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	Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		In 1998 the face of Olympic hockey underwent a major change when it was ruled that professionals would be allowed to compete.
		Hockey games will be played at the new Palasport Olimpico and also at an ice rink set up in the existing Torino Esposizioni.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-ice-hockey.html (529 words)

	Ice hockey - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice.
		Ice hockey is played on a hockey rink by six players per side, each of whom is on ice skates.
		Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of participants increasing 400 percent in the last 10 years.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/i/c/e/Ice_hockey.html (3118 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	1960 Winter Olympics
		This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John Hench's Olympic torch design, which all further torches would be based on.
		The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
		1960 was the first year for women's speed skating and the men's biathlon.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/1/19/1960_winter_olympics.html (261 words)

	1800-Olympics.com -- Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
		Founded in 1908, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is a federation of member national hockey associations; governing the sport of ice hockey and in-line hockey for both men and women.
		The A to Z is a free access ice hockey resource, developed by The Ice Hockey Annual and Graphyle Consultants, for hockey fans world-wide.
		Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice Hockey, Luge, Skating, Skiing.
	1800-olympics.com /WinterOlympics/WinterSports/Ice-Hockey.htm (309 words)

	CBSNews.com
		Held in conjunction with Olympic Games in Paris, the Chamonix Winter Games were originally known as an "International Winter Sports Week," due to objections by Scandinavian countries that felt a Winter Olympics would detract from their Nordic Games.
		With the first Olympic Winter Games an enormous success, it was no surprise that the St. Moritz Games attracted an 84 percent increase in the number of participants.
		The star of these Olympics was Norwegian Sonja Henie, who as a 15-year-old, won the first of her three Olympic gold medals.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/sports/olympics/olympics_2002_games/timeline.html (1181 words)

	Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		When Communist bloc countries joined the Olympic movement in the post-World War II era, many of their players were on government payroll as military employees — hence, the USSR's "Red Army" hockey team — while other free-world nations made do with bona fide amateurs.
		However, the National Hockey League noticed the international appeal of the NBA's foray into Olympic basketball with the original "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and opted to allow NHL players to participate in the Winter Olympics, beginning with some of the lesser-profile players at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
		Ice hockey actually debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games, but at the inaugural Winter Olympics, Canada ripped through the competition by winning all five of its games.
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	Ice Hockey - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Another important international hockey event was the Canada Cup, which was created by the NHL and pitted the best players from the world’s top hockey powers against one another in round-robin play.
		Amateurs are eligible for the world championships and Olympics, but in recent years the national rosters have been stocked with professional players, when they are available to play.
		This team perfected a style of play in which skating, passing, and puck control on a large ice surface were valued more than the North American game’s reliance on power and checking.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761567842___20/Ice_Hockey.html (563 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games.
		Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics).
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/wi/Winter_Olympics (289 words)

	Ice Hockey History - Rediff On The Net Free Personal Homepages
		Ice Hockey In The U.S. Although Canadian hockey teams traveled to the United States to play exhibition games in the late 1800s, the U.S. did not compete against teams from outside of North America until 1920.
		Most people are surprised to learn that women's ice hockey has a history that dates back to 1892, when the very first organized and recorded all-female ice hockey game was played in Ontario, Canada.
		On the East Coast, considered the hotbed of women's college hockey, more and more colleges and universities are looking to women's ice hockey as a solution to meeting Title IX requirements.
	members.rediff.com /mjagadish/icehis.htm (1709 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: The Crimson's Winter Olympics Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The week it was supposed to hold the Winter Olympics this Tyrolean City experienced its mildest February in 58 years.
		In the 1964 Winter Games four countries were represented for the first time.
		In 1956 and 1960 two brothers turned in gold medal exhibitions in figure skating.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=142087 (999 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey
		The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it's widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing hockey to North America.
		Women's ice hockey was approved as an Olympic sport in 1992, and debuted in Nagano in 1998.
		A lesser amount of players can be on the ice as a result of penalties; a goal-tender can be replaced by a skater during a delayed penalty or at any other time of the game at a team's risk.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/icehockey.html (726 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - History of Ice Hockey - Page 2 of 2
		Netting was first added to hockey goals in the early 1900s to stop the puck and show that the puck had actually passed between the goal posts.
		Today’s hockey players from the junior leagues to the NHL wear layers of protective padding from their shin guards to their helmets.
		The 1920 Olympics in Antwerp Belgium became the first to include and ice hockey competition.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /hockey/history/hockey-history-2.shtml (683 words)

	Hockey — the stuff of hard fights and 'miracles' - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Ice hockey was developed in Canada in the late 1800s and within several decades evolved into an international sport most popular in the cold-weather regions of North America and Europe.
		The face of the Olympic version of the sport changed in the 1990s as the National Hockey League allowed its players, undeniably the best in the world, to participate in the Games — first in 1994 on a limited basis and then with a full contingent of NHL stars in 1998.
		Women's ice hockey, which held its first World Championship in 1990, was added to the Games in 1998.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,15000006,00.html (741 words)

	Squaw Valley USA: History Olympics
		Upon hearing the news, International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage told Cushing, "the USOC obviously has taken leave of their senses." IOC member John J. Garland advised, "I think you are on a wild goose chase.
		The 1960 Winter Olympics were the first Games held in the Western United States and the first to be televised.
		The Olympic Village Inn was built to house more than 750 athletes; it allowed all athletes to be housed under one roof for the first and only time in modern Olympic history.
	www.squaw.com /winter/history_olympics.html (1207 words)

	1980 Gold Medal - USA Hockey - Miracle on Ice : The Offical Jim Craig USA Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of all the goals scored and the excitement generated, one of the most lasting images of the euphoric celebration of the American players after they defeated Finland to capture the Gold Medal was that of goalie Jim Craig draped in the Stars and Stripes searching the crowd for his father.
		Walt Disney adapted the story of the "Miracle on Ice" into a feature length film, titled Miracle, which was released in February 2004.
		This excitement was revisited at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah where Jim Craig, along with his Miracle On Ice Teammates, lit the cauldron to begin the 19th Winter Olympic Games.
	www.jimcraigusa.com /1980-olympic-team.shtml (488 words)

	Winter Olympics Memorable Moments: The 1960 U.S. Hockey Team
		Similar to 1980, the U.S. squad in 1960 was a scrappy, determined bunch of college kids and amateur players mostly from Boston and Minnesota.
		On the ice, the team was led by two sets of brothers: Harvard's Bill and Bob Cleary, and Bill and Roger Christian from Minnesota.
		With Bill Christian's son David becoming a star for the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, and the success of the family hockey stick company, the Christians are widely considered the "first family" of American hockey.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-1960-us-hockey.html (468 words)

	Ice Hockey
		During the Nagano Olympics, however, for the first time in the 80 year history of the NHL, the NHL teams agreed to interrupt the season for the Olympics, opening the way for professionals to participate.
		At the Olympics, the former Soviet Union, otherwise known as the "Big Red Machine" scored four consecutive victories from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria) to the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, and have won the largest number of gold medals, with seven (not including the gold medal won as the EUN at Albertville in 1992).
		Japan, faced by the great obstacle of not having participated in the Olympics for Ice Hockey since Lake Placid in 1980, invited Dave King, former head coach of the NHL Calgary Flames as the general manager, and Bjon Kinding??, former manager of the Switzerland B team as manager, in an effort to strengthen Japan's ability.
	www.shinmai.co.jp /oly-eng/kyougi/hockey.htm (996 words)

	1960 Olympics
		At that time the 1960 Winter Games were the largest ever held, with 34 nations competing in 15 alpine and ski jumping events, 8 speed skiing contests, 3 figure skating competitions and 28 hockey matches.
		For the first time in Winter Olympic history artificial refrigeration was utilized for speed skating events and electronic computers were used to tally results.
		The saga of the VIII Olympic Winter Games is a lasting tribute to the daring and vision of Alexander C. Cushing, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Squaw Valley Ski Corporation.
	www.tahoesbest.com /Skiing/svuoly.htm (825 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Ice Hockey \| US have much to prove
		In 1960, the Soviets came into the tournament as defending Olympic champions and unbeaten in international competition since 1956.
		It was the first time the USA had beaten the USSR at ice hockey and it sparked wild celebrations.
		But in one of the greatest ever Olympic ice hockey matches, the Americans rose to the big occasion yet again in front of the fanatic crowd and, unlike the 1960 victory, a huge television audience.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/ice_hockey/newsid_1552000/1552439.stm (513 words)

	The good old Games / Squaw Valley put itself on the map when it stole the 1960 Olympics and presented an enchantingly ...
		It marked the first time the Winter Olympics were awarded to the Western United States and the first time the Games would be televised live, by CBS.
		At Squaw Valley in 1960, all the events except cross-country skiing were held in the cozy amphitheater framed by 9,000-foot mountains.
		Hockey and figure skating were held in the same arena, which was open on one side, and speed skating was held on an adjacent rink outside.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/15/SP111693.DTL (1910 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games.
		Finally, the Canadian men's ice hockey team defeated the American team 5-2 to claim the gold medal and end a drought that lasted 50 years to the day.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Everything You Need to Know About Ice Hockey
		The United States won back-to-back silver medals at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics, and at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., the Americans beat Canada and the Soviet Union on their way to the gold medal.
		The Americans won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics, and eight years later the United States battled its way to a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.
		Women's hockey, which has been played as far back as 1916, joined its male counterpart on the international scene in 1990 with the advent of the first IIHF Women's World Championship.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/hockey/articles/hockey.htm (1571 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey - Roundup: Brooks calls Canada's hockey style 'stupid' - ...
		The U.S. ice hockey coach was behind the bench when a bunch of college students shocked the world and beat the powerful Soviet Union at Lake Placid in 1980, in what has become known as the "Miracle on Ice."
		The U.S. has two Olympic gold medals in men's ice hockey and both times the Games were on home soil: Squaw Valley in 1960 and Lake Placid in 1980.
		Quinn was so impressed with the poise shown by the Canadian woman against Team USA in their gold-medal hockey game, with a pro-U.S. crowd and a pro-U.S. referee, that he passed this wisdom on to the men's team the night before its game against Belarus.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/ice_hockey/news/2002/02/23/goldmedal_roundup_slam (2356 words)

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