WhiteTiger
Hockey Jesus
I hope nobody will mind, but I figured I would make a thread on my hockey history website, the International Hockey Wiki. I previously posted an few articles from it in the Women’s hockey history collector thread. I will give a short writeup below, and also use this thread to post updates on my research going forward.
This website is my passion. I have been heavily involved in hockey research for more than a decade, and the wiki has existed in its current form since 2016. I have invested thousands of hours into this project, which by now features over 18,000 articles, many of which on topics that cannot be found anywhere else online.
I like to focus on the rare, the obscure, and the unusual. If you’re looking for player stats from the past NHL season, you’ll want to stick with HockeyDB or EliteProspects. But if you’re interested in complete results from the 1903 Maritimes hockey season, 1934 Czechoslovak season, 1988 Finnish 4th tier league, or want to know when hockey was first played in Virginia, you’ll find it all on my site. I have gone through hundreds of newspapers from 40+ countries, every American state (even Hawaii!), and Canadian province. I still have some gaps to fill in as a few papers I need are not yet online, but I hope that will change in the coming years. Historical books, yearbooks, official documents, and various websites have also served as valuable sources of information in the compilation of the database.
I have tried to design a streamlined and easy to navigate website. All my pages are accessible within a few clicks from the main page. The following are some of my favorite areas of the site that I would recommend checking out:
Early North American Hockey Database - Covers hockey in Canada in great detail up to 1920 (with special focus also paid to the Maritimes up to 1931 and Ontario up to 1942), and the United States up to 1945.
Hockey around the world - My very first project from the early 2010s, this page discusses hockey activity in all sorts of obscure countries, such as Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Malawi, and many more. The bigger hockey countries have their own articles which are linked to both on that page and the Main Page. Links to articles on hockey in the 13 Canadian provinces/territories and 50 American states can be found on the countries’ respective pages.
List of worldwide competitions - A comprehensive list of leagues, cups and tournaments covered on the wiki, both national and international. Lists of domestic competitions are also included on the country pages.
List of seasons - Check out all my season pages, grouped by year, here, there are lots!
Some rare historical info that is not on my site can be found on the excellent French Hockey Archives (for Europe) and the Ice Hockey Wiki (for North America). I am good friends with the people who run both projects, and we have shared stats numerous times. I see no point in duplicating massive amounts of info, and all three sites have areas they cover particularly well. I should also note, before anyone else does, that many of my team pages are very out of date. I will try and update them in the coming months.
I would love to hear any questions or comments. Hope everyone enjoys my work.
This website is my passion. I have been heavily involved in hockey research for more than a decade, and the wiki has existed in its current form since 2016. I have invested thousands of hours into this project, which by now features over 18,000 articles, many of which on topics that cannot be found anywhere else online.
I like to focus on the rare, the obscure, and the unusual. If you’re looking for player stats from the past NHL season, you’ll want to stick with HockeyDB or EliteProspects. But if you’re interested in complete results from the 1903 Maritimes hockey season, 1934 Czechoslovak season, 1988 Finnish 4th tier league, or want to know when hockey was first played in Virginia, you’ll find it all on my site. I have gone through hundreds of newspapers from 40+ countries, every American state (even Hawaii!), and Canadian province. I still have some gaps to fill in as a few papers I need are not yet online, but I hope that will change in the coming years. Historical books, yearbooks, official documents, and various websites have also served as valuable sources of information in the compilation of the database.
I have tried to design a streamlined and easy to navigate website. All my pages are accessible within a few clicks from the main page. The following are some of my favorite areas of the site that I would recommend checking out:
Early North American Hockey Database - Covers hockey in Canada in great detail up to 1920 (with special focus also paid to the Maritimes up to 1931 and Ontario up to 1942), and the United States up to 1945.
Hockey around the world - My very first project from the early 2010s, this page discusses hockey activity in all sorts of obscure countries, such as Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Malawi, and many more. The bigger hockey countries have their own articles which are linked to both on that page and the Main Page. Links to articles on hockey in the 13 Canadian provinces/territories and 50 American states can be found on the countries’ respective pages.
List of worldwide competitions - A comprehensive list of leagues, cups and tournaments covered on the wiki, both national and international. Lists of domestic competitions are also included on the country pages.
List of seasons - Check out all my season pages, grouped by year, here, there are lots!
Some rare historical info that is not on my site can be found on the excellent French Hockey Archives (for Europe) and the Ice Hockey Wiki (for North America). I am good friends with the people who run both projects, and we have shared stats numerous times. I see no point in duplicating massive amounts of info, and all three sites have areas they cover particularly well. I should also note, before anyone else does, that many of my team pages are very out of date. I will try and update them in the coming months.
I would love to hear any questions or comments. Hope everyone enjoys my work.
