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HELSINKI JOKERIT
1967-PRESENT The second team of the Finnish capital is everything the other team isn’t. IFK was founded by Swedish speakers in the 19th century, Jokerit by a Finnish contractor in 1967. IFK is a downtown club, while Jokerit, which means Jokers, speaks to the people in the suburbs. Jokerit has a modern arena and the cash to attract the best players outside the NHL. FRANCHISE DEFINING MOMENTS the ‘finnish flash’ arrives The club history is a rollercoaster, including several owners, bankruptcies and near-bankruptcies, superstar teams and relegations to the second-tier league. But Jokerit always gets back to its feet. Since the 1990s, when superstar sniper Teemu Selanne ascended the junior ranks, it’s been one of Finland’s biggest, most successful clubs. Selanne remains as beloved as any Finnish player ever. Establishing A grassroots system In…
NORTH DAKOTA
1946-PRESENT FORMERLY: NORTH DAKOTA FIGHT ING SIOUX NICKNAME RETIRED IN 2012 HOCKEY WAS PLAYED at North Dakota back in the 1920s, but the formal varsity program began in September of 1946 when student John C. Jamieson was hired as coach. It would only take a decade before the Fighting Sioux would crash the national stage. North Dakota now has seven Frozen Four titles, tied for second all-time. PROGRAM DEFINING MOMENTS The First Title, 1958-59 Two games, two OT wins. That’s how North Dakota earned its first national title. Both games in Troy, N.Y. were 4-3 affairs, with St. Lawrence going down first, then Michigan State. Reg Morelli scored the winner against the Spartans and was named MVP. Gasparini’s Run, 1986-87 Coach Gino Gasparini led the Sioux to a third title in nine years with a 5-3…
CSKA MOSCOW RED ARMY
1960-present formerly: CDKA 1946-60 The storied club was founded in 1946 as CDKA, a.k.a. Centralnyy Dom Krasnoy Armii, a.k.a. Central House of the Red Army. It changed its name twice before settling for Central Sports Club of the Army in 1960. The Red Army was an unbelievably dominant force before its players began defecting to the NHL, as its military affiliation allowed it to pluck the nation’s best young players again and again. FRANCHISE DEFINING MOMENTS Super Series, 1976 The Red Army team is legendary, and the only downside with the legend is the fact the superstars of the 1970s never had a chance to play in the NHL. Just as the Soviet Union national team showed Team Canada it could challenge the best in the world in 1972, CSKA showed in 1976 it could…
MOOSE JAW WARRIORS
1984-present formerly: Winnipeg Wa rriors 1980-84 The Western League expansion Winnipeg Warriors struggled on the ice and at the gate and, after just four seasons competing against a fan base of Jets supporters, were moved to Moose Jaw in 1984. Winnipeg’s head scout that final season in Manitoba was 31-yearold Graham James, and he recruited the likes of future NHLers Theoren Fleury, Sheldon Kennedy and Mike Keane. James was named Moose Jaw coach in season 1 but lasted just one year before moving on to Swift Current. FRANCHISE DEFINING MOMENTS Almost To The Top, 2005-06 After the second of three division title victories, Moose Jaw made it to the WHL final. The Warriors beat Brandon, Calgary and Medicine Hat before bowing to Vancouver in four straight games. Troy Brouwer led the way with 49 goals…
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