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A Brief History:

Ice hockey is a sport played by two teams of six players on a rectangular surface of ice called a rink.

The players, who wear ice skates, attempt to knock a circular piece of hard rubber, the puck, into one of two goals, situated at opposite ends of the rink. Players use a stick with a flat blade at one end to drive the puck forward at speeds that sometimes exceed 160 km/h (100 mph). Records of early hockey games date back to mid-19th-century Canada.

The first formal hockey game was played in Kingston, Ontario, in 1855, with teams drawn from the Royal Canadian Rifles, an Imperial Army troop.

The first set of hockey rules was codified by W. F. Robertson, a McGill student, who adapted the rules of field hockey for play on ice. In 1893 the governor general of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston, offered a trophy (the Stanley Cup).

Today the cup is awarded annually to a professional team-the champion of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hockey became an Olympic Games event in 1920.


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Hockey Canada # of clubs

801 King Edward Avenue
 
Ottawa  ON  K1N 6N5  
PH: (613) 562-5677FAX: (613) 562-5676/5675  
Glen McCurdie Director  
 
gmccurdie@hockeycanada.ca  
http://www.hockeycanada.ca
 
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Hockey Canada # of clubs

2424 University Dr. N.W.
 
Calgary  AB  T2N 3Y9  
PH: (403) 777-3636FAX: (403) 777-3635  
Bob Nicholson President  
 
bnicholson@canadianhockey.ca  
http://www.canadianhockey.ca
 
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Hockey Alberta # of clubs

#1 7875 - 48 Avenue
 
Red Deer  AB  T4P 2K1  
PH: (403) 342-6777FAX: (403) 346-4277  
Howard G. Wurban Mngr. Special Projects  
 
reception@hockeyalberta.ca  
http://www.hockey-alberta.ca
 
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B. C. Amateur Hockey Association # of clubs

6671 Oldfield Road
 
Saanichton  BC  V8M 2A1  
PH: (250) 652-2978FAX: (250) 652-4536  
Fred Heslop President  
 
fheslop@bcaha.org  
http://www.bcaha.org
 
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Hockey Manitoba # of clubs

200 Main St.
 
Winnipeg  MB  R3C 4M2  
PH: (204) 925-5755FAX: (204) 925-5761  
Peter Woods Executive Director  
 
pwoods@hockeymanitoba.mb.ca  
http://www.hockeymanitoba.mb.ca
 
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New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Assoc. # of clubs

165 Regent Street Ste. 4 Box 456
 
Fredericton  NB  E3B 4Z9  
PH: (506) 453-0862FAX: (506) 452-0868  
Brain Whitehead Exective Director  
 
bwhitehead@hnb.ca  
http://www.hnb.ca
 
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Newfoundland & Labrador Hockey Association # of clubs

15A High Street Box 176
 
GF/Windsor  NF  A2A 2J4  
PH: (709) 489-5512FAX: (709) 489-2273  
Craig Tulk Executive Director  
 
 

 
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Nova Scotia Hockey Association # of clubs

6080 Young Street Ste. 910
 
Halifax  NS  B3K 2A2  
PH: (902) 454-9400FAX: (403) 454-3883  
Kevin Matheson Executive Director  
 
kmatheson@hockeynovascotia.ca  
http://www.nshockey.org
 
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Hockey North - NWT & Nunavut # of clubs

P.O. Box 960
 
Rankin Inlet  NT  XOC 0G0  
PH: (867) 645-4030FAX: (867) 645-4031  
 
 
 

 
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Ontario Hockey Association # of clubs

1425 Bishop Street Unit 6
 
Cambridge  ON  N1R 6J9  
PH: (519) 622-2402FAX: (519) 622-3550  
Paul Lake Chairman of the Board  
 
lakepa@quadro.net  
http://www.ohahockey.org
 
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Ontario Hockey Federation # of clubs

1185 Eglinton Ave. E. Ste. 202
 
Toronto  ON  M3C 3C6  
PH: (416) 426-7249FAX: (416) 426-7347  
 
 
info@ohf.on.ca  
http://www.ohf.on.ca
 
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Canadian Adult Recreational Hockey Association # of clubs

Suite 610, 1420 Blair Place
 
Ottawa  ON  K1J 9L8  
PH: (613) 244-1989FAX: (613) 244-0451  
Mike Peski President  
Lori Lopez Director, Promotions & Marketing  
mpeski@carhahockey.ca  
http://www.carhahockey.ca
 
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Greater Toronto Hockey League # of clubs

265 Rimrock Road, Unit 4
 
Toronto  ON  M3J 3C6  
PH: (416) 636-6845FAX: (416) 636-2035  
Scott Oakman Executive Director  
 
soakman@gthlcanada.com  
http://www.gthlcanada.com
 
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Hockey Development Centre Ontario # of clubs

1185 Eglinton Ave. E. Ste. 202
 
Toronto  ON  M3C 3C6  
PH: (416) 426-7252FAX:  
Wayne Dillon Executive Director  
 
 

 
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Hockey Northwestern Ontario # of clubs

516 East Victoria Avenue
 
Thunder Bay  ON  P7C 1A7  
PH: (807) 622-4792FAX: (807) 623-0037  
 
 
hkynwo@tbaytel.net  
http://hockeynwo.proboards20.com
 
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Ottawa District Hockey Association # of clubs

1900 Merivale Rd. Ste. 202
 
Nepean  ON  K2G 4N4  
PH: (613) 224-7686FAX: (613) 224-6079  
Richard Sennott Executive Director  
 
rts-ed@odha.com  
http://www.odha.com
 
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P.E.I. Hockey Association # of clubs

P.O. Box 302
 
Charlottetown  PE  C1A 7K7  
PH: (902) 368-4334FAX: (902) 368-4337  
Mike Whelan Executive Director  
 
peiha@pei.sympatico.ca  

 
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