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Ontario , one of the 13 provinces and territories of ___MASK42___ , is located in east - central ___MASK42___ . It is ___MASK42___ ' s most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . Ontario is fourth - largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s capital city , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous city , Toronto . The Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) is one of the three ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League . The league is for players aged 16  21 . Ronald Scott Stevens ( born April 1 , 1964 ) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman , and current ___MASK11___ of the Minnesota Wild . Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Washington Capitals , St . Louis Blues , and the New Jersey Devils , serving as captain of the Devils from 1992 to 2004 . Although offensively capable , Stevens was largely known for his defensive play and his heavy body checking on opponents . The Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located facing Cabot Square in Montreal , Quebec , ___MASK42___ . Called " the most storied building in hockey history " by " Sporting News ", it was the home of the National Hockey League ' s Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996 . The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days . The Northwest Territories ( also known as NWT ; French : " les Territoires du Nord - Ouest ", " TNO "; Athabaskan languages : " Denendeh "; Inuinnaqtun : " Nunatsiaq "; Inuktitut :  ) is a territory of ___MASK42___ . At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41 , 462 , it is the second largest and most populous of the three territories in Northern ___MASK42___ . Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44 , 291 . Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 , following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission . The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario , ___MASK42___ . Located approximately 100 km west of Toronto , Kitchener is the seat of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo . It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916 . The city had a population of 219 , 153 in the 2011 Census and a population of 239 , 900 at year end 2015 as estimated by the Region of Waterloo . The metropolitan area , which includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge , has 507 , 096 people , making it the tenth largest Census Metropolitan Area ( CMA ) in ___MASK42___ and the fourth largest CMA in Ontario . The city is adjacent to the smaller cities of Cambridge to the south , and Waterloo to the north . Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as " Kitchener - Waterloo " ( K - W ), although they have separate municipal governments . Including Cambridge , the three cities are known as " the Tri - Cities ". Gabriel Landeskog ( born 23 November 1992 ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who currently serves as ___MASK73___ of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). He was selected second overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by Colorado . On 4 September 2012 , Landeskog was named the fourth ___MASK73___ in Colorado Avalanche history , at the time becoming the youngest ___MASK73___ in NHL history at 19 years and 286 days . ___MASK42___ ' s geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub - national governance . When ___MASK42___ was formed in 1867 , three provinces of British North America  New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and the Province of ___MASK42___ ( which , on the formation of ___MASK42___ , was divided into Ontario and Quebec )  were united to form a federated colony , which eventually became a sovereign nation in the next century . Over its history , ___MASK42___ ' s international borders have changed several times , and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories . The ten provinces are Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward Island , Quebec , and Saskatchewan . Several of the provinces were former British colonies , Quebec was originally a French colony , while others were added as ___MASK42___ grew . The three territories are Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon , which govern the rest of the area of the former British North America . Together , the provinces and territories make up the world ' s second - largest country by area . Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of ___MASK42___ . It is one of the three prairie provinces ( with Alberta and Saskatchewan ) and ___MASK42___ ' s fifth - most populous province with its estimated 1 . 3 million people . Manitoba covers with a widely varied landscape . The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west , the territories of Nunavut to the north , and Northwest Territories to the northwest , and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south . William Charles ___MASK62___ ( born July 11 , 1952 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League ( NHL ). As part of the famed LCB ( Leach , Clarke , ___MASK62___ ) line , ___MASK62___ helped lead the Flyers to the franchise ' s two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 . He is currently a scouting consultant with the Flyers . The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They played in Portland , Maine , at the Cumberland County Civic Center . Larry Clark Robinson ( born June 2 , 1951 ) is a Canadian ___MASK81___ , executive and former player . Robinson is currently the associate coach for the San Jose Sharks . He has also served as ___MASK27___ for the New Jersey Devils on two separate occasions , as well as for the Los Angeles Kings . For his play in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings , Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 . Larry Robinson was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014 . The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports and ___MASK36___ complex located in East Rutherford , Bergen County , New Jersey , United States , owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority ( NJSEA ). Junior hockey is ice hockey competition generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age . Junior hockey leagues in the United States and ___MASK42___ are considered amateur ( with some exceptions ) and operate within regions of each country . The Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian - based ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age . The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian ___MASK2___ Junior Hockey League , and is composed of its three ___MASK79___ leagues , the Western Hockey League , Ontario Hockey League , and Quebec ___MASK2___ Junior Hockey League . For the 2016 - 17 season , its three leagues and 60 teams represent nine Canadian provinces ( 52 teams ) as well as four American states ( 8 teams ). Kansas Coliseum was an ___MASK36___ complex in the Wichita , Kansas suburb of Valley Center . It hosted sporting events , concerts and shows . The Kitchener Rangers are a ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener , Ontario , ___MASK42___ , their home since 1963 . The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team , governed by a 40 - person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers . The Rangers hosted the 2008 Memorial Cup tournament . They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards , Dale Hunter , David Clarkson , Steve Mason , Derek Roy , Steve Downie , 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner , 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog , and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens , Bill Barber , Paul Coffey , Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis . Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . Ice hockey teams usually consist of six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . Denver , officially the City and County of Denver , is the capital and most populous municipality of the U . S . state of Colorado . Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains . The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River , approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains . Denver is nicknamed the " Mile - High City " because its ___MASK26___ elevation is exactly one mile above sea level , making it one of the highest major cities in the United States . The 105th meridian west of Greenwich , the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone , passes directly through Denver Union Station . Denver is ranked as a Beta - world city by the Globalization and World Cities ___MASK15___ Network . With a 2015 estimated population of 682 , 545 , Denver ranks as the 19th - most populous U . S . city , and with a 2 . 8 % increase in 2015 , the city is also the fastest growing major city in the United States . The 10 - county Denver - Aurora - Lakewood , CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2 , 814 , 330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U . S . metropolitan statistical area . The 12 - city Denver - Aurora , CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3 , 418 , 876 , which ranks as the 16th most populous U . S . metropolitan area . Denver is the most populous city of the 18 - county Front Range Urban Corridor , an oblong urban region stretching across two states with an estimated 2015 population of 4 , 757 , 713 . Denver is the most populous city within a radius and the second - most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix , Arizona . In 2016 , Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U . S . News & World Report . The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London , Ontario , ___MASK42___ , playing in the Ontario Hockey League , one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League . The Knights started out in 1965 as the London Nationals but changed to their current name in 1968 . The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) champion . It is awarded following a four - team , round - robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL ' s three ___MASK79___ leagues : the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) and Western Hockey League ( WHL ). Sixty teams are eligible to compete for the Memorial Cup , representing nine provinces and four American states . The London Knights are the current champions , defeating the Rouyn - Noranda Huskies 3 - 2 in overtime . The Memorial Cup is often regarded as one of the toughest trophies to win , due to 60 teams participating and the age limit only being 16 - 21 . Steve Downie ( born April 3 , 1987 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently an unrestricted ___MASK40___ who was last signed to the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). He has previously played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers , Tampa Bay Lightning , Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche , the Flyers having drafted him in the first round , 29th overall , in 2005 . The Rouyn - Noranda Huskies are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec ___MASK2___ Junior Hockey League . The team is based out of Rouyn - Noranda , Quebec . The team plays its home games at the Iamgold Arena ( previously known as Dave Keon Arena ). The Huskies finished first overall in the QMJHL , during the 2007  08 and 2015  16 seasons , winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy . The team won its first ___MASK90___ ' s Cup in the 2015 - 16 season and represented the QMJHL at the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup Tournament in May 2016 . Dale Robert ___MASK38___ ( born July 31 , 1960 ) is a Canadian former professional ___MASK53___ and the former head coach of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and current head coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League . ___MASK38___ was born in Petrolia , Ontario , but grew up in Oil Springs , Ontario , and was one of three brothers , with Dave and Mark , to play in the NHL . Michael Richards ( born February 11 , 1985 ) is a Canadian professional ___MASK53___ who is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Richards previously played for and was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers , and has also played for the Los Angeles Kings . He was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Flyers , 24th overall . The National Hockey League ( NHL ) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 ___MASK79___ clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in ___MASK42___ . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and ___MASK42___ . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season . Czechoslovakia or Czecho - Slovakia ( Czech and , " esko - Slovensko ") was a ___MASK35___ state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 , when it declared its independence from the Austro - Hungarian Empire , until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 . Newark ( or also locally ) is the most populous city in the U . S . state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County . As one of the nation ' s ___MASK2___ air , shipping , and rail hubs , the city had a population of 277 , 140 in 2010 , making it the nation ' s 67th most - populous municipality , after being ranked 63rd in the nation in 2000 . For 2015 , the Census Bureau ' s Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 281 , 944 , an increase of 1 . 7 % from the 2010 enumeration , ranking the city the 70th largest in the nation . Newark is the second largest city in the New York metropolitan area , located approximately west of lower Manhattan . The Wichita Wind were a minor league ice hockey team based in Wichita , Kansas from 1980 to 1983 . They were the feeder team of the Edmonton Oilers ( 1980  81 and 1981  82 seasons ) and the New Jersey Devils ( 1982  83 ). The Wind played in the Central Hockey League ( CHL ) at the Britt Brown Arena in the Kansas Coliseum . The team ' s ___MASK66___ manager ( GM ) was Larry Gordon for all three seasons of existence . ___MASK42___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK42___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK42___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a ___MASK35___ state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland . Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . Finland ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . The Western Hockey League ( WHL ) is a ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey league based in Western ___MASK42___ and the Northwestern United States . The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) as the highest level of junior hockey in ___MASK42___ . Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup , with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup , ___MASK42___ ' s national junior championship . WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times since the league became eligible to compete for the trophy . The Quebec ___MASK2___ Junior Hockey League ( French : " Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec ", abbreviated " QMJHL " in English , " LHJMQ " in French ) is one of the three ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League . The league is often simply referred to as " The Q ". The league comprises teams across the provinces of Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island . Since the departure of the Lewiston Maineiacs from Lewiston , Maine , the QMJHL is the only one of the three ___MASK79___ leagues of the CHL that does not currently have teams located in the United States ( the OHL has teams in Michigan and Pennsylvania while the WHL has teams in Washington and Oregon ). The current Commissioner of the QMJHL is Gilles Courteau . Toronto is the most populous city in ___MASK42___ , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area , the most populous metropolitan area in ___MASK42___ . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making Toronto the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . Toronto trails only Mexico City , New York City , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global city , Toronto is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . The 2008 Memorial Cup was played in May 2008 in Kitchener , Ontario at the Memorial Auditorium . It was the 90th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the ___MASK2___ junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ). Kitchener defeated competing bids from Oshawa , Saginaw , London , Sarnia and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup , with the ___MASK26___ announcement being made on May 10 , 2007 . The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Spokane Chiefs , the QMJHL champion Gatineau Olympiques , the Kitchener Rangers as host of the tournament and OHL champions , and the OHL representative Belleville Bulls , who earned their place by reaching the OHL finals against Kitchener . The Memorial Cup tournament is a four team tournament with a round - robin format . Mike Moher ( born March 26 , 1962 in Manitouwadge , Ontario ) is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger . He played junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers with whom he won the Memorial Cup in 1982 . He also won a gold medal with the Canadian junior team at the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . Selected 106th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft , Moher played nine games with the team in 1982 -- 83 , recording one assist . He spent the rest of the season with the Wichita Wind , and played one more season with the Maine Mariners before retiring in 1984 at the age of 22 . Ottawa is the capital city of ___MASK42___ . It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . Ottawa borders Gatineau , Quebec ; the two form the core of the Ottawa  Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in ___MASK42___ ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in ___MASK42___ . The City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . The American Hockey League ( AHL ) is a 30 - team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and ___MASK42___ that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Since the 2010  11 season , every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with an NHL team ; before then , one or two NHL teams would not have an AHL affiliate and so assigned players to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL teams . Twenty - seven AHL teams are located in the United States and the remaining three are in ___MASK42___ . The league offices are located in Springfield , Massachusetts , and its current president is David Andrews . Minnesota ( locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States . Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U . S . state on May 11 , 1858 , created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory . The state has a large number of lakes , and is known by the slogan " Land of 10 , 000 Lakes ". Its ___MASK26___ motto is " L ' Étoile du Nord " ( French : " Star of the North "). Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U . S . states ; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis  ___MASK55___ Paul metropolitan area ( known as the " Twin Cities "), the center of transportation , business , industry , education , and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture ; deciduous forests in the southeast , now partially cleared , farmed and settled ; and the less populated North Woods , used for mining , forestry , and recreation . Minnesota is known for its progressive political orientation and its high rate of civic participation and voter turnout . Until European settlement , Minnesota was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe / Anishinaabe . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the large majority of the European settlers emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany , and the state remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture . In recent decades , immigration from Asia , the Horn of Africa , and Latin America has broadened its historic demographic and cultural composition . Minnesota ' s standard of living index is among the highest in the United States , and the state is also among the best - educated and wealthiest in the nation . Ice is water frozen into a solid state . Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or ___MASK31___ of air , it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish - white color . In ice hockey , the goaltender is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team ' s net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the " goal crease " ( often referred to simply as " the crease " or " the net "). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots . In today ' s age of goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand - up style and butterfly technique ). Because of the power of shots , the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the ___MASK43___ . One - on - one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a goaltender ' s pure skill , or lack thereof . Only one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . The 1982 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec . The National Hockey League ( NHL ) teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into professional ranks , in the reverse order of the 1981  82 NHL season and playoff standings . This is the list of those players selected . Nunavut ( from Inuktitut :  ) is the newest , largest , northernmost , and least populous territory of ___MASK42___ . It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1 , 1999 , via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993 . The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to ___MASK42___ ' s political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949 . Allan MacInnis ( born July 11 , 1963 ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Calgary Flames and St . Louis Blues . A first round selection of the Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft , he went on to become a 13 - time All - Star . He was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player of the playoffs in 1989 after leading the Flames to the Stanley Cup championship . He was voted the winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 1999 as the top defenceman in the league while a ___MASK79___ of the Blues . The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark , New Jersey . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City , Missouri , in 1974 . The Scouts moved to Denver , Colorado in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies . In 1982 , they moved to East Rutherford , New Jersey and took their current name . For their first 25 seasons in New Jersey , the Devils were based at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford and played their home games at Brendan Byrne Arena ( later renamed to Continental Airlines Arena ). Beginning with the 2007  08 season , the Devils relocated to Newark and now play their home games at the Prudential Center . The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (" 1982 WJHC ") was the sixth edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22 , 1981 , until January 2 , 1982 . The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario . ___MASK42___ won their first gold medal at the World Juniors , while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze , respectively .