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Sammy McAdam
Samuel McAdam (May 31, 1908 – December 29, 1976) was a Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey forward. He played five games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 1930–31 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1926 to 1944, was spent in the minor leagues, especially the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He was born in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He died of a heart attack in 1976. At the time of his death he worked as a waiter in a hotel. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and achievements * NWHL Second All-Star Team (1935) See also * List of National Hockey League players from the United Kingdom The National Hockey League (NHL) is a major professional ice hockey league League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX abo ... References External links * 1908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre (ice Hockey)
The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward (ice hockey), forward position of a player whose primary Hockey rink#Zones, zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and therefore often end up covering more ice surface than any other player. Centres are ideally strong, fast skaters who are able to Checking (ice hockey)#Backchecking, backcheck quickly from deep in the opposing zone. Generally, centres are expected to be gifted passers more so than goal scorers, although there are exceptions - typically larger centres who position themselves directly in front of the net in order to score off rebounds. They are also expected to have exceptional "ice vision", Hockey IQ, intelligence, and creativity. They also generally are the most defensively-oriented forwards on the ice, as they are expected to play the role of the third player in defense, after the defenceman, defencemen. Centres usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, usually a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930–31 PCHL Season
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1929–30 PCHL Season
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Manitoba Hockey League
The Manitoba Hockey League was a senior men's ice hockey league operating in or around the 1920s in Manitoba, Canada, under the auspices of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association, now known as Hockey Manitoba. The name ''Manitoba Hockey League'' was also applied to the Manitoba Hockey Association The Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league in 1892, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur leagu ... senior league of 1892–1904, 1908–1923. Defunct ice hockey leagues in Manitoba {{icehockey-league-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Lions
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in three incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952. PCHL 1928–1931 The first incarnation of the PCHL had four teams and lasted three seasons. Brothers Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick, financed by their wealthy lumberman father Joseph Patrick, founded it and operated franchises in Vancouver and Victoria, with Frank, one of the founders of the earlier Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) as president. The Vancouver Lions won the league's championship all three seasons and played in all five seasons of the second version of the league, winning its final two championships in 1940 and 1941. The Victoria Cubs arena, Patrick Arena, was destroyed by fire in 1929, after which the club continued for one season as a traveling team before being moved to Tacoma, Washington, to become the Tacoma Tigers. Teams *Portland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928–29 PCHL Season
The 1928–29 PCHL season was the first season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey League, a minor professional league with teams in the western United States and western Canada. It consisted of four teams: Vancouver Lions, Seattle Eskimos, Portland Buckaroos and Victoria Cubs. It was followed by the 1929–30 PCHL season Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * ''19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * ''Dician .... The season ran 36 games and the two best teams in the league standings met in a best-of-five playoff format series for league championship honors. Teams Map of teams Final standings ''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against'' ''Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold'' Source: Playoffs Vancouver Lions defeated Seattle Eskimos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Memorial Cup
The 1928 Memorial Cup final was the tenth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Ottawa Gunners of the Ottawa City Junior Hockey League in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Regina Monarchs of the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. In a best-of-three series, held at Arena Gardens and Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Regina won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Ottawa 2 games to 1. Scores *Game 1: Regina 4-3 Ottawa *Game 2: Ottawa 2-1 Regina *Game 3: Regina 7-1 Ottawa Winning roster John Achtzner, Carl Bergl, Len Dowie, Chuck Farrow, Jim Langford, Mush March, G. Parron, Harold Shaw, Swede Williamson. Coach: Howie Milne References External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League {{DEFAULTSORT:Memorial Cup 1928 Mem Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ''mēm'' , Aramai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmwood Millionaires
The Elmwood Millionaires were a Canadian Junior Hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The Millionaires, based in Elmwood, Manitoba, won five consecutive straight Turnbull Cup Championships as Manitoba Junior ‘A’ Champions, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931, and a sixth in 1936. The 1929 Elmwood Millionaires won the Abbott Cup as western Canadian junior hockey champions. They went on to lose the Memorial Cup to the Toronto Marlboros. The 1931 Elmwood Millionaires defied the odds as they won both the Abbott Cup as Western Champions and the Memorial Cup as national junior champions even though they were heavy underdogs. The moniker was also used to describe the 1970s and 80's senior team playing in the Canadian Amateur Senior Hockey League as the EK/Elmwood Millionaires. Roster: Duke McDonald, Cliff Workman, Gordie McKenzie, Boyd Johnson, "Spunk" Duncanson, and Earl Adam (Manager), George Brown, Kitson Massey, Art Rice-Jones, Bill MacKenzie (Captain), Norm Yellowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three Junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played among the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL), and a host team, which alternates on an annual basis between the three member leagues. The Memorial Cup trophy was established by Captain James T. Sutherland to honour those who died in service during World War I. It was rededicated during the 2010 Memorial Cup, 2010 tournament to honour all soldiers who died fighting for Canada in any conflict. The trophy was originally known as the OHA Memorial Cup and was donated by the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in 1919 to be awarded to the junior ice hockey champion of Canada. From its inception until 1971, the Memorial Cup was open to all Junior A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Memorial Cup
The 1925 Memorial Cup final was the seventh junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Toronto Aura Lee of the Ontario Hockey League, Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Regina Pats of the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. In a two-game, total goal series, held at the Mutual Street Arena, Arena Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Regina won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Toronto 7 goals to 3. Scores *Game 1: Regina 2-1 Toronto (OT) *Game 2: Regina 5-2 Toronto Winning roster Sly Acaster, Jack Crapper, Jack Cranstoun, Jack Cunning, Ken Doraty, Bert Dowie, Stan Fuller, Johnny Gottselig, Frank Ingram, Ike Morrison. Coach: Al Ritchie References External links Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League {{DEFAULTSORT:Memorial Cup 1925 1924–25 in Canadian ice hockey, Mem Ice hockey competitions in Toronto Memorial Cup tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
