The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to internationally as the British Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom.
The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.
Owen Fussey is a Canadian-British former professional ice hockey forward. He was selected 90th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals and played four games in the National Hockey League with them during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2015 was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe. Internationally Fussey played for the British national team at the 2012 World Championship Division I tournament.
Jukka Pertti Juhani Jalonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. In 2011, 2019 and 2022, he led the Finnish national team to the gold medal in the IIHF World Championship, and at the 2022 Winter Olympics, he coached the team that won Finland's first ever Olympic gold in ice hockey. He was the head coach of Jokerit in the Kontinental Hockey League during 2016–2018 before returning to coach the Finnish national team.
Richard "Bibi" Torriani was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete, also known as Riccardo Torriani.
The Dunedin Thunder, currently the Phoenix Thunder for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey team based in Dunedin, New Zealand and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at the Dunedin Ice Stadium. The Thunder were founded in 2008 and joined the league as an expansion team. The clubs won their first regular season title in 2013 and have finished as runner-up in the playoffs in 2013 and 2014, losing on both occasions to the Canterbury Red Devils.
Ice hockey has been played in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the twentieth century, and it was a game between English Army veterans played in Canada that is the first recorded use of a sawed-off ball, which led to the use of the puck in hockey. The Great Britain men's national ice hockey team enjoyed worldwide success through the 1920s and 1930s, achieving bronze at the 1924 Olympics, and gold twelve years later. They also won medals at the World Championships in 1935, 1937 and 1938, though never won the tournament. The national team has struggled since the Second World War, and has not finished better than twelfth in the World Championships since 1962. Ice hockey is played professionally in the United Kingdom in the Elite Ice Hockey League, a ten team league which was founded in 2003.
Patrick Köppchen is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Düsseldorfer EG in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played with fellow DEL teams Nürnberg Ice Tigers, ERC Ingolstadt, Hamburg Freezers, Hannover Scorpions and Munich Barons.
Matthew DeMarchi is an American-born Italian former professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italy men's national ice hockey team.
Giulio Scandella is a Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey player. He is currently a free agent having last played for the Les Pétroliers du Nord of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH).
Armin Helfer is a former Italian professional ice hockey defenceman. Last he played for the HC Pustertal Wölfe of the Alps Hockey League.
Nicholas Plastino is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played with HC Pustertal Wölfe in the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
Mārtiņš Raitums is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. He is currently playing for Arystan Temirtau in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship league.
Michaela Lanzl is a German retired ice hockey forward. She represented Germany at the Olympic women's ice hockey tournaments in 2002 and 2006 and at six IIHF Women's World Championships.
Rick Cornacchia is an Italian-born Canadian ice hockey coach and notably, was the head coach of the Italy men's national ice hockey team at the 2010 IIHF World Championship.
Fabio Polloni is an Italian former professional ice hockey player. He has been a coach with the Italy men's national ice hockey team since 2004.
HC Kremenchuk is an ice hockey team based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, playing in the Ukrainian Hockey Extra League that was formed prior to the 2016–17 season. The club was founded in 2010 and initially competed in Ukrainian amateur championships before joining the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga for 2013–14 season. After finishing the regular 2013–14 season Kremenchuk was forced to withdraw from the league prior to the playoffs due to the political situation in Ukraine. The team then joined the Ukrainian Championship for the 2014–15 season, winning the regular season and finishing as runners-up in the playoffs. Kremenchuk has also qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup on one occasion.
HC Bat Yam is an Israeli ice hockey team based in Bat Yam that competes in the Israeli League. HC Bat Yam was founded in 1992 and won their first league title in 1995. In 2010, the club qualified for their first IIHF Continental Cup, however they were knocked out in the first round without winning a game. HC Bat Yam won their second title in 2016 and as a result qualified for the 2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup.
Ice hockey is a minor sport in Mexico, but is slowly growing. Football has dominated Mexican sports for decades, but ice hockey has grown in popularity in Mexico since the 1960s.
Simon Kostner is an Italian ice hockey forward playing for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.
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