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GlobeIce|History|Public Timeline
The timeline of world hockey
From Montreal and the Stanley Cup to women’s Worlds, Olympic breakthroughs, and the modern pro era, GlobeIce History is becoming a public timeline for how hockey grew into a global sport.
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international · 4olympics · 3women · 3world-championship · 3canada · 2annual-event · 1belgium · 1development · 1
Public Timeline
Canon-aware milestones for launch
These milestones are meant to give users a usable historical spine already at launch, with room to keep adding federations, clubs, arenas, tournaments, and people over time.
Jan 1, 2024
CAreportpublishedTrust 5
The PWHL launches its inaugural season
The Professional Women's Hockey League opened play on New Year's Day 2024, giving elite women's pro hockey a new long-term commercial and competitive platform.
Source: Professional Women's Hockey League
PWHLWalter CupTorontoNew Yorkwomenprofessionalpwhlmodern-era
Feb 8, 1998
JPreportpublishedTrust 5
Women's ice hockey becomes an Olympic medal event
Nagano 1998 opened the first Olympic women's hockey tournament, turning a decade of rapid international growth into a permanent Olympic platform.
Source: IIHF
Nagano 1998Olympic women's ice hockeywomenolympicsnaganoglobal-growth
Mar 19, 1990
CAreportpublishedTrust 5
The first IIHF Women's World Championship starts in Ottawa
Ottawa hosted the first official IIHF Women's World Championship, a landmark that accelerated global growth in the women's game.
Source: IIHF
IIHF Women's World ChampionshipOttawawomenworld-championshipottawagrowth
Feb 22, 1980
USreportpublishedTrust 5
The Miracle on Ice reshapes Olympic hockey memory
Team USA's upset of the Soviet Union at Lake Placid became one of the defining moments in international hockey history.
Source: IIHF
Lake Placid 1980United StatesSoviet Unionolympicsupsetunited-stateslake-placid
Dec 25, 1976
reportpublishedTrust 5
The official World Junior Championship begins
After several invitational editions, the IIHF made the World Juniors an official annual championship during the 1976-77 season.
Source: IIHF
IIHF World Junior ChampionshipBanska BystricaZvolenworld-juniorsu20developmentinternational
Jan 1, 1946
reportpublishedTrust 5
Modern offside and the centre red line arrive
The 1946 IIHF rule book introduced the centre red line and the modern offside rule, helping define the shape of the modern game.
Source: IIHF
IIHF rule bookred lineoffsiderulesoffsidered-linemodern-game
Jan 27, 1930
FRreportpublishedTrust 5
The first stand-alone IIHF World Championship opens
The IIHF launched its first annual World Championship outside the Olympic cycle, starting in Chamonix before weather pushed games to Berlin and Vienna.
Source: IIHF
IIHF World ChampionshipChamonixBerlinViennaworld-championshipannual-eventinternationalfrance
Apr 23, 1920
BEreportpublishedTrust 5
Ice hockey debuts at the Olympics in Antwerp
The Antwerp 1920 tournament marked hockey's Olympic debut and was later recognized by the IIHF as the first Ice Hockey World Championship.
Source: IIHF
OlympicsAntwerp 1920IIHF World Championshipolympicsworld-championshipinternationalbelgium
May 15, 1908
FRreportpublishedTrust 5
IIHF is founded in Paris as LIHG
Belgium, France, Great Britain and Switzerland founded the international federation in Paris, laying the governance base for modern world hockey.
Source: IIHF
IIHFParisLIHGgovernanceiihfinternationalfederation
Mar 18, 1892
CAreportpublishedTrust 5
Lord Stanley donates the Stanley Cup
Lord Stanley of Preston's challenge trophy created a lasting championship symbol and became the most famous prize in hockey.
Source: National Hockey League
Stanley CupLord Stanley of Prestontrophystanley-cupcanadaheritage
Mar 3, 1875
CAreportpublishedTrust 5
Organized indoor hockey takes shape in Montreal
A widely cited early indoor game at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink became one of the sport's most enduring reference points for organized ice hockey.
Source: IIHF
MontrealVictoria Skating Rinkoriginscanadamontrealorganized-game