1980 US Olympic team honoured at IIHF Centennial Gala Evening[more]
From left: IIHF President René Fasel, IIHF Vice-President Walter L. Bush Jr., Miracle on Ice player Mark Johnson, Hall of Fame inductee Art Berglund, IOC President Jacques Rogge. Photo: IIHF/HHoF/Jukka Rautio
QUEBEC CITY – The IIHF announced Saturday that the top international hockey story of the century (1908-2008) is the 1980 “Miracle on Ice”, in which the USA shocked the Soviet Union 4-3 at the Olympics.
At the IIHF’s Centennial Gala Evening at the Quebec City Convention Centre,...
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100-year anniversary plaque unveiled
IIHF celebrates centennial in Paris where it all began[more]
The presidents of the four founding IIHF members with René Fasel and French sports minister Bernard Leporte - were on hand when the IIHF celebrated its 100 year anniversary in Paris. Photo: Hervé Hamon
PARIS – The 100-year anniversary celebrations of the International Ice Hockey Federation continued in Paris last weekend. During the festivities, a commemorative plaque was...
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100 years of international hockey
A unique DVD that hockey fans should possess[more]
How was ice hockey played in 1898? How did it get from Canada to Europe,...
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