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  ProHockeyNews.com
A merger between the Canadian-American Hockey League and International Hockey League in 1936 began the International-American Hockey League (“International” was dropped from the name in 1940).
The CHL has led all “AA” professional hockey leagues in average attendance for four consecutive seasons.
The UHL is an “AA” level minor professional hockey league.
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  Ice hockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Hockey League was formed in November of 1917, when members of the former National Hockey Association were engaged in a dispute with one of their fellow owners over insurance proceeds.
Sledge hockey was invented by three Swedish wheelchair athletes on a frozen lake at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm in 1961.
Hockey also frequently shows up in American television, particularly in shows set in the colder regions of the US such as the Northeast where the sport is on an almost equal footing to basketball.
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 United Hockey League (1998-Present)
Minor professional hockey leagues are the backbone of the NHL.
The United Hockey League (1998-Present) was originally the Colonial Hockey League.
The league expanded throughout the late 1990's as other leagues such as the International Hockey League suffered.
www.hockeyleaguehistory.com /United_Hockey_League_1998.htm   (115 words)

  
 United Hockey League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Hockey League (UHL) is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the United States.
The league is headquartered in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, a suburb of St.
The Colonial Cup is awarded to annual playoff championship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Hockey_League   (217 words)

  
 Flint Generals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flint Generals are a professional ice hockey team.
They are a member of the United Hockey League.
Flint has won two Colonial Cup championships in the 13 year existence they've had in the UHL, the first against Thunder Bay in the 1995-1996 season, and the second in a 4-0 sweep of the Quad City Mallards in the 2000 playoffs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flint_Generals   (276 words)

  
 Colonial Hockey League (1991-1997)
While professional hockey was rapidly growing in the United States, the senior leagues in Canada were unable to attract players interested in playing amateur hockey.
Ontario senior league towns such as Brantford and Thunder Bay and a few US centers that had been abandoned by the International Hockey League formed the initial franchises of the leagueThe Colonial Hockey League had five teams in 1991-92 but doubled that number by 1996-97 with two divisions of five teams.
The league changed its name to the United Hockey League for the 1997-98 season.
www.hockeyleaguehistory.com /Colonial_Hockey_League_1991.htm   (189 words)

  
 SIHR - The Origins of Hockey
Thus, hockey is a game played on an ice rink in which two opposing teams of skaters, using curved sticks, try to drive a small disc, ball or block into or through the opposite goals.
The March 3 event, structured as it was, invites a distinction between formal and informal hockey, one that the McGill University Gazette (December 1, 1877) attempted to draw in comparing hockey with shinny.
For a game to be recognized as hockey, all that is required is the presence of six defining characteristics: ice surface, two contesting teams, players on skates, use of curved sticks, small propellant, objective of scoring on opposite goals.
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 rec.sport.hockey FAQ Part 1 of 2
Central Hockey League News and information on other leagues, as well as answers to frequently asked questions and information available via e-mail are included in Part 2.
League Leadership: Gary Bettman is commissioner of the National Hockey League.
Officiating: National Hockey League on-ice officials agreed to a four-year contract, ending the first strike by referees and linesmen in league history.
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 A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Mi
One of the divisions of the Western Conference of the American Hockey League (previously in the Southern Conference).
He was involved in one of the most unusual trades in hockey history when he moved from Springfield Indians to Buffalo in exchange for a pair of used goal nets.
He is best known in ice hockey as the play-by-play TV commentator for Sky Sports on their coverage of British League games since 1995.
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 ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League
Born and raised in Rome, N.Y., Krouse began as an assistant equipment manager for his brother Richard with Utica in the Colonial Hockey League and at the age of 19 he became head equipment manager for Winston-Salem in the Southern Hockey League.
A native of Binghamton, N.Y., Mitchell was the equipment manager for Binghamton of the American Hockey League and New Mexico of the Western Professional Hockey League while also working two seasons as the assistant equipment manager for the New York Rangers.
Holden was the equipment manager for Jackson of the ECHL from 1996-2000 and previously worked in the Western Hockey League with Brandon and in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League with Yorkton.
www.echl.com /cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=3588   (531 words)

  
 A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Co
The trophy awarded to the play-off champions of the Colonial Hockey League 1991-97 and the United Hockey League 1997-.
Joined the National Hockey League for the 1995-96 season when the Quebec Nordiques franchise was transferred to Colorado.
After the league folded, Danville (as Danville Fighting Saints), Dayton Jets and Troy Sabres became founding members of the All-American Hockey League.
www.azhockey.com /Co.htm   (6430 words)

  
 Quad City Mallards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Howard Cornfield, vice president of the Carolina Monarchs of the American Hockey League, is named general manager of the Quad City Mallards and proceeds to build a championship organization on and off the ice, including the signings of Glenn Stewart, Hugo Proulx, Mark McFarlane, and Howie Rosenblatt.
The Mallards host the United Hockey League Skills Competition and All-Star Game, with the UHL All-Stars defeating the Canadian National Team, 6-5 in a shootout, at The MARK of the Quad Cities.
Kevin Kerr of the Mallards becomes the tenth player in minor league hockey history to reach 500 career goals, as he scores his 29th of the season in a 5-0 win over Port Huron.
www.qcmallards.com /history/history.php   (2481 words)

  
 Premiere Hockey Services-FAQ
But at Premiere Hockey Services we only except players of ability, caliber and skill that we feel have the experience, qualifications and desire to advance to the next level of hockey.
a majority of the registered players are over looked, not promoted, or marketed by their league, coach or general manager or have been told by individuals that they do not have the talent or the skill to advance.
Hockey is a game of opportunity and chance and unfortunately having the skill and ability to advance does not mean that you will.
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 Colonial Junior Hockey League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software
The Exeter Seawolves defeated the East Coast Rangers 6 – 4 to capture the Colonial Junior Hockey League’s first “Colonial Cup”.
The Colonial Cup Series will be hosted by the Springfield Jr.
Pics and held in Holyoke, MA at the Fitzpatrick Ice Rink.
www.colonialhockeyleague.com   (211 words)

  
 KCHH: United Hockey League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The UHL is the minor league hockey equivalent to Class A in baseball.
The league was called the Colonial Hockey League when it played its first season in 1991-92.
The Fort Wayne Komets, Flint Generals and Kalamazoo Wings were all former International Hockey League teams, a league in which the Kansas City Blades played in.
home.att.net /~kchockey/kcuhl.htm   (371 words)

  
 ECAC Hockey League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He relates very well to the student-athletes and he knows exactly what it takes to be successful at Colgate both as a hockey player and as a student.
He played a season in the Colonial Hockey League and one in the East Coast Hockey League before participating in the German League, where he played for Memmingen and Bayemliga.
He was second in the league in scoring the next season.
www.ecachockeyleague.com /news/men/dickson_07-15   (500 words)

  
 Ice Hockey 1997 Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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The Colonial Hockey League Flint Bulldogs are on the lowest rung of professional Hockey teams competing in the United States.
In the three years since the league was formed, not one player has been called up by the NHL.
Many of the players play with hope of making it to the "bigs", but realistically, most will spend their professional playing careers enduring 14 hour bus rides to play in arenas in places such as Thunder Bay, Ontario and Muskegon, Michigan, where arenas are rarely filled.
www.mppa.org /mppa/1993/spt-story2.html   (747 words)

  
 Jean-Francois Labbe (2000-present)
Named Colonial Hockey League Goaltender of the Year, 1993-94.
Named Colonial Hockey League Rookie of the Year, 1993-94.
In 2001-02, Jean-Francois tied the forty-nine year-old American Hockey League record for shutouts in one season, with nine.
hockeygoalies.org /bio/labbe.html   (629 words)

  
 LogoServer - Hockey Logos - CHL - Colonial Hockey League
AAHL: All-American HL : Atlantic Coast HL 81-87
CHL: Colonial HL : Central Pro HL : East Coast HL : Eastern HL 33-73
CHL: Continental HL : North Eastern HL : Southwest HL : Western Int'l HL 54-80
www.logoserver.com /CoHL.html   (173 words)

  
 United Hockey League (UHL)
The UHL was created in 1991 as the Colonial Hockey League.
While a few franchises were placed in Canada, the core of the league eventually developed in Michigan, comprising markets abandoned by the IHL during the 1980's.
The league changed its name in 1997 and more recently has expanded in three directions.
www.rauzulusstreet.com /hockey/otherpro/uhl.html   (161 words)

  
 Women Behind The Mask   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
More women are playing or are involved in women's hockey, so it's changed in that sense, but there were not a whole lot of changes in general.
Women's hockey almost seems to be on a downward swing and I hate to say that, but I feel women's hockey is hitting a lull right now.
In guys hockey if you are not aggressive and don't come out to challenge the shooter, you are going to get beat, the shooting in men's hockey is just that much better.
www.behindthemask.net /wb/whitten.html   (3904 words)

  
 Toronto-area tough guy adds muscle in Saginaw
 Thanks to Bryce Davidson, the Saginaw (Mich.) Lumber Kings of the United Hockey League may carry one of the biggest sticks in professional hockey this season.
 The Mississauga, Ont., forward has led the Southern Hockey League and the UHL, previously known as the Colonial Hockey League, in penalties the last two seasons.
Walt Poddubny then signed him for his Southern Hockey League team in Daytona Beach, Fla.
www.canoe.ca /HockeyUnited/uni_sep22_saginaw.html   (676 words)

  
 ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League
The 29-year-old Krouse was selected by his peers as ECHL Equipment Manager of the Year in 2003-04 and was also chosen to work the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game.
He was head equipment manager for the Ice Pilots for six seasons after working three seasons with Peoria of the ECHL.
ECHL, the ECHL logo and all word marks and logos associated with the ECHL and ECHL.com are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of ECHL Properties.
www.echl.com /cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=5139   (170 words)

  
 Colonial League becomes United
 The Colonial Hockey League, which formed in 1991 with five teams, today changed its name to the United Hockey League.
 The change, approved by the league's Board of Governors at their annual meetings, is the latest in a series of moves made since Richard Brosal became Commissioner on April 1st.
 The league will field 11 teams in 1997-98.
www.canoe.ca /HockeyUnited/jun25_united.html   (111 words)

  
 United Hockey League Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia
This minor professional league started in the season of 1991-92 as the Colonial Hockey League.
The league's fifth season 1995-96 was marked by the first two expansion franchises outside of Michigan and Ontario being granted, which extended its reach into 4 states and 2 counties.
The name of the league was changed to the United Hockey League in the summer of 1997.
www.funtrivia.com /ql.cfm?cat=1967   (388 words)

  
 cidoc: corporate identity related news - United Hockey League
The United Hockey League (UHL) is proud to introduce a redesigned logo.
The new trademark has a more modern look that will represent the league.
The new mark will replace the logo that has been in use since the 1997-98 season, the first year that the UHL changed its name from the Colonial Hockey League.
www.designguerilla.org /2005/05/united_hockey_league.html   (168 words)

  
 Clinton Nj Lacrosse League - Big Lacrosse Guide
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 Rich Parent (1997-present)
Now in the prime of his hockey career, Parent will have to quickly make believers of his employers." (The Sports Forecaster 2000-01, p.
Named to Colonial Hockey League All-Star first team, 1995-96.
Named International Hockey League Goaltender of the Week, November 21-28, 1999.
hockeygoalies.org /bio/parentr.html   (741 words)

  
 Inline Hockey Central: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cavallin, 28, a former goaltender for Roller Hockey International's Oakland Skates and St. Louis Vipers, left the London Knights to play for the Superleague's newest team.
He began his hockey career back home in Canada with the Colonial Hockey League's Chatham Wheels before moving on to the Central Hockey League's Tulsa Oilers.
He then returned to North America and the Western Professional Hockey League's Lake-Charles Ice Pirates.
www.inlinehockeycentral.com /pro/cavallin062600.shtml   (278 words)

  
 International Hockey League (IHL) Minor League Hockey on OurSports Central
Kalamazoo, MI- The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the International Hockey League, announce the signings of forwards Nick Bootland and Tyler Willis; per team policy the terms of the contracts will be undisclosed.
ROCHESTER, MI--- The International Hockey League (IHL) announced today new rules that will be in effect for the 2007-08 season.
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 United Hockey League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
United Hockey League team news, reviews, schedules, live broadcasts, and merchandise.
National teams, club hockey section and league information, tournaments, events, camps and clinics, results, rules, history.
Columbus Stars Hit the Ice - The Columbus Stars, part of the United Hockey League, began their inaugural season this week at the Ohio Exposition Center.
www.bruins-legends.com /united-hockey-league.html   (203 words)

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