Archive-name: hockey-faq/part2
Last-modified: 29 Jun 94

rec.sport.hockey answers to Frequently Asked Questions and other news:
Part 2 of 2

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Contents of Part 2:

News and information on the following leagues:

 7. College Hockey
  - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
  - Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU)
  - Ontario Women's Interuniversity Athletic Association (OWIAA)
 8. Other Hockey Leagues and Tournaments
  - 1994 World Championships (Pool A)
  - 1994 World Championships (Pool B)
  - 1994 World Championships (Pool C)
  - Olympic Games
  - 1991 Canada Cup
  - 1993 Izvestia Cup
  - 1992 Germany Cup
  - 1993 Spengler Cup
  - 1993 European cup finals
  - 1994 Sweden Hockey Games
  - 1993 Tampere Cup
  - 1993 Telehockey Cup
  - 1994 Women's World Championships
  - 1994 World Junior Hockey Championships
  - 1993 Pacific Cup at Yokohama, Japan (under-18 boys)
  - Canadian Hockey League
  - 1994 Canadian National Women's Championships
  - Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (Senior AA) (COWHL)
  - Interstate Hockey League (Commonwealth of Independent States)
  - British Premier Division
  - Finnish Elite League (SM-LIIGA)
  - German Hockey League (Krombacher-Eishockey-Liga)
  - Swedish Elite League (Elitserien)
  - Slovakia Hockey Extraleague
  - Czech League
  - Italian League (Alpenliga)
  - Austrian League (Bundesliga)
  - Danish Elite League (Elite-serie)
  - Swiss First Division
  - Swiss Women's First Division (League A)
  - Swiss Women's Second Division (League B)
 9. Amateur Associations
  - Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
10. Info available via e-mail
  - FTP sites & World Wide Web
  - E-mail lists
  - Items of interest
11. USENET Hockey Pool
12. Up-coming Dates
13. Answers to some frequently asked questions
14. Miscellaneous

News and information on the National Hockey League and its minor league 
affiliates (American Hockey League, International Hockey League, East 
Coast Hockey League) are included in Part 1.

New information will be preceded by two asterisks (**).

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7. College Hockey

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- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

  NCAA Contact: Mike Machnik <machnik@ctron.com>
                Bri Farenell <farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>

NCAA Division I Teams:

 Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA):
  CCHA Contact: Keith Instone <instone@hydra.bgsu.edu>
Alaska-Fairbanks (affiliate member), Bowling Green (Contact: Keith Instone 
<instone@hydra.bgsu.edu>), Ferris State, Illinois-Chicago, Kent State, 
Lake Superior, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, 
Western Michigan

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION--Approved Alaska-Fairbanks' 
application for full membership, effective in the 1995-96 season.

 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) (men's):
 ECAC Men's Contact: Bri Farenell <farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>),
Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI, St. 
Lawrence, Union, Vermont, Yale

 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) (women's):
  ECAC Women's Contact: Graeme Bailey <bailey@math.cornell.edu>
Brown, Colby, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, New Hampshire, Northeastern, 
Princeton, Providence, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Lawrence, 
Yale

- 1994 Women's ECAC Championships

Quarter-Finals: #1 Providence     4 - #8 Dartmouth     1
                #4 UNH            6 - #5 Princeton     5  OT
                #2 Northeastern   3 - #7 Harvard       1
                #3 Brown          7 - #6 St. Lawrence  0

Semi-finals:    #1 Providence     3 - #4 UNH           2
                #2 Northeastern   4 - #3 Brown         2

Final:          #1 Providence     5 - #2 Northeastern  2

 Hockey East:
  Hockey East Contact: Mike Machnik <machnik@ctron.com>
Boston College, Boston University, Maine, Massachusetts, UMass-Lowell 
(Contact: Dave Hendrickson <hendrick@hp-and.an.hp.com>), Merrimack 
(Contact: Mike Machnik <machnik@ctron.com>), New Hampshire, Northeastern, 
Providence

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HOCKEY EAST--Announced the resignation of Dana Hennigar, supervisor of 
officials.

BOSTON COLLEGE--Announced the resignation of Mike Milbury, ice hockey 
coach.
BOSTON COLLEGE--Named Jerry York hockey coach.

MASSACHUSETTS-LOWELL--Signed Bruce Crowder, ice hockey coach, to a three-
year contract extension.

 Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA):
Alaska-Anchorage, Colorado College, Denver, Michigan Tech, Minnesota, 
Minnesota-Duluth, North Dakota, Northern Michigan, St Cloud, Wisconsin 
(Contact: Jeff Horvath <horvath@cs.wisc.edu>)

NCAA--Placed the Colorado College hockey team on probation for one year 
for recruiting violations.

 Major Independents:
Alaska-Fairbanks, Air Force, Army

E-mail lists:
 Wayne Smith <wts@maine.maine.edu> maintains 2 lists, one for discussions 
(HOCKEY-L) and one for news (HOCKEY-D):

 send e-mail to <listserv@maine.maine.edu> with body:
 SUBSCRIBE HOCKEY-L <name & favorite team>
 or
 SUBSCRIBE HOCKEY-D <name>
   (a read-only list containing news from HOCKEY-L)

Standings and scores:
Up-to-date Division I standings and scores can be obtained through the 
archives of the College Hockey Mailing List.  Send a message to the server 
at listserv@maine.maine.edu with the body containing ONLY the commands 
(either or both)

GET 9394CONF STAND (for all Division I conference standings)
GET 9394COMP SCHEDULE (for a full-season listing of Division I scores)

The schedule is about 1000 lines long and the standings file is about 50 
lines.  These files are updated more-or-less weekly around Monday.  These 
are an example and others are available.  Contact Mike Machnik 
<machnik@ctron.com> with any questions.

FTP site: andy.bgsu.edu
  The directory "pub/Hockey" contains CCHA press releases, scores, 
standings, and rosters. The sub-directory "Archives" has archives of the 
Division I college hockey mailing list since 1989. Also, archives from the 
Division III list since May 1992 are available.

  1994 NCAA mens hockey championship:

Semi-finals: Lake Superior St 3, Harvard 2 (OT)
             Boston University 4, Minnesota 1
Finals:      Lake Superior St 9, Boston University 1

  Minnesota-Duluth right wing Chris Marinucci was named winner of the 
1993-94 Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player.

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- Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU)

 1993 CIAU Championships:
 Finalists:
 Team:                                         Division:
 University of Alberta Golden Bears            West
 University of Guelph Gryphons                 Ontario West
 University of Toronto Varsity Blues           Ontario East
 University of Acadia Axemen                   East

 Semi-finals: Acadia 9, Alberta 4
              Toronto 3, Guelph  2
 Finals: Acadia 12, Toronto 1

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- Ontario Women's Interuniversity Athletic Association (OWIAA)

 1994 Championships
1. University of Toronto
2. Guelph University
3. Queen's University
4. York University

Gold medal Game: Toronto 3, Guelph 0

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8. Other Hockey Leagues and Tournaments

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- 1994 World Championships (Pool A)
  at Italy

Final Standings:
  Group A (Bolzano)
          GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
Canada     5  5 0 0  24- 7 10
Russia     5  4 0 1  30- 7  8
Italy      5  3 0 2  17-15  6
Austria    5  1 1 3  15-15  3
Germany    5  1 1 3   9-14  3
G Britain  5  0 0 5   7-44  0

  Group B (Canazei)
         GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
Finland   5  4 1 0  29-11  9
Sweden    5  3 1 1  22-11  7
USA       5  3 0 2  21-19  6
Czech Rep 5  1 2 2  15-17  4
France    5  1 0 4   8-25  2
Norway    5  0 2 3   9-21  2

Bronze medal game: Sweden 7, United States 2
Gold medal game: Canada 2, Finland 1 (SO)

Gold:   Canada
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Sweden

  Great Britain is relegated to Pool B.  Switzerland will join Pool A.

  The 1995 World Championships will be held in Stockholm and Gavle, 
Sweden, April 23-May 7, 1995.

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- 1994 World Championships (Pool B)
  at Copenhagen, Denmark

              GP   W   T    L    GF-GA   +/-   Pt   Pt-  Pct.
Switzerland    7   6   1    0    52- 9   +43   13   - 1  .929
Latvia         7   6   0    1    61- 9   +52   12   - 2  .857
Poland         7   5   1    1    42-21   +21   11   - 3  .786
Japan          7   4   0    3    37-38   - 1    7   - 7  .500
Denmark        7   3   0    4    31-27   + 4    6   - 8  .429
Netherlands    7   2   1    4    23-33   -10    5   - 9  .357
Romania        7   1   0    6    18-43   -25    2   -12  .123
China          7   0   0    7    11-98   -87    0   -14  .000

Switzerland advances to Pool A. China is relegated to Pool C.

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- 1994 World Championships (Pool C)

             games      points     score
 1. Slovakia   6        10         43 : 3
 2. Belarus    6        10         35 : 11
 3. Ukraine    6         8         49 : 7
 4. Kazakhstan 6         8         52 : 12
 5. Slovenia   6         4         26 : 27
 6. Hungary    6         2         14 : 47
 7. Bulgaria   4         0          3 : 115

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- Olympic Games

 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway:

Pool A           W  L  T Pts  GF  GA
Finland          5  0  0  10  25   4
Germany          3  2  0   6  11  14
Czech Rep.       3  2  0   6  16  11
Russia           3  2  0   6  20  14
Austria          1  4  0   2  13  28
Norway           0  5  0   0   5  19

Pool B           W  L  T Pts  GF  GA
Slovakia         3  0  2   8  26  14
Canada           3  1  1   7  17  11
Sweden           3  1  1   7  23  13
United States    1  1  3   5  21  17
Italy            1  4  0   2  15  31
France           0  4  1   1  11  27

Final Standings:
Gold Medal:   Sweden
Silver Medal: Canada
Bronze Medal: Finland
4.            Russia
5.            Czech Republic
6.            Slovakia
7.            Germany
8.            United States
9.            Italy
10.           France
11.           Norway
12.           Austria

  The NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation have agreed to work 
out a way for the league to suspend play for at least part of the 1998 
Winter Games so its players can compete for their national teams, 
commissioner Gary Bettman said. The NHL wants to enhance the league's 
stature and marketability and a Dream Tournament format would focus more 
attention on hockey than before, Bettman said. The NHL Players' 
Association also must be consulted, but Bettman doesn't expect that to be 
a stumbling block. The 1998 Games are in Nagano, Japan.

  The 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Organizing Committee said it has approved 
the addition of women's ice hockey to the list of official medal events at 
the Games.

E-mail list:
 Charlie Slavin <slavin@maine.maine.edu> maintains OlymPuck - The Olympic 
Hockey Discussion List:

 send e-mail to <listserv@maine.maine.edu> with body:
SUBSCRIBE   OlymPuck   your_name   favorite country(ies)

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- 1991 Canada Cup

  Team Canada defeated Team USA 2 games to 0.

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- 1993 Izvestia Cup
  at Moscow, Russia

Final Standings:
Group A                          Group B
          GP  W T L  GF-GA  P               GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
Russia I   4  2 2 0  12- 7  6    Russia II   4  3 1 0  15- 7  7
USA        4  3 0 1  20-14  6    Sweden      4  3 0 1  14- 8  6
Czech Rep. 4  1 2 1  14-13  4    France      4  2 0 2  10-12  4
Finland    4  1 1 2  13-13  3    Canada      4  0 2 2   4- 8  2
Norway     4  0 1 3   5-17  1    Belarus     4  0 1 3   7-15  1

  Gold medal game: Russia I (Olympic team) 8, Russia II (WC team) 1
  Bronze medal game: USA 3, Sweden 8

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- 1992 Germany Cup

  Russia defeated Team Canada 6-3 to win the $170,000 four-team Germany 
Cup for the third time. The Russian team, coached for the first time by 
the legendary Boris Michailov, assured itself of the $67,000 winner's 
check after a 3-1 win over Czechoslovakia.

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- 1993 Spengler Cup
  at Davos, Switzerland

Final Standings:
Farjestad (Sweden)              4  3 0 1  18-13  6
Davos (Switzerland)             4  3 0 1  20-17  6
Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)    4  2 0 2  17-16  4
Jokerit (Finland)               4  1 0 3  14-17  2
Team Canada                     4  1 0 3  12-18  2

  Final: Farjestads BK (Sweden) 6, Davos (Switzerland) 3

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- 1993 European Cup Finals
  at Dusseldorf, Germany

Final Standings:
Group A:                     GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
1. TPS (Finland)              3  2 0 1  14- 9  4
2. Milan (Italy)              3  1 1 1  12-12  3
3. Tivali Minsk (Belarus)     3  1 1 1   7-10  3
3. Dusseldorf (Germany)       3  1 0 2   7- 9  2

Group B:                     GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
1. Dynamo Moscow (Russia)     3  3 0 0  15- 5  6
2. Malmo (Sweden)             3  2 0 1  11- 7  4
3. Brynas (Sweden)            3  1 0 2  10-11  2
4. Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) 3  0 0 3   5-18  0

  Gold medal game: TPS (Finland) 4, Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 3
  Bronze medal game: Malmo (Sweden) 4, Milan (Italy) 3

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- 1994 Sweden Hockey Games

  Final Standings:
              GP  W T L  GF-GA  P
 Czech Rep.    3  3 0 0  12- 2  6
 Sweden        3  1 0 2   9-10  2
 Canada        3  1 0 2  12-16  2
 Russia        3  1 0 2   8-13  2

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- 1993 Tampere Cup

Final Standings:

 1) USA
 2) Lulea HF, Sweden
 3) Ilves, Tampere, Finland
 4) Vastra Frolunda, Sweden
 5) TPS, Turku, Finland
 6) Tappara, Tampere, Finland
 7) Farjestads BK, Sweden
 8) Hedos Munchen, Germany

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- 1993 Telehockey Cup

A six-nation tournament at the Lillehammer Olympic venues.

Final table:
                   P W T L GF-GA  pts
Slovakia           5 3 2 0 20-12  8
Canada             5 4 0 1 19-10  8
USA                5 2 1 2 25-24  5
Norway             5 2 1 2 22-21  5
Russia             5 2 0 3 19-22  4
France             5 0 0 5 11-27  0

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- 1994 Women's World Championships
  at Lake Placid, USA

1 Canada
2 USA
3 Finland
4 China
5 Sweden
6 Norway
7 Switzerland
8 Germany

Gold medal game:    Canada 6, United States 3
Bronze medal game:  Finland 8, China 1
Fifth place game:   Sweden 6, Norway 3
Seventh place game: Switzerland 4, Germany 3

  The next Women's World Championships will be held in Canada (location 
TBA) in April 1996.

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- 1994 World Junior Hockey Championships
  at Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic

  Final Standings:
                       GP  W T L  GF-GA   P
Canada       7  6 1 0  39-20  13
Sweden       7  6 0 1  35-16  12
Russia       7  5 1 1  23-17  11
Finland      7  4 0 3  27-24   8
Czech Rep.   7  3 0 4  31-29   6
USA          7  1 1 5  20-33   3
Germany      7  1 0 6  10-26   2
Switzerland  7  0 1 6  10-30   1

USA HOCKEY--Named Jeff Jackson coach and Mike Guentzel assistant coach for 
the 1995 national junior team. Named Bob Gaudet of Brown, Bob Daniels of 
Ferris State, Bob Mancini of Michigan Tech, and Ben Smith of Northeastern 
coaches for U.S. Olympic Festival.

CANADIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM--Named Don Hay coach.

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- 1993 Pacific Cup (under-18 boys)
  at Yokohama, Japan

Round-robin records     Russia 3-0
                        Canada 2-1
                        USA    1-2
                        Japan  0-3

Semi-finals: USA 4, Canada 0
             Russia 7, Japan 4

Gold medal game: Russia 10, USA 7
Bronze medal game: Canada 8, Japan 3

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- Canadian Hockey League

  The Canadian Hockey League (Major Junior A in Canada) consists of the 
Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major 
Junior Hockey League.

  Western Hockey League

WHL Contact: Randy Coulman <coulman@skdad.usask.ca>

 1993-94 Final Standings:

West Division               GP  W  L T  GF  GA  Pt
Kamloops Blazers            72 50 16 6 381 225 106
Portland Winter Hawks       72 49 22 1 392 260  99
Tacoma Rockets              72 33 34 5 303 301  71
Seattle Thunderbirds        72 32 37 3 283 312  67
Spokane Chiefs              72 31 37 4 324 320  66
Tri-City Americans          72 19 48 5 272 373  43
Victoria Cougars            72 18 51 3 222 393  39

East Division               GP  W  L T  GF  GA  Pt
Saskatoon Blades            72 49 22 1 326 229  99
Brandon Wheat Kings         72 42 25 5 291 251  89
Lethbridge Hurricanes       72 35 32 5 306 317  75
Swift Current Broncos       72 35 33 4 284 258  74
Medicine Hat Tigers         72 33 33 6 263 264  72
Red Deer Rebels             72 35 36 1 310 334  71
Regina Pats                 72 34 36 2 308 341  70
Prince Albert Raiders       72 31 37 4 326 321  66
Moose Jaw Warriors          72 21 48 3 269 361  45

Ontario Hockey League

OHL Contact: John Edwards <aa349@freenet.carleton.ca>

 1992-93 Final Standings

Emms Division                GP  W  L  T  GF  GA Pt
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds  66 38 23  5 334 260 81
Detroit Junior Red Wings     66 37 22  7 336 264 81
London Knights               66 32 27  7 323 292 71
Owen Sound Platers           66 29 29  8 330 324 66
Niagara Falls Thunder        66 29 30  7 299 274 65
Kitchener Rangers            66 26 31  9 280 314 61
Guelph Storm                 66 27 33  6 298 360 60
Windsor Spitfires            66 19 42  5 240 343 43

Leyden Division              GP  W  L  T  GF  GA Pt
Peterborough Petes           66 46 15  5 352 239 97
Kingston Frontenacs          66 36 19 11 314 265 83
Oshawa Generals              66 33 28  5 270 268 71
Sudbury Wolves               66 31 30  5 291 300 67
Newmarket Royals             66 29 28  9 310 301 67
Belleville Bulls             66 21 34 11 280 315 53
North Bay Centennials        66 22 38  6 251 299 50
Ottawa 67's                  66 16 42  8 220 310 40

Final (best-of-seven): Peterborough over Sault Ste. Marie 4-1

  Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

QMJHL Contact: John Edwards <aa349@freenet.carleton.ca>

 1993-94 Final Standings:

Lebel Division              GP  W  L T  GF  GA Pt
Laval Titan                 72 49 22 1 346 247 99
College Francais de Verdun  72 41 29 2 278 242 84
Hull Olympiques             72 38 31 3 310 304 79
St. Hyacinthe Laser         72 35 30 7 297 290 77
St. Jean Lynx               72 29 37 6 264 265 64
Granby Bisons               72 30 40 2 297 309 62
Val d'Or                    72 17 54 1 254 397 35

Dilio Division              GP  W  L T  GF  GA Pt
Chicoutimi Sagueneens       72 43 24 5 340 254 91
Sherbrooke Faucons          72 41 29 2 317 247 84
Beauport Harfangs           72 36 30 6 298 287 78
Shawinigan Cataractes       72 36 31 5 316 313 77
Drummondville Voltigeurs    72 31 35 6 289 308 68
Victoriaville Tigres        72 17 51 4 261 404 38

  The Canadian Hockey League has set up a BBS. Jim Price, the CHL Director 
of Information, has had it going since about February 1993.
  In addition to up-to-date stats on the CHL throughout the season, NHL 
Draft lists, etc.  The CHLBBS also has a conference set up for the 
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
  The CAHA conference contains information of National Championships, its 
Hockey Resource Centre items, coaching, refereeing, registration figures, 
National Junior Team lists, up-to-date news releases, almost everything 
you would want to know on Canadian amateur hockey.
  The number for the CHLBBS line is (416) 299-6839, and voice support at 
(416) 298-3523.  It is in DOS format using PROCOMM, so your settings are 8 
data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and echo off.

  The Canadian Hockey League BBS, which as been operating for the past 
year as a pay-per-use service for media, National Hockey League personnel 
and other hockey organizations, has introduced FREE public access for 
hockey fans.
  Our free service includes standings and scores from the three major 
junior leagues in the CHL as well as NHL information, numerous other 
hockey and sports related files, message areas etc.
  You can sign up for our free service (plus examine the other benefits of 
a full membership) on-line by dialing (416) 299-6839.

  1993 Memorial Cup - CHL Championship

Round Robin:
                             GP W L T GF GA Pts
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds   3 2 1 0 13 10   4
Peterborough Petes            3 2 1 0 16 14   4
Laval Titan                   3 1 2 0 10 12   2
Swift Current Broncos         3 1 2 0 11 14   2

Tie-breaker game: Swift Current 3, Laval 4
Semi-final: Laval 1, Peterborough 3
Final: Peterborough 2, Sault Ste. Marie 4

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- 1994 Canadian National Women's Championships
  at Ottawa

1. Quebec (Team Quebec)
2. Alberta (Edmonton Chimos)
3. Ontario (Toronto Aeros)
4. Saskatchewan (Strongfield Agro-Athletics)
5. New Brunswick (Maritime Sports Blades)
6. British Columbia (Vancouver Bladerunners)
7. Manitoba (Team Manitoba - host team)
8. Manitoba (Winnipeg Sweatcamp Storm)

Gold medal Game: Team Quebec 5, Edmonton Chimos 2
Bronze medal Game: Toronto Aeros 9, Strongfield Agro-Athletics 2
Fifth place Game: Maritime Sports Blades 3, Vancouver Bladerunners 1
7th place Game: Team Manitoba 3, Winnipeg Sweatcamp Storm 2 (4 OT)

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  - Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (Senior AA) (COWHL)

- 1993-94 Final League Standings

  1. Toronto Aeros
  2. Scarborough Firefighters
  3. Junior Toronto Aeros
  4. Scarborough Sting
  5. Mississauga Chiefs
  6. Hamilton Goldenhawks

  Gold medal game: Aeros 5, Firefighters 2

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- Interstate Hockey League (Commonwealth of Independent States)

  1993-94 Final Standings:
                              W  L  T   GF-GA     Pts
 1.Lada Tolyatti             33  6  7  189-82     73
 2.Dinamo Moscow             30  8  8  197-126    68
 3.Traktor Chelyabinsk       32 11  3  187-120    67
 4.Salavat Yulayev Ufa       28 12  6  171-104    62
 5.Metallurg Magnitogorsk    28 13  5  180-144    61
 6.Torpedo Yaroslavl         28 15  3  181-96     59
 7.Itil Kazan                25 17  4  138-118    54
 8.Spartak Moscow            24 17  5  163-142    53
 9.Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk   25 20  1  174-153    51
10.Kryliya Sovetov Moscow    22 19  5  140-110    49
11.Khimik Voskresensk        20 17  9  130-122    49
12.Pardaugava Riga           21 19  6  153-155    48
13.SKA Sankt-Peterburg       20 18  8  125-96     48
14.CSKA Moscow               21 20  5  111-121    47
15.Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod   17 18 11  116-125    45
16.Avangard Omsk             21 22  3  140-133    45
17.Sokol Kiev                18 20  8  120-143    44
18.Metallurg Cherepovets     17 26  3  124-157    37
19.Tivali Minsk              14 27  5  118-152    33
20.Metallurg Novokuznetsk    10 28  8  106-158    28
21.Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg  9 31  6  111-205    24
22.Stroitel Karaganda        10 34  2  109-205    22
23.Molot Perm                 8 34  4   95-181    20
24.Kristall Saratov           7 36  3  103-233    17

  All teams are from Russia , except Torpedo (U-K) & Stroitel - 
Kazakhstan, Pardaugava - Latvia, Sokol - Ukraine, Tivali - Byelorussia.

  Torpedo (U-K) & Sokol didn't participate in play-offs because best 
players from that teams were with their national teams at World 
Championship (Pool C).

  Lada Tolyatti defeated Dinamo Moscow 3 games to 2 for the 1993-94 
championship.

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- British Premier Division

  League Contact: Neil A. McGlynn: <nmcglynn@axion.bt.co.uk> (from NA)
                                   <nmcglynn@uk.co.bt.axion> (from Europe)
                  Steve Salvini: <steve@cee.hw.ac.uk>

Contact Steve for the GB USENET draft.

 1993-94 Final Standings:
British Premier Division
                P  W  D  L  GF  GA  P
Cardiff        44 39  0  5 422 219 78
Fife           44 27  2 15 303 192 56
Sheffield      44 28  4 12 313 198 55*
Nottingham     44 26  2 16 291 224 54
Murrayfield    44 27  2 15 385 286 51*
Durham         44 24  2 18 326 287 50
Whitley        44 21  4 19 275 297 46
Humberside     44 18  4 22 301 318 40
Basingstoke    44 13  6 25 254 337 32
Bracknell      44 11  3 30 220 319 25
Peterborough   44  9  3 32 239 398 21
Teesside       44  5  0 39 237 492 10

* 5 points deducted for breaking wage-cap limits

**
British Championships:
Semi-finals: Cardiff Devils 9, Fife Flyers 5
             Sheffield Steelers 8, Nottingham Panthers 0
Final: Cardiff Devils 12, Sheffield Steelers 1

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- Finnish Elite League (SM-LIIGA)

  League Contact: Vesa J Pyyluoma <veikko@vipunen.hut.fi>

1993-943 Regular Season Standings:

Team (City)         GP   W T  L   GF  GA  Pts
TPS (Turku)         48  34 0 14  227-124  68
Assat (Pori)        48  25 7 16  185-148  57
Jokerit (Helsinki)  48  26 4 18  181-131  56
Lukko (Rauma)       48  26 4 18  165-142  56
JyP HT (Jyvaskyla)  48  26 4 18  157-135  56
Ilves (Tampere)     48  21 9 18  153-144  51
Tappara (Tampere)   48  23 5 20  175-175  51
HIFK (Helsinki)     48  23 4 21  167-161  50
HPK (Hameenlinna)   48  23 3 22  167-170  49
KalPa (Kuopio)      48  16 5 27  143-170  37
K-Espoo (Espoo)     48  13 5 30  138-197  31
Reipas (Lahti)      48   6 2 40  119-280  14

1992-93 finals (best-of-seven): TPS Turku 3, HPK Hameenlinna 1

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- German Hockey League (Krombacher-Eishockey-Liga)

  1993-94 Cup Winner: EC Hedos Muenchen

  1993-94 Regular Season Standings:
                                GP      W   T   L      GF : GA  Pt
 1.     Duesseldorfer EG        44      33   2   9     152: 92  68:20
 2.     EC Hedos Muenchen       44      30   3  11     189:108  63:25
 3.     Krefelder EV            44      23  10  11     167:121  56:32
 4.     EV Landshut             44      26   4  14     142:113  56:32
 5.     Koelner EC              44      27   2  15     147:109  55:33
 6.     BSC Preussen Berlin     44      23   5  16     168:128  51:37
 7.     Mannheimer ERC          44      19   5  20     156:140  43:45
 8.     ESV Kaufbeuren          44      14   3  27     120:169  31:57
 9.     SB Rosenheim            44      12   5  27     108:163  29:59
10.     Schwenninger ERC        44      11   7  26     115:175  29:59
11.     Eisbaeren Berlin        44      11   2  31     119:214  24:64
12.     EC Ratingen             44       9   5  30     126:207  23:66

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- Swedish Elite League (Elitserien)

  League Contact: Staffan Axelsson <etxonss@etxb.eua.ericsson.se>

1993-94 regular season final standings:
Team         GP   W  T  L   GF- GA (+/-)  Pts
Leksand      40  22  6 12  141-112  +29   50
Brynas       40  22  4 14  131-107  +24   48
Malmo        40  19  8 13  164-143  +21   46
Frolunda     40  18  8 14  122-117   +5   44
Djurgarden   40  17  8 15  132-123   +9   42
Rogle        40  17  7 16  160-157   +3   41
Vasteras     40  15  8 17  140-137   +3   38
MoDo         40  17  4 19  141-151  -10   38
HV 71        40  15  7 18  111-118   -7   37
Lulea        40  12  6 22  131-168  -37   30

  Malmo defeated MoDo 3 games to 2 to win the 1993-94 championship.

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- Slovakia Hockey Extraleague

  League contact: Martin Veselsky <veselsky@v8600b.gi.de>

1993-94 marks the first season of the league.  10 teams will compete.

Dukla Trencin
HC Kosice
SKP PS Poprad
Slovan Bratislava
HC Nitra
HK Liptovsky Mikulas
ZTK Zvolen
ZPA Presov
Hutnik Martin
HK Spisska Nova Ves

  Czecho-Slovak Federal Hockey League 1992 play-offs:
1. Sparta Praha
2. TJ Vitkovice
3. Dukla Trencin
4. CHZ Litvinov

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- Czech League

Teams competing in 1993:

Sparta Prague
Dukla Jihlava
HC Pardubice
HC Olomouc
Poldi Kladno
HC Hradec Kralove
HC Ceske Budejovice
AC Zlin
Skoda Plzen
V.J.Hradec
HC Vitkovice
Chemapol Litvinov

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- Italian League (Alpenliga)

Teams competing in 1993:

M. Milan
Feldkirch
Varese
KAC
EC Graz
HC Alleghe
Fiemme
Bolzano
Courmayeur
Asiaggo
Villach
Fassa
S. Milan
Gardena
Brunico

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- Austrian league (Bundesliga)

 - 1993-94 Final Standings:

1. EC Graz
2. Villacher SV
3. VEU Feldkirch
4. Klagenfurter AC

Finals: VEU Feldkirch defeated EC Graz 3 games to 1.

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  - Danish Elite League (Elite-serie)

  1993-94 playoff qualifying:
              GP   W   T    L    GF-GA   +/-   Pt   Pt-  Pct.
Herning       10   8   0    2    64-26   +38   30   -4   .800
Esbjerg       10   7   0    3    57-37   +20   30   -6   .700
AaB Ishockey  10   3   3    4    42-49   - 7   20   -11  .450
Frederikshavn 10   3   2    5    39-72   -33   18   -12  .400
Odense        10   3   2    5    51-53   - 2   16   -12  .400
Rungsted      10   2   1    7    35-51   -16   16   -15  .250

  Herning defeated Esbjerg 3 games to 1 for the 1994 Danish Hockey 
Championship.

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- Swiss First Division

1993-94 regular season final standings:
National League A
                        GP       W  D  L   GF:GA    Pt
1. Frib. Gotteron       36      29  3  4  195:83    61
2. EHC Kloten           36      21  8  7  137:90    50
3. Lugano               36      19  5 12  129:102   43
4. EV Zug               36      19  3 14  152:135   41
5. SC Bern              36      18  4 14  140:108   40
6. Ambri Piotta         36      17  2 17  137:142   36
7. EHC Davos            36      12  3 21   97:136   27
8. Zurich SC            36       9  6 21  125:149   24
9. EHC Olten            36       8  4 24   96:176   20
10.HC Bienne            36       8  2 26   83:170   18

National League B
                        GP       W  D  L   GF:GA    Pt
1. Rapperswil SC        36      25  2  9  151:96    52
2. HC Martigny          36      25  2  9  168:118   52
3. Lausanne HC          36      22  2 12  150:110   46
4. EHC Chur             36      19  4 13  132:125   42
5. EHC Thurgau          36      19  3 14  138:119   41
6. Grasshoppers         36      15  3 18  124:132   33
7. Chaux-de-Fnds        36      12  5 19  123:146   29
8. EHC Herisau          36      11  4 21  119:142   26
9. HC Ajoie             36       9  2 25  102:156   20
10.EHC Buelach          36       7  5 24  103:166   19

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- Swiss Women's First Division (League A)

- 1993-94 Final Standings

   TEAM          GP   TOTAL    GOALS   POINTS
                     (W-T-L)   GF:GA   for:lost
1. Langenthal    18  (14-2-2)  109:52   30:6
2. EV Zug        18  (11-3-4)  100:62   25:11
3. EHC St Gallen 18   (9-3-6)   86:75   21:15
4. Bulach        18   (8-4-6)   67:52   20:16
5. SC Lyss       18   (8-3-7)   86:75   19:17
6. SC Weinfelden 18  (4-0-14)   37:93    8:28
7. EHC Kloten    18  (1-1-16)   31:90    3:33

  EHC Kloten will move down to the B League for the 94-95 season. 
MarziliLanggasse from the B League will move up to the A League for the 
94-95 season.

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- Swiss Women's Second Division (League B)

     TEAM                   GP    TOTAL    GOALS   POINTS
                                 (W-T-L)   GF:GA

 GROUP 1A:
  1. SC Rapperswil-Jona     12  (10-1-1)   72:29   21
  2. EHC St. Moritz         12  (10-0-2)   75:27   20
  3. HC Bergun              12  (5-0-7)    28:43   10
  4. EHC Wallisellen        12  (2-1-9)    17:67    5
  5. Zurcher SC             12  (1-2-9)    29:55    4

 GROUP 1B:
  1. GC Zurich              12  (10-0-2)  111:20   20
  2. EHC Seewen             12  (10-0-2)   56:22   20
  3. HC Lugano              12  (7-0-5)    63:51   14
  4. SC Luzern              12  (2-0-10)   28:87    4
  5. EV Zug                 12  (1-0-11)   23:101   2

 GROUP 2:
  1. MarziliLanggasse        8  (6-0-2)    47:20   12
  2. SC Reinach              8  (4-1-3)    31:19    9
  3. EV BOMO-Thun            8  (4-0-4)    32:29    8
  4. EHC Basel/Kleinhunigner 8  (1-1-6)     9:51    3

 GROUP 3:
  1. HC Fribourg-Unterstadt 10  (8-1-1)   135:33   17
  2. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds    8  (6-1-1)    81:25   13
  3. HC Lausanne Feminin     7  (4-1-2)    60:22    9
  4. HC Ajoie Feminin        9  (1-1-7)    40:74    3
  5. HC Villars Feminin      8  (0-0-8)     7:169   0

  These standings are not the final standings.

  MarziliLanggasse from Bern won the B League, and will move up to the A 
League for the 94-95 season.

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9. Amateur Associations

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- Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Contact (Canada's national junior men's team, national women's team, 
national under-18 team and regional under-17 teams ): Phil Legault 
<Phil_Legault@magic-bbs.corp.apple.com>

  The Canadian Hockey League has set up a BBS. Jim Price, the CHL Director 
of Information, has had it going since about February 1993.
  In addition to up-to-date stats on the CHL throughout the season, NHL 
Draft lists, etc.  The CHLBBS also has a conference set up for the 
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
  The CAHA conference contains information of National Championships, its 
Hockey Resource Centre items, coaching, refereeing, registration figures, 
National Junior Team lists, up-to-date news releases, almost everything 
you would want to know on Canadian amateur hockey.
  The number for the CHLBBS line is (416) 299-6839, and voice support at 
(416) 298-3523.  It is in DOS format using PROCOMM, so your settings are 8 
data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and echo off.

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10. Info available via e-mail

  When requesting items via e-mail please include your preferred address 
in the body of the message.  Sometimes the reply-to address is not a good 
thing to go by.

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- FTP sites & World Wide Web

  wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
  In directory /doc/misc/sports/nhl there are some new hockey files.
  Get the README file for information and contents.

  cs.rochester.edu
  /pub/nhl-bitmaps.tar.Z includes bitmaps of NHL logos.
  Get the README file for information and contents.

  ftp.u.washington.edu
  /public/hockey contains numerous hockey GIFs and JPGs

  For those of you who are running Xwindows on Unix you might want to 
check out the NHL xmosaic page.  It is still being worked on and is not 
yet complete but there are a lot of gifs and jpegs available as well as 
many stats and other info.
  If you need any help using xmosaic or using the xmosaic NHL page write 
to freud@axposf.pa.dec.com (do not write to defronzo@wpi.edu).  I will get 
back to you as soon as I can.
  When in xmosaic go to "http://realsoon.wpi.edu:8080/~defronzo/" (the NHL 
page will come up)

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- E-mail lists

 List Topic                                                   To Subscribe
 Anaheim Mighty Ducks                               mda-request@macsch.com
     List Address                                           mda@macsch.com
   Also available in digest format.
 Boston Bruins                             bruins-request@terrapin.umd.edu
   Also available in digest format.
 Buffalo Sabres                          sabres-request@potter.csh.rit.edu
     List Address                                sabres@potter.csh.rit.edu
 Calgary Flames                                          rtparies@ingr.com
     List Address                              flamesinfo@turq.b8.ingr.com
 Dallas Stars                                      hamlet@u.washington.edu
     Subject line should be: DSTARS
     List Address                                  dstars@u.washington.edu
 Detroit Red Wings                                    vergolin@cps.msu.edu
                                              or vergolin@studentv.msu.edu
 Florida Panthers                                 root@pro-entropy.cts.com
     List Address           pro-sports-hockey-panthers@pro-entropy.cts.com
 Hartford Whalers                         whalers-request@access.digex.net
     List Address                                 whalers@access.digex.net
 Los Angeles Kings                           kings-request@cs.stanford.edu
     List Address                                    kings@cs.stanford.edu
 Montreal Canadiens                            habs-request@janus.sdsu.edu
     List Address                                      habs@janus.sdsu.edu
 New York Islanders                                     dss2k@virginia.edu
     List Address                                       isles@virginia.edu
 New York Rangers                              kkeller@nomad.sas.upenn.edu
   Available in digest format only.
 Philadelphia Flyers                                  seth@hos1cad.att.com
 Pittsburgh Penguins                                  gp2f+@andrew.cmu.edu
     List Address                                      gp2f@andrew.cmu.edu
 Quebec Nordiques                         nords-request@badaboum.ulaval.ca
     List Address                                 nords@badaboum.ulaval.ca
 St. Louis Blues                                  blues@medicine.wustl.edu
 San Jose Sharks                          sharks-request@medraut.apple.com
     List Address                                 sharks@medraut.apple.com
 Tampa Bay Lightning                                    twilson@dab.ge.com
     List Address                               lightning@sunny.dab.ge.com
 Vancouver Canucks                        vancouver-canucks-request@sfu.ca
                                                          or cfoley@sfu.ca
     List Address                                 vancouver-canucks@sfu.ca
 Washington Capitals                             caps_req@terrapin.umd.edu
     List Address                                    caps@terrapin.umd.edu
 Winnipeg Jets                                jaegard@thunder.lakeheadu.ca
     Subject line should be: SUB
     List Address                             jaegard@thunder.lakeheadu.ca
 NHL Boxscores (Weekdays)                           bks@cbnewsh.cb.att.com
 NHL Boxscores (Weekends)                          jpc@philabs.philips.com
 NHL Goalie Stats (Daily)                                 dfa@triple-i.com
 NHL Team Stats (Weekly)                                twilson@dab.ge.com
 International Hockey League                          ancsmith@indiana.edu
     List Address                                          ihl@indiana.edu
 American Hockey Leaue Newsletter          ahl-news-request@andrew.cmu.edu
     List Address                                  ahl-news@andrew.cmu.edu
 East Coast Hockey League Newsletter      echl-news-request@andrew.cmu.edu
     List Address                                 echl-news@andrew.cmu.edu
 Central Hockey League                           chl@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu
     With the subject:  CHL list
     and the text:      ADD: yourname@yoursite.blah.blah.blah
     also try to include your full name, hometown, and favorite team.
 US College Hockey                                         (see section 5)
 NCAA Division III Hockey               hockey3-request@hooville.mitre.org
 Western Hockey League                           klootzak@u.washington.edu
     Subject line should be: WHL SUB
     List Address                                     whl@u.washington.edu
 Junior A                                        listserv@mainvm.wcupa.edu
     Message should be: Sub Hockeyjr Last name first name
 British League                             uk-hockey-request@cee.hw.ac.uk
     List Address                                   uk-hockey@cee.hw.ac.uk
 AIK Stockholm (Sweden)                                        flr@mit.edu
 Olympic Hockey                                            (see section 6)
**
 Hockey Pools                                               richr@liii.com

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- Items of interest

  If you have something interesting, make it available. When requesting, 
use the keyword in the body or subject. Also, specify team, date, etc., 
where applicable.

 Available from Eric Rickin <ab870@cleveland.freenet.edu>:
 Keyword    Description
 CANJUNIORS Canada junior teams
 NHLTV      TV stations for NHL and other pro (minor league) teams
 NHLRADIO   Radio stations for NHL and other pro (minor league) teams
 USJUNIORS  US junior teams
 XXXXDRAFT  XXXX (for XXXX=1989-1992) NHL Entry Draft

 Available from Stan Willis <willis@empire.dnet.hac.com>:
 Keyword    Description
 ATTEND     NHL home attendace reports by quarter, season or playoffs, 
            starting in 91-92
 PSLOGOS    NHL team logos in PostScript

 Available from David Anthony Wyatt <wyatt@ccu.umanitoba.ca>:
 Keyword    Description
 ALLLIST    All-time List of Professional Hockey Franchises

 Available from Bill Clare <clare@kodak.com>:
 Keyword    Description
 RETIRED    List of retired numbers for NHL players

 Available from Staffan Axelsson <etxonss@etxb.eua.ericsson.se>:
 Keyword    Description
 WCMEDALS   World Championships medals history
 WCSTAND    World Championships all-time standings
 WCALSTAR   World Championships all-star teams 1961-1994
 WCSCOR     Top point scorers in the World Championships 1976-1994
 WCROSTXX   World Championships gold winning teams' rosters 1958-1994
            (Specify XX=58-94)
 WJHC       The World Junior Hockey Championships medals history
 WJHCSTAT   All-time stats from the World Junior Hockey Championships
 WJHC93     Stats from the '93 World Junior Hockey Championships
 OLYMPIC    The Olympic hockey medals history
 OLYMSCOR   Top scorers in the Olympic hockey
 OLYMTEAM   Olympic hockey team stats

 Available from Paul Brownlow <paul@data-io.com>:
 Keyword    Description
 CHLPOY     Past Canadian Hockey League players of the year
 MEMCUP     Past Memorial Cup winners

 Available from <twilson@dab.ge.com>:
 To use the statsmailer, send e-mail to <twilson@dab.ge.com> with subject 
"statsmailer" and a body containing the word HELP to receive a list of 
allowable commands. Things available: NHL team/league schedules/calendars, 
a plethora of team statistics, scores of games, and some assorted hockey 
files. Seasons 1988-1992 available.

 Available from Matt Militzok <mmilitzo@skidmore.edu>:
  NHL STATSERVER for the 1993-1994 hockey season. Files include player 
stats from the past two seasons, info on each team for the 1993-1994 
season, and updates for stats, scores & boxscores. Send e-mail to 
<mmilitzo@skidmore.edu>. The subject must be "nhl-stat-request" and in the 
body of the message type "help" for more information.

 Available from Mitch McGowan <hamlet@u.washington.edu>:
 Keyword    Description
 CHAMPS     Stanley Cup champions, 1918-1994
 LONGEST    NHL's Longest Playoff Games.
 GOALS      Stanley Cup-winning goals scorers, 1927-1994
 COMEBACKS  Teams that have come back from 3-0 and 3-1 deficits in the 
Stanley Cup playoffs
 FINALS     Results of Stanley Cup Finals series, 1918-1994
 SMYTHE     Conn Smythe Trophy Winners, 1956-1994
**
 DRAFT      List of No. 1 selections in the NHL entry draft since 1969
 ZAMBONI    Alan Thicke's "Book of Zamboni" opening from the 1991 NHL 
            Awards broadcast

 Available from Richard Stueven <gak@wrs.com>:
 Keyword    Description
 DIRECT     Current NHL directory file

 Available from Michael Burger <mmb@mail.msen.com>:
 Keyword    Description
 WHAINFO    WHA standings and leading scorers during its existence.

 Available from Marc J. Ouellette <vv1@dgp.toronto.edu>:
 Keyword    Description
 FRANCAIS   A list of French hockey terms, with English equivalent.

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11. USENET Hockey Pool

  The USENET Hockey Pool is in its 7th year of operation.  Last season, 
there were 261 teams from literally all over the world: every Canadian 
province, about 30 of the 50 U.S. states, and nine other countries in 
Europe and Asia.
  The pool operates like a stock market.  You start off with 1000 points 
to "buy" the players of your team.  You can sell and buy players during 
the season based upon their current point performance.  Transactions are 
made by sending email messages, and standings are posted to 
rec.sport.hockey on a weekly basis.
  This year's pool will begin in early September, with an entry deadline 
of October 5.  Send email to Andrew Scott (andrew@idacom.hp.com) for more 
information.

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12. Upcoming Dates

 Jun 28-29, 1994: NHL Entry Draft, Hartford
 March 1995: Canadian National Women's Championships, Prince Edward Island
 April 23-May 7, 1995: IIHF 1995 World Championships (Pool A), Stockholm 
and Gavle, Sweden.
 April 1996: IIHF Women's World Championships, Canada

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13. Answers to some frequently asked questions:

 Q: Why are the Montreal Canadiens called the Habs?
 A: According to the magazine "Les Canadiens" (Number 2 of the 92-93 
season), the following is the origin of the nickname "Habitants/Habs":
    "Partial credit for this nickname actually goes to an American. 
Reporter Tex Rickard had picked up on a rumour (a false one, of course) 
someone had told him about the 'H' on the Canadiens' uniform. It seems 
that someone mentioned that it stood for "habitant", a French word that in 
those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec.
    "'This guy told Tex that the French-speaking players on the team came 
from the country, and since they were "farmers", they were therefore 
"habitants!"' recalls Camille Desroches. 'Habs' is simply a short form of 
the word."
    "That was back in the mid-twenties. The Canadiens had just won the 
1923-24 Stanley Cup, and two teams from New York were just joining the NHL 
(the Americans in 25 and the Rangers in 26). To understand Rickard's 
thinking, it helps to remember that this was also a period of intense 
development in a number of more remote regions of Quebec..."

 Q: Why is the Montreal Canadiens logo a large C with an H within it?
 A: In 1914-15, the Canadiens logo consisted of C with an A within it to 
signify Club Athletique Canadien (CAC). The next year, CAC no longer 
existed and it was changed to what it is now.  The logo is actually CHC 
that is written on the Canadiens' jersey.  It stands for "Club de Hockey 
Canadien".

 Q: What is the most informative hockey publication?
 A: The Hockey News is preferred by most North American hockey fans. It is 
a weekly journal with up-to-date info.
Phone: 800-268-7793 (Canada and US)
Phone/fax: +44 483 776 141 (UK and rest of Europe)

 Q: How does a 5-minute power-play count in the penalty killing stats in 
the NHL?
 A: If X goals are scored, then the team gets credit for X goals in X+1 
chances.

 Q: How is +/- computed in the NHL?
 A: First, +/- only applies to skaters. Except for a power-play goal, when 
a goal is scored, each skater on the ice for the scoring team is given a 
+, and each skater on the ice for the other team is given a -. Short-
handed goals do count for +/-.

 Q: What is the five-hole?
 A: The space between a goalie's pads. There are five major scoring zones: 
(1) upper left corner of goal, (2) upper right, (3) lower left, (4) lower 
right, and (5) five-hole.

 Q: What is the meaning of throwing an octopus on the ice?
 A: This tradition began in Detroit in the 1950's when two best-of-seven 
series were required to win the Stanley Cup. Every time Detroit won a 
game, an octopus with one less arm was thrown on the ice.

 Q: Who was the first woman to play in an NHL game?
 A: Manon Rheaume, a 20-year-old goaltender, became the first woman ever 
to play in an NHL game on September 23, 1992 when she started in net for 
the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning in an exhibition against the St. Louis 
Blues. Rheaume played the first period before 8,223 at the 10,400-seat 
Expo Hall on the Florida State Fairgrounds and allowed two goals on nine 
shots. She left with the score tied 2-2, although the Lightning ultimately 
lost the game, 6-4.

 Q: Who is the commissioner of the NHL?
 A: Gary Bettman, vice president and general counsel of the National 
Basketball Association, was named commissioner of the National Hockey 
League, Friday, December 11, 1992. Bettman joined the NBA in 1981 as 
assistant general counsel. He became the league's chief legal officer in 
September of 1984. A New York resident, Bettman graduated from Cornell 
University in 1974 and from New York University School of Law in 1977.

 Q: How many professional hockey leagues are there in North America?
 A: Six: National, American, International, East Coast, Central and 
Colonial Hockey Leagues.

 Q: Where can I get an NHL rule book?
 A: Write to:
    NHL Publishing
    194 Dovercourt Road
    Toronto, Ontario
    M6J 3C8
    CANADA

 Q: What does the "A" on a player's jersey stand for?
 A: The "A" on a player's jersey signifies that he is an "alternate" 
captain.  A player wearing a "C" is, of course, the captain.

 Q: What is the origin of the term "hat trick?"
 A: Hat trick - Three successive performances of a feat by the same 
individual in a contest.  The oldest use is probably in cricket, where a 
hat trick is the dismissal by the bowler of 3 batsmen with 3 consecutive 
balls, for which the bowler apparently received a bonus of a new hat.  The 
term is widely used in hockey and soccer to indicate the scoring of 3 
goals by one individual in a single game.  Originally the hat trick was 
the scoring of 3 consecutive unanswered goals (commonly referred to as a 
"natural" hat trick), but they need not be consecutive or unanswered to 
qualify as a hat trick today.  The term has also been used of a jockey's 
riding a winner in 3 consecutive races or winners in an annual race for 3 
consecutive years.  A notable exception to the 3 successive performances 
which characterize a hat trick in other sports is its occasional use in 
baseball to mean that a player has hit for the cycle - a single, double, 
triple, and home run in one game. Source:  Webster's Sports Dictionary.  
G. & C. Merriam Company (Springfield, MA):  1976.

 Q: When did the NHL begin using a five-minute overtime period?
 A: According to the NHL Guide & Record Book, the five-minute overtime 
period started in the '83-'84 season.

 Q: What's the story concerning Jim Schoenfeld, Don Koharski and "Have 
another doughnut!"?
 A: In the Wales Conference finals in 1988, the coach of the New Jersey 
Devils was very upset with the calls of referee Koharski. At the end of 
the game, the two met in the runway to the dressing room. Besides the 
arguing, Schoenfeld was accused of bumping Koharski (he may have tripped 
by catching his skate off of the runway carpet). More words followed, with 
Koharski claiming that Schoenfeld pushed him and Schoenfeld calling him 
"You fat pig! Go have another Doughnut!" etc. The result was a one game 
suspension of Schoenfeld by the league. NJ management challenged the 
suspension by going outside the league and getting a court injunction 
rendering the suspension invalid (remember this is playoff time). The 
referees for the next game decided not to call the game, and after an hour 
delay, New Jersey's off-ice officials dressed and the game was played. NJ 
beat Boston in that game. Schoenfeld served the suspension the next game 
since the game was in NJ. Boston ended up winning the series 4-3.

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14. Miscellaneous

 For field hockey discussions, go to the newsgroup rec.sport.hockey.field.
 For skating discussions, go to the newsgroup rec.skate.

 Some sites get another hockey group, called clari.sports.hockey. c.s.h 
consists of the AP articles that are related to hockey, including game 
results, summaries, scores, standings, etc.  Much of the information in 
the NHL team news section comes from this newsgroup.

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  The rec.sport.hockey Frequently Asked Questions posting is posted semi-
monthly, usually on the 1st and 15th of each month, during the hockey 
season.  This file was originally created by Tom Wilson, who posted it 
during the 1991-92 season.  It was taken over by Mitch McGowan for the 
1992-93 season.

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Mitch McGowan <hamlet@u.washington.edu>


