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Majadahonda HC
Majadahonda HC (previously known as CH Majadahonda) is an ice hockey team in Majadahonda, Spain. They play in the Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo. History They were founded in 1992 to replace CH Boadilla, which had folded two years earlier. The club did not participate in the Superliga from 2002 to 2004, but returned to the league in 2004 and has played there ever since. They won the Superliga in 1998, and made it to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey in 1998 and 2002. In the 2024–25 season, Majadahonda played its first home games versus HC Porto, led by the Portugal national team coach Jim Aldred. The match was delayed when Porto' equipment did not arrive on the same flight as the players. Majadahonda loaned their away jerseys and extra equipment to play the game, which they won by a 5–1 score. When the lost equipment arrived, the next day's game was played resulting in 2–1 victory for HC Porto. Notable players Swede Kent Nilsson Kent Åke Nilsson (born 31 August 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majadahonda
Majadahonda () is a municipality in Spain, situated northwest of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid. It lies alongside the motorway A6 Madrid- A Coruña. The Puerta de Hierro university (public) hospital was relocated to Majadahonda from the western part of the city of Madrid into a newly built medical complex in 2009. History By the 16th century Majadahonda had become a proper village, with a population of about 400 inhabitants. At the end of the 16th century there were almost two hundred houses and some 800 inhabitants. Majadahonda is mentioned in Miguel de Cervantes' '' Don Quixote'' and '' El Buscón'' by Francisco de Quevedo. The centre of the village at the time was the Church of Santa Catherine, a small hospital and a modest inn. The town extended through streets named San Roque, Calle Real, and Calle Christ. In the 18th century there was a considerable population increase, reaching a total of some 800 inhabitants, according to the census of Floridablanca. The maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Nacional De Hockey Hielo
The National Ice Hockey League () is the top men's professional ice hockey league in Spain. Its governing body is the Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation. History Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo was established in 1972 as the ''Superliga Española de Hockey Hielo''. There were six founding teams which participated in the first season, 1972–73: Real Sociedad, CH Jaca, CH Valladolid, CG Puigcerdà, CH Madrid and CF Barcelona. In 2011, the league was composed of eight teams, but due to financial problems with almost all the clubs, the league reduced the number of participants year after year until only five of them were left. In order to grow ice hockey in Spain, in the 2021/2022 season two teams composed of non-Spanish players and one composed of Spanish players joined the league, bringing the number of teams back to eight, with the door open to new ones in the future. HC Porto, led by the Portugal national team coach Jim Aldred, joined the league in 2023. HC Porto was ineligi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CH Boadilla
CH Boadilla is an ice hockey team in Boadilla del Monte, Spain. They played in the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo from 1979-1990. History CH Boadilla was founded in 1979 as the successor club to CH Madrid CH Madrid is an ice hockey team in Madrid, Spain. It played in the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo from 1972-1975 and from 2002-2006. History The club was started in 1972 and was one of the six founding members of the Superliga. In their first .... The club struggled in their first two years in the Superliga, and were relegated to the Segunda Division. They then promptly won the Segunda Division, and were promoted again to the Superliga. They were then again relegated to the Segunda Division, which they then won in the 1983-84 season, and were thus promoted again. They finished in 5th place in 1985 and in 6th place in 1989 and 1990. The club has consisted solely of junior teams since 1990. Results *1980 6th place *1981 7th place *1982 1st in Segunda Division *1983 6th pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Porto
Ice Hockey Club Porto, or HC Porto for short, is a Portuguese ice hockey team based in the city of Porto. Established in 2023, they became the first ever Portuguese team to join the Spanish ''Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo'' (LNHH). Since 2024 the team feature in the '' Liga Ibérica'', a combined Portuguese-Spanish league competition. History Ice Hockey Club Porto was established in July 2023 by Portugal national ice hockey team head coach Jim Aldred, with the aim of developing the quality of Portuguese-based ice hockey players, and to raise hockey's profile in Portugal. The team became the first Portuguese team to join the ''Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo'' (LNHH) in Spain after an agreement made between the Portuguese Winter Sports Federation, Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF); however league regulations regarding minimum numbers of Spanish players meant that the Portuguese team would be ineligible to qualify for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal Men's National Ice Hockey Team
The Portuguese national ice hockey team () is the national men's ice hockey team of Portugal. The team was previously controlled by the Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports (FPDG.) In September 2017, control was given to thFederação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal which also retains the associate membership within the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which had been acquired by the FPDG on May 13, 1999. Portugal is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Rankings and is still not actively competing in any Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship events. History 2000 Ice hockey was played in Portugal from 1996 until 2006 in the ''Palácio do Gelo'' shopping center, in Viseu. Since 2010, ice hockey practices and friendly games have been played in Elvas, Portugal. In 2000, the national team of Portugal played three games, the only games they ever played. The team they compiled to play was made up of former Portuguese immigrants who played ice hockey in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Aldred
James Aldred (born April 28, 1963) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, and was drafted 59th overall in the 1981 NHL entry draft, 1981 National Hockey League entry draft by the Buffalo Sabres. After four seasons combined in the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League (1945–2001), International Hockey League, he won an Eredivisie (ice hockey), Eredivisie championship in the Netherlands with the Nijmegen Tigers. Retiring due to injuries, Aldred turned to coaching four seasons in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. Moving to Portugal in 2017, Aldred became head coach of the Portugal men's national ice hockey team which has competed at every IIHF Development Cup, Development Cup organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). After one season coaching in Sweden, he returned to Portugal teaching at hockey camps for children, founded the Luso Lynx recreational hockey club, establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Portugal News
''The Portugal News'' is a national weekly newspaper in English published in Portugal. History and profile Established in 1977, ''The Portugal News'' is published weekly. The paper is the longest established English-language newspaper in publication in Portugal. It is politically neutral and carries current comment on the latest political developments each week. News on a local and national level is carried from throughout Portugal, with the aim of keeping expatriate residents and visitors fully informed about Portugal in the English language. The publication's website allows searching several years of editorial An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about ...s, which is useful for researching the country. ''The Portugal News'' publishes every Friday and has an audited circulat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Nilsson
Kent Åke Nilsson (born 31 August 1956) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta and Calgary Flames, Minnesota North Stars and Edmonton Oilers, as well as teams across various European leagues. A prolific scorer during his era, Nillson was called "Mr. Magic" and "The Magic Man" during his NHL career, referring to his exceptional puck skills. Wayne Gretzky commented on Nilsson's skills saying "Skills-wise he might have been the most skilled hockey player I ever saw in my entire career". Nilsson has the 10th highest career NHL points-per-game average of any player who scored at least 500 points, the most among any player not inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Nilsson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2006, the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. Playing career Nilsson began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey Teams In Spain
Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 ° C, 32 ° F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a mineral. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. Virtually all of the ice on Earth is of a hexagonal crystalline structure denoted as ''ice Ih'' (spoken as "ice one h"). Depending on temperature and pressure, at least nineteen phases ( packing geometries) can exist. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below (, ) at standard atmospheric pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three types of amorphous ice can form. Interstellar ice is overwhelmingly low-density amorphous ice (LDA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Majadahonda
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
