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Additional Reading
The history of the game is presented in Brian McFarlane, 60 Years of Hockey: The Intimate Story Behind North America’s Fastest, Most Exciting Sport: Complete Statistics and Records (1976); S. Kip Farrington, Jr., Skates, Sticks, and Men: The Story of Amateur Hockey in the United States (1971); Jay Greenberg, Frank Orr, and Gary Ronberg, NHL, the World of Professional Ice Hockey (1981), with profiles of players and discussion of strategy, great games, and the sport’s eccentrics; Stan Fischler and Shirley Fischler, Everybody’s Hockey Book (1983), analyzing the structure, organization, and rules of every level from NCAA and IIHF through NHL; and J.W. Fitsell, Hockey’s Captains, Colonels, & Kings (1987), exploring the Canadian origins of the game and including many new research findings. See also National Hockey League, Official Guide & Record Book (annual).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ice Hockey in Canada. | Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| In the Stanley Cup table, added the results of the 2025–26 season. | Jun 14, 2026 | ||
| Added an illustration featuring the Olympic gold medal winners. | Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Updated the illustrations and added to the section on the history of ice hockey. | Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| Added the 2025 winner. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Added the 2025 winner. | May 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers revised. | Mar 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Professional Women's Hockey League. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Epidemiology of injuries in professional ice hockey: a prospective study over seven years. | May 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Ice hockey. | Nov 05, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - The History of Ice Hockey. | May 01, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 04, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Olympic.org - Ice Hockey. | Dec 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Learn the History of Ice Hockey. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ice Hockey. | Oct 10, 2017 | ||
| Noted that the NHL expanded to 31 teams in 2017. | Oct 06, 2017 | ||
| Clarified that the Stanley Cup was first awarded in 1892–93 and that the annual challenge series to determine the Cup winner began the following season. | Feb 25, 2015 | ||
| In History section, changed date that the NHL play-offs began determining Stanley Cup champions from 1917 to 1926, added resolution of 2004–05 lockout, and expanded NHL stoppage for Olympic play. | Jun 19, 2013 | ||
| In Play of the game section, removed mention of plastic throat guards for goalie masks. | Jun 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Ice Hockey. | Mar 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ice Hockey in Canada. | Mar 28, 2013 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Dec 09, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Sports - Ice Hockey. | Feb 14, 2011 | ||
| Media added and rules of the game updated. | Apr 08, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 09, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Exploratorium - The Science of Hockey. | Oct 29, 2007 | ||
| Table added. | Apr 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Exploratorium - The Science of Hockey. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 08, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 04, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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