The Face Off

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Every country where hockey is played has some kind of a national championship. In some cases, such as National Hockey League or Continental Hockey League, the championship is that of a league comprising more than one nation; in many other cases, it is a multi-level system, with one top league and one or several lower divisions between which a system of promotion and relegation exists.

Here are some of the strongest leagues worldwide:

• , : National Hockey League
• , , , : Kontinental Hockey League
• : Elitserien
• : SM-Liiga
• : Deutsche Eishockey Liga
• : National League A
• : Czech Extraliga
• : Slovak Extraliga

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Major International competitions in ice hockey are sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This federation has 64 members and takes care of organizing the ice hockey events during the Olympic Games, the World Championships and several other competitions such as the European Champions Cup, the European Women's Champions Cup, the Continental Cup, the Champions Hockey League and the Victoria Cup. Its main aim is to help foster the development of the game worldwide; it also is the governing body of all the member nations' National Federations.

Several other major competitions are not ruled by the IIHF. Among them are the World Cup, the Canada Cup, the Deutschland Cup, the Spengler Cup and the Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec.

IIHF National teams

Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bulgaria

Canada - China - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia

Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Great Britain - Hungary

Ireland - Iceland - Israel - Italy - Japan - Kazakhstan

Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea

Norway - New Zealand - The Netherlands - Poland - Romania - Russia

Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea

Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United-States

Defunct teams: Bohemia - Czechoslovakia - East Germany - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia

Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:

Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Brazil - Chinese Taipei

Georgia - Hong Kong - Kuwait - India - Liechtenstein - Macau

FYR Macedonia - Malaysia - Moldova - Namibia - Portugal - Singapore - Thailand

Teams of non-IIHF member nations: Algeria - Morocco

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The Ice Hockey Wiki, in its aim to cover as thoroughly hockey as possible, pays a special attention to junior, collegial and university hockey, an area where informations are often difficult to find on the internet. Our members have already gathered results and standings of hundreds of seasons of Canadian and American junior hockey leagues and keep doing so, making IHW one of the most complete reference in the domain. Here are some major categories linked to this aspect of IHW:

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If the article ice hockey is by far the most important to read for the neophytes, several more articles are of importance to understand the sport of ice hockey. This section lists some of the key articles to take a look at:

• Rules
• Penalties
• Goaltender
• Defenceman
• Forward
• Coaching staff
• Management
• Equipment
• Team
• Ice hockey worldwide
• International Ice Hockey Federation
• National Federations
• List of Hockey Nations

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The ever growing Ice Hockey Wiki past yet another milestone on August 9th, as we reached 15,000 articles! The article about Ryan Parent became the 15,000th article in our database.

The young Philadelphia Flyers' defensive defenceman from Saskatchewan has so far played 54 National Hockey League games in his young career, registering four assists. He also played in the American Hockey League with Philadelphia and Milwaukee. He was developed by the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League, where he had 10 goals and 46 assists in 227 regular season games.

He also represented Canada twice at the World Junior Championships, in 2006 and 2007, winning both times the gold medal with the Canadian National Team.

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• September 29 : The ZSC Lions of the National League A and 2009 Champions Hockey League champions defeated the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in Zurich, Switzerland to take the 2nd ever Victoria Cup and the cash prize of 1,000,000 Swiss Francs.
• August 6 : Jeremy Roenick retires after 20 season in the National Hockey League. Roenick was the third ever American to register 500 goals in the NHL. He played his career with the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks.
• July 9 : Joe Sakic retires after 20 seasons in the National Hockey League. Sakic played for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise his entire career, winning the Stanley Cup twice and a Conn Smythe Trophy.
• June 26 : John Tavares is drafted 1st Overall at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.
• June 12 : The Pittsburgh Penguins win their third Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final in Detroit, Michigan. The win by the Penguins is the third time ever the road team has won Game 7 in the Final and the first time since the Montreal Canadiens in 1971. Evgeni Malkin wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff most valuable player.

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... that while ice hockey is not popular in most of India, it is very popular in the Himalayan city of Leh, in the Jammu and Kashmir state? An ice hockey tournament is held in the city annually, and an ice rink is being built in the city.

The city of the former kingdom of Ladakh is where the Indian National Team players come from. They represented India at the 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia.

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