity in football and bandy, which was the club's main sport in the beginning. SePS played seven seasons in the
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Malaysia Junior Hockey League


The Malaysia Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a top junior league competition for junior field hockey clubs in the Malaysian hockey system. At present also it is sponsored by Milo and National Sports Council. A record 27 teams will feature in the 2014 Malaysian Junior Hockey League. The tournament was initiated to revive interest in the sport which was losing spectator interest to football in recent times. Hockey is one of Malaysia's major sports. One of the main reasons for the waning popularity of the existing domestic competition was the rise of
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Sport in Scotland


to the oldest ice hockey team in Britain which are the Fife Flyers. At the moment there are four Scottish teams competing in the UK-wide Elite Ice Hockey League. Edinburgh Capitals have been in the Elite Ice Hockey League since it was formed and in 2010 they were joined by the Dundee Stars and the newly formed Braehead Clan and in 2011 the Fife Flyers were admitted as both their previous league and the Newcastle Vipers went bust creating an opening. Scotland has produced 3 of the top British Players of all time in Colin
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Sport in Cardiff


Republic, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Scotland and Switzerland. The city's professional ice-hockey team, the Cardiff Devils (formed 1986), play against teams from across the UK in the Elite Ice Hockey League. The Devils played in the British Hockey League from 1987 to 1996, gaining promotion in two consecutive seasons—from Division 1 North, through Division 1—and remaining in the Premier division from the 1989–90 season, until the league's demise at the end of the 1995–96 season. The Cardiff Devils played in the
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Sport in Belfast


in the Elite Ice Hockey League by Ireland's first professional ice hockey team, the Belfast Giants. The game was brought to Belfast by Canadian businessman Bob Zeller in 2000. The team won the British Ice Hockey Superleague Championship in 2002 and were crowned the Elite League Champion in 2006. Ex-NHL star Theo Fleury played for the team and was named the most valuable player in the league during his time there. Home matches are played at the Odyssey Arena and watched by up to 7000 fans. Belfast Roller Derby was founded
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Sports in Canada


Canadian Hockey League (for male hockey players aged 15 to 20), which effectively serves as the primary development league for the professional National Hockey League, although CHL teams offer financial support for players who choose to play U Sports hockey after leaving the CHL. Canada presently has two "de jure" national sports, ice hockey, and lacrosse. In 1994, First Nations groups objected to a government bill that proposed establishing ice hockey as Canada's national sport, arguing that it neglected recognition of the game of lacrosse, a
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Kevin Bolibruck


Kevin Bolibruck (born February 8, 1977) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. After playing professionally in North America, he moved to Europe in 2003 and latterly was a member of Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba in the Italian Serie A Hockey League and a member of the British Elite Ice Hockey League. Bolibruck was born in Peterborough, Ontario. He played junior hockey for his hometown Peterborough Petes from 1994 until 1997. His play attracted the attention of pro scouts and he was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1995 NHL
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Mark Rycroft


Mark A. Rycroft (born July 12, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche. Rycroft is currently a TV studio analyst for Altitude Sports and Entertainment, the local affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. Prior to playing professional hockey, Rycroft played two seasons with Nanaimo Clippers in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and three collegiate seasons at the University of Denver. Having gone undrafted in any NHL Entry Draft,
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Martin Tyler


own reluctance, he signed a deal with British Satellite Broadcasting's Sports Channel in 1990 at the urging of his agent John Hockey. There he covered live FA Cup games, England internationals and the Scottish League. Tyler's voice was still heard on ITV for another two years as they carried the commentaries he provided for the Football League's overseas broadcasts. British Satellite Broadcasting's merger with Sky meant the Sports Channel became Sky Sports in 1991. Since then he has led the Sky commentary team, spearheading the network's coverage of
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Tim Cranston


as a sports agent and lawyer for the sports and entertainment industries. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010. After playing junior ice hockey, Cranston moved to Europe to play for GIJS Groningen in the 1984–85 season of the Dutch Eredivisie. He then split the 1985–86 season between VEU Feldkirch in the Austrian Hockey League and Genève-Servette HC in the Swiss Nationalliga B. During the 1986–87 season, he again played in the Nationalliga B, but this time with EHC Basel, as well as playing for
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Eric Brewer


Prince George Cougars' all-time team in a Canadian Hockey League promotion. Brewer has represented Canada at eight International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned events, winning three Ice Hockey World Championships gold medals and one World Cup of Hockey gold medal. He won his Olympic gold medal during the 2002 Winter Olympics. For this accomplishment, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame with his British Columbian teammates in 2003. Brewer was born on April 17, 1979, in Vernon, British Columbia, to Anna and Frank Brewer
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Hockey India League


Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, Indian Super League, and Pro Kabaddi League, is considered one of the major sports leagues in the country. HIL consists of six teams, with the regular season lasting two months from January to February, with each team playing 10 games.
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Yükseliş Sports Club


The sports club Yükseliş Sports Club (Yükseliş SK) is a professional men's and women’s, young and PW ice hockey teams from Ankara, Turkey, the men participate in the Turkish Ice Hockey First League (TIHFL) and the women in the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League, Turkish Young's Ice Hockey League and Turkish PW Ice Hockey Tournament. The teams play out of the Ankara Ice Palace. The colors orange navy and white. Yükseliş Sports Club was founded in 2007. Play-off matches in the 2011–2012
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National Hockey League


The National Hockey League (NHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The National Hockey League was organized on November
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Professional sports in Canada


There are professional teams based in Canada in several professional sports leagues. The National Hockey League has seven Canadian franchises and is the most popular professional sports league in Canada. The second most popular sports league in Canada is the Canadian Football League. Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer are also popular in Canada, more so in Ontario than the rest of the country. Professionalism in ice hockey goes back to the start of the 20th century. The hockey world's most important trophy, the Stanley Cup
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Coquitlam


the British Columbia Hockey League play at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex. Coquitlam is also home to the Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association, a AAA club in the Greater Vancouver area in the Pacific Coast Division, with almost 1000 members from Initiation Hockey 1 to Juvenile. Lacrosse – Coquitlam is home to the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association, who play at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, and to the Coquitlam Minor Lacrosse Association. In July 2008, Percy Perry Stadium hosted the 2008 ILF Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships. Motorsports
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Texas Jr. Brahmas


The Texas Junior Brahmas are a Tier III junior ice hockey team based in North Richland Hills, Texas, that plays in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) South Division. The team plays in the NYTEX Sports Centre and is owned by NYTEX Sports. NYTEX Sports also owns the NYTEX Sports Centre and the North American Hockey League's Lone Star Brahmas, with whom the Jr. Brahmas share the NYTEX Sports Centre. The Jr. Brahmas were founded in 2010 and played in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) for four
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Ice hockey


, the Nordic countries, Russia and the United States. Ice hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada. In addition, ice hockey is the most popular winter sport in Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland. North America's National Hockey League (NHL) is the highest level for men's ice hockey and the strongest professional ice hockey league in the world. The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is the highest league in Russia and much of
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Relocation of sports teams in the United Kingdom


team. After a season of playing out of Crowtree, Wasps were taken to Newcastle and renamed the Newcastle Cobras. In the next few years they changed owners and names from the Cobras, to the Riverkings, to the Jesters, however, the franchise folded soon after. Milton Keynes Kings were an Ice Hockey team based in Milton Keynes from 1990 to 1996 in the British Hockey League (BHL), and from 1998 to 2002 in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL). Following a dispute with the Planet Ice
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Cory Clouston


's degree in recreation administration. He played hockey for the University's Golden Bears team and was a member of the 1991–92 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship squad. Clouston's first coaching position was as an assistant coach with the Powell River Paper Kings of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in 1994-95. He then served as general manager and head coach of the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. During his tenure with the Storm, the team compiled a .627 winning percentage (143-82-15) and
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British ice hockey league champions


The British ice hockey league champions are the winners of the highest ice hockey league in the United Kingdom, currently the Elite Ice Hockey League. Previously, the highest league has been the British National League (1954–60), the Premier Division (1983–96) and the Ice Hockey Superleague (1996–2003). Prior to the formation of the British National League, England and Scotland each had their own competitions. The English League was founded in 1931 with the Scottish National League being formed a year later. The majority of English League clubs
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Guildford


athletics track, as well as general halls used for indoor sports including gymnastics and trampolining. The Spectrum is home to several local sports teams, including Guildford City Football Club of the Combined Counties Football League, and the Guildford Flames of the British Elite Ice Hockey League. Guildford International Volleyball Club have managed to win the top of the fourth division of the National Volleyball League. The Surrey Sports Park, owned by the University of Surrey, opened its doors to the general public on 19 April 2010 and is part of the university
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Elite Ice Hockey League


divisions of the sport) was disbanded and replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague (top tier) and British National League (second tier). The loss of the Cardiff Devils and the Newcastle Jesters in 2001 reduced the membership of the Superleague to seven; and when the Manchester Storm and the Scottish Eagles folded within a week of one another at the beginning of the 2002–03 season, there were just five remaining teams. In December 2002, the Bracknell Bees announced their intention to resign from the league to join the BNL at the
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a moderately popular recreational sport in England. The Great Britain women's hockey team won the 2016 Rio Olympics with over 10 million viewers on TV, the men's team won the hockey tournament at the 1988 Olympics. Women's hockey at International, Premier League and Conference League level is sponsored by Investec. The Men's England Hockey League and Women's England Hockey League contain very high levels of club hockey ability and usually at least two clubs from both the men's and women's leagues proceed to European Competitions. Each week
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Sport in Malaysia


champion after beating FC Istiklol 1-0. Malaysia was a founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation. The national team is Malaysia's representative in field hockey tournaments around the world. In the usual course of things, the team is made up of the best field hockey players in Malaysia. The governing body for the sports is the Malaysian Hockey Confederation. The Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) is a top league competition for field hockey clubs in the Malaysian hockey league system. At the present time, the men's hockey
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1999–2000 EPIHL season


The 1999–2000 EPIHL was the 3rd season of the English Premier Ice Hockey League, the sport's third tier, which is split into a Premier Division and a regionalized Division One. There is no automatic promotion to the British National League from the English League. In the Premier Division, teams met six times, three at home and three away, while in Division One sides played one home, one away in the North and two home, two away in the South. Chelmsford Chieftains won the English Premier Ice Hockey League's
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Newcastle Vipers


From 2002–2011 the Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The club was a member of the Elite Ice Hockey League, and the British National League. Previously, the city was represented by the Newcastle Jesters, who were founded in 1999 by Finnish businessman Harry Harkimo who purchased the franchise from the Ice Hockey Superleague. The franchise had previously been owned by John Hall who had owned the club as part of his ambitious "Newcastle Sporting Club" project and known as the Newcastle Cobras and later
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Simon Fraser University Men's Ice Hockey


won three BCIHL titles. They regularly host and travel to play NCAA Division I programs, as well as an ongoing cross town rivalry with the UBC Thunderbirds of Canada's U Sports league. SFU was a founding member of the BCIHL in 2006. In the summer of 2016 the university announced its intent to move the program entirely to the NCAA Division I level. The current incarnation of SFU hockey began in 2006 with the formation of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League. SFU did field a team in the '70s however not
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Japan Ice Hockey League


The Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL) (日本アイスホッケーリーグ) was an annual ice hockey league that began in 1966 and ended in 2004 when it was replaced by Asia League Ice Hockey. Only Japanese teams competed in the JIHL. Baseball and football have been the dominant Japanese sports for decades, but ice hockey in Japan started in the 1920s. Teams have been competing in the All Japan Championships since 1930, making the tournament one of the oldest sporting competitions in the country. Professional hockey arrived in 1966 with the Japan Ice Hockey
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University of Leeds


of competitive and participation sports, which is used by the student and local population of Leeds who may use certain university facilities. Alongside fitness classes such as yoga and aerobics, the university offers over 36 different sporting clubs, including cricket, football, rugby union, hockey, basketball and badminton which have achieved league and cup wins in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) league. Whilst the university operated performance and elite level sports, there is an intramural recreational sport programme which is one of the largest of any Higher
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Edinburgh University Hockey Club


British Universities & Colleges Sport the 1st XI compete in Scottish 1A, which they won in the 2011/12 season The 2nd XI are currently coached by Tom Johnston, and play in the Scottish Regional League 1. In the British Universities & Colleges Sport the team won Scottish 2A during the 2011/12 season and so won promotion for the first time to Scottish 1A since the leagues were re-organiased in 2003. They finished the 2012/13 BUCS 1A season in 3rd place The 3rd XI won promotion from the District League in 2011/12 into Scottish Regional
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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Canadian Hockey League


tournament held in May. The CHL is generally considered the world's top junior hockey league for developing professional players and is a key supplier of new players and officials for the many North American professional hockey leagues, such as the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, and the ECHL. If a CHL player does not sign a professional contract, many also opt to play for U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport - CIS) and go to school due to CHL sponsored scholarship programs. However, due to the use of paying
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Victoria, British Columbia


The Victoria Cougars are perhaps the most famous sports franchise the city has known, winning the Stanley Cup as members of the PCHA in 1925. Today a Junior 'B' team of that name plays in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. From 1971 until 1994 there was also a team called the Victoria Cougars in the Western Hockey League, before they moved to Prince George to become the Prince George Cougars. The Victoria Salmon Kings played in the ECHL from 2004 to 2011, and were a minor league affiliate of the Vancouver
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TVPlay Sports


TVPlay Sports is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched 7 January 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Major sport rights of the channel include UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Premier League, Championship, Euroleague, Moto GP, NASCAR, Ice Hockey World Championship, Kontinental Hockey League and the IAAF Diamond League. Baltic region sport rights include Baltic Basketball League and Triobet Baltic League.
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Inline hockey in the United Kingdom


Inline hockey and skater hockey are team sports, similar to ice hockey. In the UK, there are two associations that govern inline hockey. The British Inline Puck Hockey Association (BIPHA) govern the sport with rules using a Puck. The British inline Skater Hockey Association (BiSHA) is different from BIPHA as BiSHA uses a Ball, Inline skates and roller skates and is played to full-contact rules. GBinline, Inline UK and BRHA, are minor association within the country. The BRSF is recognised by UK Sport,
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Ice hockey in the United Kingdom


, was established in 1996. However, after a number of clubs withdrew from the league while others folded, the league was disbanded and replaced by the considerably more low-profile Elite Ice Hockey League in 2003, resulting in a decrease in attendance during the mid- to late 2000s. During the 2010s, the league recovered and the popularity of ice hockey rose again, with ice hockey now being considered the United Kingdom's biggest indoor sport and fastest-growing winter sport. The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) was formed
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Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association


The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) was a men's amateur – later professional – ice hockey league in Canada that played four seasons. It was founded on December 11, 1905 with the top clubs from two other leagues: four from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) and two from the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL). It was formed to maximize the revenues of a now popular spectator sport and help these amateur teams cope with professionalism in the sport. The league would shed its amateur status for
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Coquitlam Express


play as a new franchise in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for the 2001–02 hockey season, and played in the city for four seasons at the Coquitlam Sports Centre. Due to unsatisfactory conditions at the Sports Centre, specifically a reduction of parking due to the construction of a new aquatic complex next door, the team relocated to Burnaby for the 2005–06 season. Burnaby originally had a junior "A" team by the name of the Burnaby Bulldogs, which played in that city for four seasons (1998–2001). That
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National Hockey League


sports leagues in North America, along with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the National Basketball Association. The league is very prominent in Canada, where hockey is the most popular of these four major sports as alongside CFL. Overall, hockey has the smallest total fan base of the four leagues, the smallest revenue from television, and the least sponsorship. The NHL holds one of the most affluent fan bases. Studies by the Sports Marketing Group conducted from 1998 to 2004 show that the NHL's fan base
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Italian Hockey League - Serie A


Italian Hockey League - Serie A, formerly known as Serie A, is the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1925. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). As in the other top-level Italian sports leagues, the winners of the IHL - Serie A will wear the "Scudetto" the following season. The league's cup is known as the "Rbk Hockey Cup" to reflect Reebok's sponsorship of the league. The
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University of Leeds


used for football, rugby union, rugby league and hockey. The Brownlee Centre and Bodington cycle circuit were opened in April 2017 and named after alumni Alistair and Jonny Brownlee. Construction was funded by Sport England, UK Sport, British Cycling, British Triathlon and the University. The university also offers a range of sporting opportunities for students to gain experience and develop their skills by volunteering within the local community. Volunteers can take up posts that include coaching, events organisation, stewarding and sports administration. The university provides accommodation in either
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Major women's sport leagues in North America


28 occasions, small college teams won the AAU women's basketball championship. Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of participants increasing 350 percent in the last 10 years. In 2012, Canada had 85,827 women players and the United States had 65,609. The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CHWL) is a women's hockey league in Canada for top female hockey players. The CWHL helped women's professional hockey rebound from the demise of the original National Women's Hockey League
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Cardiff Devils


The Cardiff Devils are a Welsh ice hockey team who play in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. The team currently plays out of Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay. The Devils recently lost the league on the final day after losing 3–1 to Coventry Blaze, allowing the Belfast Giants to win the league. Cardiff are the reigning EIHL playoff champions, winning their second title in a row after beating the Belfast Giants 2–1 at the 2019 EIHL Playoff Final. Founded in 1986, the club became the dominant force in the sport in the
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British Columbia Hockey League


The British Columbia Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada, a subsection of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 17 teams. These teams play in three divisions, known as the Interior, Island and Mainland divisions. The winner of the BCHL playoffs (Fred Page Cup) continues on to play the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion in the Doyle Cup for the right to compete in the National Junior A Championship. In 1961, the heads
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Turkish Ice Hockey Federation


Zealand. In the end of 2006, ice hockey sport detached on International Skating Union's recommendation from the Turkish Ice Sports Federation establishing its own organization. The TBHF conducts in the 2012-2013 season seven leagues. In the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, eight teams compete. Turkish Ice Hockey First League comprises five teams. In the Juniors (U-20) League, there are eleven teams. The Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League debuted in February 2007 with 7 teams. As of October 2012, the total number of ice
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Professional Hockey Players' Association


The Professional Hockey Players' Association, or PHPA, is the labor union that represents the interests of hockey players in the American Hockey League and ECHL, the two largest minor leagues in North American professional ice hockey. Established in 1967, the PHPA is one of the oldest players' unions in professional sports and the only minor league Players' Association within a major league sport. Recognized by the US National Labor Relations Board as the certified bargaining unit for all members enrolled in the Association, the main function of the PHPA is
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British Hockey League


The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1996 (with a short break between 1981 and 1982), when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. The league replaced three regional leagues: the Inter-City League in southern England, the English League North in northern England and the Northern League in Scotland. The league was sponsored by Heineken until 1993 and during this period was best known as the "Heineken League". The league
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Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates


Ice hockey is a minor sport that is gaining popularity in United Arab Emirates. The premier ice hockey league in the UAE is Emirates Ice Hockey League (EHL) which began in 2009. The U.A.E. Ice Hockey Association is one of the few sports associations recognized by the United Arab Emirates government. In 2018, new president of the EHL Vladimir Burdun was appointed. His role was to strengthen UAE ice hockey team and attract more business opportunities. In 2019, Burdun announced the goal of entering a team in Kontinental Hockey League (
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West Vancouver Field Hockey Club


teams play in the Vancouver Women's Field Hockey Association, while the Men's teams play in the Vancouver Men's Field Hockey League. Both leagues include teams from throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. Since its inception in 2004, over 85 graduates of the Adanacs player development program have gone on to play on Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) teams. Players from WVFHC have gone on to attend prestigious universities in the United States like Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Boston College
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Sport in Latvia


Sports in Latvia include association football, ice hockey, basketball, athletics, rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Association hockey is historically the most popular of the Latvian sports and is closely followed by basketball. Some of Latvia’s most notable athletes include hockey player Sandis Ozoliņš, football player Māris Verpakovskis, olympic javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis, two-time Olympic BMX champion Maris Strombergs, and basketball player Kristaps Porziņģis. Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Latvia. Its professional league is the Latvian Hockey Higher League,
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Women's ice hockey in Australia


In 1940, a study of 314 women in New Zealand and Australia was done. Most of the women in the study were middle class, conservative, Protestant and white. The study found that 183 participated in sport. The twenty-fourth most popular sport that these women participated in was ice hockey, with one woman having played the sport. The sport was tied with baseball and bowls. In 1983, the Australian Ice Hockey League dealt with the issue of Karen Sommerville trying to compete in a men's ice hockey league
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Malton Minor Hockey Association


The youth of Malton, Ontario, as in every other hamlet, town or city in Canada, needed the benefits of organized sports. In winter, the sport was hockey. The village elders recognized this and founded the Malton Minor Hockey Association (MMHA) in 1949. The first Executive of the MMHA were: Alex McPherson, Ron McNeil, Jack Weech and Don Williams. The Malton Association joined the Toronto Township Hockey League in 1949. The Toronto Township Hockey League became the Mississauga Hockey League in 1968. From 1949 to
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Ice Arena Wales


Viola Arena (formerly IAW - Ice Arena Wales) is an ice hockey rink in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, Wales. It opened on 12 March 2016, and has two ice rinks and seating for 3,088 spectators. It is home to the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team, who play in the professional British Elite Ice Hockey League, which is the top tier of ice hockey in the UK. It replaced the Cardiff Arena, which was close to the current Viola site. The Cardiff Arena (affectionately named the
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Canadian Junior Hockey League


teams pulled out of National play in 1977. The Southern Ontario league folded in 1977, the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League was promoted to Junior A in 1978 and the NorMan Junior Hockey League was promoted to Junior A in Manitoba in 1979. A second league was founded in British Columbia in 1974, the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League was created to compete with the British Columbia Junior Hockey League - this league was absorbed by the BCJHL in 1979. A year later, the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League was promoted from Junior
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Goodwin Sports Centre


facilities. The complex also has one full size astroturf hockey pitch on the other side of Northumberland Road and a football synthetic pitch. The facilities are used by members of the general public as well as the university community. University teams compete both at an internal level and within the British Universities Sports Association's leagues. Also, a number of non-university teams and clubs play or train at Goodwin, including Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club. The facilities were largely constructed in the 1960s, funded by the head of the Neepsend
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Ashley Morrison


was Darren Harper. "Not the Footy Show" is now regular podcast with co-host John Lee. Ashley was part of the Fox Sports Australia A League coverage from 2006 to 2011. He has commentated hockey for BT Sport, IMG, Start Sports, Astro Arena, Neo Sports, Epicentre.tv, and the FIH, covering amongst others the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the Sultan of Johor Cup, the Asia Cup, the Junior Asia Cup, Hockey World League, and Australian Hockey League finals in 2017. He has
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Dabang Mumbai


With Dabang Mumbai, DoIT Sports entered into Hockey India League with the primary focus towards development and growth of Indian Hockey. DoIT Sports is also committed to support women’s sports development programs across the sports demographic dividend of India. Dabang Mumbai HC, a franchise of the Hero Hockey India League (HIL), is the first team in the league to enter into a Technical Partnership with Europe-based and one of the most successful club HC Bloemendaal. This promising partnership is to enhance the grass-root training structure in Mumbai
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Sport in Sheffield


the Sheffield Ice Tigers play recreational level hockey. All of these teams play out of Ice Sheffield. Sheffield Sharks are a professional basketball team who play at English Institute of Sport. They were formed in 1994 and won the British Basketball League in their first season. They have won it a total of 3 times. The City of Sheffield Arrows play in the English Basketball League, as do the Sheffield Sabres and the Sheffield Saints. The Arrows and the Sabres play home games at the English Institute of Sport whereas the Saints play
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Coquitlam Express


The Coquitlam Express are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Mainland Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex. Although the team had played in the neighbouring city of Burnaby for the previous five years, on 14 January 2010 it was announced that the BCHL Board of Governors unanimously approved the relocation of the franchise back to Coquitlam for the 2010–11 season. The Coquitlam Express began
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Nikita Kucherov


Blue Jackets, Kucherov was suspended one game for boarding Markus Nutivaara during the team's game two loss. On 19 June 2019, Kucherov was awarded the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award as league MVP at the 2019 NHL Awards. On 2 March 2016, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation named Kucherov to its roster for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Kucherov was joined by Lightning teammates Nikita Nesterov, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Andrei Vasilevskiy. The tournament took place from 17 Sep to 1 October 2016, in Toronto. On 9
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Kootenay International Junior Hockey League


The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada; and Washington (State), United States sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the KIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Pacific Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title. The winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moves on to compete for the Western Canada "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League was
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Premier Sports


to 10 live National Hockey League games per week from the 2011–12 season. On 5 July 2012, Premier Sport's announced on their Facebook page that NHL would continue for a further 4 years on the channel with appropriately 400 games per season being broadcast and complimented by daily coverage of Hockey Tonight. This deal was later extended until 2021. The channel also broadcasts weekly games of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) as well as games from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Premier Sports also broadcasts live coverage of the Ice
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Catholic High School League


, the league supports sixteen girls sports and fourteen boys sports. Girls Sports: basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross -country, field hockey, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, pom-pon, ski, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball. Boys Sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, ski, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and wrestling. Divisional alignments may vary from sport to sport, depending upon the number of
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Culture of Texas


by some of the indigenous tribes, is a visible sport and growing. Soccer is a popular participatory sport—especially among children—but as a spectator sport, it does not yet have a large following despite two Texan teams in Major League Soccer. Ice hockey has been a growing participatory sport in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since the Minnesota North Stars became the Dallas Stars in 1993. Minor league professional hockey has since grown and is also home to the San Antonio Rampage and Texas Stars of the American Hockey League and
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Sport in Ottawa


Sport in Ottawa, Canada's capital, has a history dating back to the 19th century. Ottawa is now home to four professional sports teams: the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League; the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League; the Ottawa Champions of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball; and the Ottawa Fury of the United Soccer League. Several non-professional teams also play in Ottawa, including the Ottawa 67's junior hockey team and other semi-professional and collegiate teams in various sports. Ice hockey
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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada


television history. The NFL is the only one of the major leagues not to have a presence in Canada, where the Canadian Football League (see below) is the premier professional league in a similar but not identical sport. The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league and it is the only one of the major leagues to have been founded in Canada. It was formed in 1917 as a successor to the Canadian National Hockey Association (founded 1909), taking all but one of the NHA's teams. The
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United States


measures the most popular spectator sport; the National Football League (NFL) has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world, and the Super Bowl is watched by millions globally. Baseball has been regarded as the U.S. national sport since the late 19th century, with Major League Baseball (MLB) being the top league. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Ice hockey in Japan


Ice hockey is a minor sport that is gaining popularity in Japan. Baseball and football (soccer) have dominated Japanese sports for decades, but ice hockey has been less popular in Japan since its founding in the 1920s. It is governed by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation The Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL) was the national league in the country from 1966-2004, when it folded in favor of the international Asia League. Only Japanese teams were allowed to compete, and there were only six teams at any time in
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List of BCHL seasons


This is a list of British Columbia Hockey League seasons since the league's inception in 1961. The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) was founded as the Okanogan-Mainland Junior "A" Hockey League (OMJHL) in 1961 by the owners of four regional Junior B teams, though it would quickly expand out of the Okanogan and into Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, causing it to be renamed the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in 1967. The BCJHL was considered a Tier II Junior A league by the now-defunct
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Sports in North America


. With teams in both Canada and the U.S., the National Hockey League (NHL) is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, The American Hockey League (AHL) then serves as the primary developmental minor league for the NHL, with the ECHL being at the third level. There are also two major women's hockey leagues: the National Women's Hockey League with teams in the Northeastern U.S., and the Canadian Women's Hockey League with teams in both countries. College ice hockey is also
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