Category: IIHF

Jim Aldred had a pretty normal career as a hockey player. He built himself up in the OHL with the Kingston Frontenacs and Sault Ste. Marie [Soo] Greyhounds. He was drafted in the third round by the Buffalo Sabres in 1981. He played around in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League for some […]

Algeria’s development of ice hockey didn’t start in 2019, when the nation was promoted as one of the newest members of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Algerian hockey started much earlier than that. It didn’t even start in the country, but in Great Britain, where a group of men decided that they wanted to represent […]

Andorra, a small country located between Spain and France. A country in the middle of The Eastern Pyrenees Mountain Range and has Catalan as their official language. A country that is looking to break through into the IIHF ice hockey tournaments and proudly fly their flag alongside hockey giants. The country joined IIHF in 1995, […]

After witnessing the Women’s Olympic Gold Medal Game between the United States and Canada, it became even more evident that global spectacles still bring out the best in hockey, even if it is between two North American neighbours. Sure, our favourite players from the National Hockey League were nowhere to be seen in Beijing, but […]

While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a new challenge for women’s hockey to tackle, it’s also presented its hardships to the league’s newest team and its first based in Canada. With the Six not playing at Canlan as a result of the guidelines put in place by the government, the league will conduct their […]

With the upcoming season in question and no further plans from the RSEQ, the Concordia Stingers have been keeping busy and continued to do so internally on Tuesday. Following a strong regular season, they announced the hiring of coach Caroline Ouellette. Ouellette takes the reigns on the bench while her wife, Julie Chu, takes time off on […]