[17] Gretzky and the Whalers' Gordie Howe were selected to the mid-season All-Star Game, respectively the second-youngest and the oldest ever to play in such a match.

Die FIH Hockey World League (FIH Hockey Weltliga) ist ein 2012 neu geschaffener Wettbewerb für Hockey-Nationalmannschaften, Damen und Herren, der vom Welthockeyverband FIH ausgerichtet wird.

Marco Miltkau, Lukas Windfeder und Dieter Linnekogel erzielten die Tore. [1] Three seasons were held in 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2016-17.

Second, the NHL allowed all of the WHA's Canadian teams to be part of the deal. The final tally was 12-5, one vote short of passage, as a three-quarters majority was required to permit a merger. In another instance, Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, deliberately made the Toronto Toros' lease terms at Maple Leaf Gardens as onerous as possible after they moved from Ottawa. By 1976, it had become evident that many of the WHA's franchises were teetering on the verge of financial collapse, and that the (at one time) combined 32 teams of the NHL and WHA had badly strained professional hockey's talent pool. The league also served as a qualifier for the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups and the 2016 Olympic Games. The WHA organized the 1974 Summit Series against the Soviets, giving an opportunity for Hull and 46-year-old Gordie Howe to play for Canada against the Soviet team, which the Soviets won 4-1-3. The former WHA clubs, by the terms of the expansion, could protect only two goalies and two skaters each in the player dispersal draft. Vancouver and Los Angeles were won over by the promise of a balanced schedule, with each team playing the others twice at home and twice on the road. Vier der fünf Teams kommen ins Viertelfinale, nach den Siegen über Ägypten (5:0) und Südafrika (4:3) hatte das DHB-Team sein Ticket bereits sicher. In 1977, merger discussions with the National Hockey League were first initiated, with Houston, Cincinnati, Winnipeg, New England, Quebec, and Edmonton applying for entry to the NHL. Thunder and Lightning: a No-B.S. Their opponents are Olympic Champions Germany who had thrashed New Zealand 6-1 in their opening game. "Wir sind heute sehr zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis und der Spielleistung.

Composed of four rounds and played over two years, the Hockey World League shines a spotlight on the sport around the world. Thus New Zealand themselves had a couple of chances created fortuitously. Argentina continued their giant-killing spree, trailing twice in the match before beating Belgium  3-2. On that day, the WHA folded and the NHL formally granted expansion franchises to Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec City, and Winnipeg.

Hull accepted the Jets' offer, sealing the deal in an elaborate signing ceremony at Portage and Main.