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 Ice hockey, referred to simply as hockey in Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is one of the world's fastest sports, with players on skates capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces. Though played on six continents, ice hockey, as a participatory and as a spectator sport, is most popular in nations in which the climate is sufficiently cold as to permit natural, long-term seasonal ice cover; Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden, Russia, and the United States have dominated international competition, claiming 47 of the 48 gold and silver medals awarded in the men's and women's competitions at the Olympic Winter Games. Ice hockey is one of the four major North American professional sports, represented at the highest level by the National Hockey League. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where six of the 30 NHL franchises are based; Canadian-born players, though, outnumber American-born players in the NHL by a factor of three (30 per cent, additionally, come from outside North America). The sport is played on a hockey rink. During normal play, there are six players, five positional players and one goaltender, per team on the ice at any time, each of whom is on ice skates. The objective of the game is to score goals by shooting a hard vulcanized rubber disc, the puck, into the opponent's goal net, with the goal nets placed at opposite ends of the rink. The players may control the puck using a long stick with a blade that is commonly curved at one end. Players may also generally redirect the puck with any part of their bodies, but the kicking of the puck into the goal is prohibited. Try another skin: Chick | Classic | Cologne Blue | Modern | MonoBook | MySkin | Nostalgia | Simple The French Connection was a line of professional ice hockey forwards who played together for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League from 1972 until 1979. The line was composed of Hockey Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault at center, All-Star Rick Martin at left wing and All-Star Rene Robert at right wing. All three players were French-Canadian: Perreault is a native of Victoriaville, Quebec, Martin is from Verdun, Quebec and Robert is from Trois Rivieres, Quebec. The name was related both to the origins of the players and the 1971 hit movie entitled The French Connection, based upon the book of the same name. The players were named to several National Hockey League All-Star Game teams and dominated the Buffalo scoring statistical leadership during their years together. They led the Sabres to the franchise's only Stanley Cup Finals appearance at the time and continue to hold many of the franchise's scoring records.(read more...)  Jiri Hudler, a Czech professional ice hockey player, stands with the Stanley Cup. Hudler won the Cup with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2008.  Ray Emery (born September 28, 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario) is an ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the NHL. He has been awarded multiple honours, with the majority while playing in numerous minor leagues. Emery is recognized for getting into numerous on-ice altercations, a rarity for an ice hockey goaltender.Emery has been involved in one such incident in the NHL, against two Buffalo players, Martin Biron and Andrew Peters in a line brawl during the 2006-07 NHL season. Emery has played in numerous leagues, including the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), American Hockey League (AHL) and the National Hockey League (NHL). He was chosen 99th overall in the 2001 NHL entry draft. He spent three seasons in the AHL. During the 2006–07 season, Emery was the starting goaltender for the Ottawa Senators in their run to the Stanley Cup finals.(read more...)
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The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability".The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy has been awarded 81 times to 50 different players since its beginnings in 1925. The voting is conducted at the end of the season by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.(read more...)
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