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2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2026 IIHF World Junior Championship (World Juniors), 50th under-20 ice hockey tournament, Dec 26 2025–Jan 5 2026 in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sweden beat Czechia 4-2 for gold; Canada took bronze; 29 games, 10 teams, $71.5 million economic impact.
2026–27 Champions Hockey League
The 2026–27 Champions Hockey League is the 12th season of Europe's premier club ice hockey competition, with 24 teams and Frölunda Gothenburg defending their title.
2026–27 IIHF Continental Cup
2026–27 IIHF Continental Cup, IIHF Continental Cup, Copa Continental: Europe's second-tier IIHF club ice hockey competition. The revamped 14-team, three-round format produced Nottingham Panthers' 2026 title in Nottingham; the 2027 edition began in Lithuania in October 2026.
2026–27 KHL season
2026–27 KHL season, the Kontinental Hockey League's 19th season: 22 teams, 68 games each, 5 September 2026 to 20 March 2027, six-game opening day with no Opening Cup, playoffs to 23 May 2027.
2026–27 Liiga season
2026–27 Liiga season: Finnish top-flight ice hockey season starting 1 September 2026 with 17 teams including returning Jokerit, a transition year before the 14+10 two-tier format from 2027–28.
2026–27 Men's FIH Pro League
2026–27 Men's FIH Pro League (Season 8), 8 December 2026 to 20 June 2027, nine men's national teams including promoted France; mini-tournament format, 3-2-1-0 points, opening stage in Argentina.
2026–27 Montreal Canadiens season
2026-27 Montreal Canadiens season: NHL campaign in the first 84-game schedule since 1993-94; opened Sept. 29 at Toronto, home opener Oct. 6 vs Carolina; coming off 48-24-10 and an Eastern Conference Final loss; Gallagher traded, Berard added.
2026–27 NHL season
2026-27 NHL season, National Hockey League's 109th season, opened Sept. 29, 2026 with defending champion Carolina Hurricanes; first 84-game, 1,344-game regular season since 1993-94, ending April 10, 2027.
2026–27 NHL transactions
2026-27 NHL transactions: player trades, signings, and waivers in the league year opened July 1, 2026, under the new CBA with a $104M cap; 23 trades since July 1 including Marchenko to Toronto.
2026–27 PWHL season
2026–27 PWHL season: fourth Professional Women's Hockey League season, first with 12 teams after expansion to Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas, and San Jose; 180 games, two conferences, eight-team playoffs.
2026–27 Toronto Maple Leafs season
2026-27 Toronto Maple Leafs season: first year under GM John Chayka and coach Jim Hiller after a last-place 32-36-14 finish; Sergei Bobrovsky signed, Gavin McKenna drafted first overall, 84-game NHL season opening September 29, 2026 versus Montreal.
2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship
2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship: 12-team European field hockey tournament in London, 28 July to 8 August 2027, first 12-team edition, KETTLE EuroChamps27, LA 2028 Olympic qualifier.
2027 National Hockey League All-Star Game
2027 NHL All-Star Game, also called Honda NHL All-Star Game, planned Feb. 5-6, 2027 at UBS Arena: five national teams (Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA, World) in a 3-on-3 round-robin with $2 million prize, plus a youth skills event.
2027 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2027 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is an under-20 men's international ice hockey tournament in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada, running from December 2026 to January 2027.
2028 IIHF World Championship
2028 IIHF World Championship, men's ice hockey worlds, hosted by France in Paris and Lyon, 12–28 May 2028; 16 teams, 64 games; bid confirmed at the 2024 IIHF Annual Congress in Prague.
2028 World Cup of Hockey
2028 World Cup of Hockey: eight-nation best-on-best ice hockey tournament run by the NHL and NHLPA in February 2028, hosted in Calgary, Edmonton, and Prague; fourth edition after 1996, 2004, and 2016.
2029 IIHF World Championship
2029 IIHF World Championship, men's ice hockey worlds hosted by Slovakia in Bratislava and Kosice, 11-27 May 2029; only applicant, voted through at IIHF Congress.
3 on 3 ice hockey
3 on 3 ice hockey (3x3) is a hockey variant with three skaters plus a goalie per team on smaller ice, used for NHL overtime, Youth Olympic mixed-nation tournaments since 2020, and the IIHF's Ultimate Hockey discipline proposed for the 2030 Olympics.
3ICE
3ICE is a North American professional 3-on-3 ice hockey league founded by E.J. Johnston, debuting 2022, playing two 8-minute running-time halves with penalty shots instead of power plays, awarding the Patrick Cup to eight Hall-of-Famer-coached teams.
4 Nations Face-Off
4 Nations Face-Off: NHL/NHLPA best-on-best international hockey tournament with Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States; inaugural 2025 edition in Montreal and Boston, won by Canada 3-2 in overtime over the USA on Connor McDavid's goal.
A. J. Mleczko
A. J. Mleczko (Allison Jaime Mleczko Griswold), American ice hockey defenseman born 1975 in Nantucket, Massachusetts; won the first Olympic women's hockey gold (1998 Nagano) and 2002 silver with Team USA, captained Harvard's 1999 NCAA champions, and became an NBC and ESPN hockey analyst.
Aaron Ekblad
Aaron Ekblad (born 1996) is a Canadian NHL defenseman, first overall pick of the 2014 draft by the Florida Panthers, 2015 Calder winner, 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup champion, and franchise defenseman record holder.
Ab Renaud
Ab Renaud (Albert Roméo Renaud, 1920-2012), Canadian ice hockey forward from Ottawa; won gold with the RCAF Flyers at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, scoring 4 goals in 8 games, and hoisted Barbara Ann Scott in the Games' iconic photo.
Abbey Murphy
Abbey Murphy (Abigail Murphy, born 2002) is an American ice hockey forward from Evergreen Park, Illinois, a Minnesota Golden Gophers all-time goals leader, two-time Olympian with 2022 silver and 2026 gold, and second overall pick of the Seattle Torrent in the 2026 PWHL Draft.
Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid, popularly known as Hamidi and later Brigadier Hamidi, was a Pakistani field hockey player and army officer who captained Pakistan to gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Abdul Rashid (olympedia 19960)
Abdul Rashid, full name Lala Abdul Rashid (لالہ•عبدالرشید), Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist; distinct from the 1968-1976 hockey Abdul Rashid and the 2008 hurdler of the same name.
Abdul Rashid al Hasan
Abdul Rashid al Hasan (عبدالرشيد•الحسن), born 1959 in Gojra, Pakistan, is a former field hockey right-half who won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and Asian Games medals in 1982 and 1986; brother of Manzoor-ul Hassan.
Abdul Waheed Khan
Abdul Waheed Khan (1936-2022), Pakistani field hockey centre forward, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in Pakistan's first Olympic gold, 1962 Asian Games top scorer with 17 goals, later manager of the 1978 World Cup-winning team.
Adam Foote
Adam Foote (born 1971), Canadian defenseman, two-time Stanley Cup winner with Colorado (1996, 2001), 2002 Olympic gold, 1,154 NHL games; later Canucks head coach 2025-26, now Utah Mammoth assistant.
Adam Johnson (ice hockey)
Adam Johnson (1994-2023), American ice hockey center from Minnesota; 13 NHL games with Pittsburgh Penguins, later Nottingham Panthers; died 28 October 2023 after skate-blade neck cut at Sheffield, prompting global neck-guard mandates.