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Ronald Scott Stevens ( born April 1 , 1964 ) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman , and current ___MASK86___ 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 National Hockey League ( NHL ) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 ___MASK73___ clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in ___MASK7___ . 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 ___MASK7___ . 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 . Dale Robert ___MASK27___ ( born July 31 , 1960 ) is a Canadian former professional ___MASK16___ 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 . ___MASK27___ 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 . William Charles ___MASK1___ ( 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 , ___MASK1___ ) line , ___MASK1___ helped lead the Flyers to the franchise ' s two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 . He is currently a scouting consultant with the Flyers . Gabriel Landeskog ( born 23 November 1992 ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who currently serves as ___MASK98___ 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 ___MASK98___ in Colorado Avalanche history , at the time becoming the youngest ___MASK98___ in NHL history at 19 years and 286 days . The Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian - based ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age . The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian ___MASK19___ Junior Hockey League , and is composed of its three ___MASK73___ leagues , the Western Hockey League , Ontario Hockey League , and Quebec ___MASK19___ 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 ). 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 ___MASK73___ of the Blues . Michael Richards ( born February 11 , 1985 ) is a Canadian professional ___MASK16___ 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 Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League ( NHL ) playoff winner . Originally commissioned in 1892 as the " Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup ", the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston , then  ___MASK81___ General of ___MASK7___ , who awarded it to ___MASK7___ ' s top - ranking amateur ice hockey club , which the entire Stanley family supported , with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game . The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC , and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play . Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906 . In 1915 , the two professional ice hockey organizations , the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ), reached a gentlemen ' s agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup . After a series of league mergers and folds , it was established as the " de facto " championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the " de jure " NHL championship prize in 1947 . The Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) is one of the three ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League . The league is for players aged 16  21 . The Kitchener Rangers are a ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener , Ontario , ___MASK7___ , 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 . 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 ___MASK33___ . 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 . Quebec ( pronounced or ) is the second - most populous province of ___MASK7___ and the only one to have a predominantly French - speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language . 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 ___MASK73___ 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 . The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario , ___MASK7___ . 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 ___MASK7___ 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 ". Larry Clark Robinson ( born June 2 , 1951 ) is a Canadian ___MASK79___ , executive and former player . Robinson is currently the associate coach for the San Jose Sharks . He has also served as ___MASK92___ 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 . 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 . 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 ___MASK19___ 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 ___MASK62___ 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 . Steve Downie ( born April 3 , 1987 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently an unrestricted ___MASK28___ 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 . Quebec City ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec . In 2015 the city had a population estimate of 545 , 485 , and the metropolitan area had a population of 806 , 400 , making it ___MASK7___ ' s seventh - largest metropolitan area and Quebec ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . The ___MASK19___ professional sports leagues in the United States and ___MASK7___ are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the United States and ___MASK7___ . The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball ( MLB ), the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), the National Football League ( NFL ), and the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and the Canadian Football League ( CFL ). Junior hockey is ice hockey competition generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age . Junior hockey leagues in the United States and ___MASK7___ are considered amateur ( with some exceptions ) and operate within regions of each country . The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus , Ohio . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The Western Hockey League ( WHL ) is a ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey league based in Western ___MASK7___ 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 ___MASK7___ . Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup , with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup , ___MASK7___ ' s national junior championship . WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times since the league became eligible to compete for the trophy . The Kelowna Rockets are a ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna , British Columbia , ___MASK7___ . The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League ( WHL ), out of the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ). They play their home games at Prospera Place . There have been two junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts that played in the Quebec ___MASK19___ Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ). The first B league franchise played from 1969 to 1985 ; the current franchise has played since 1997 . Both franchises were based out of Quebec City , Quebec . The teams played home games at the Centre Vidéotron , although the new edition of the Remparts played for two seasons at PEPS on the campus of Laval University between 1997 and 1999 . Throughout their history , the Remparts have developed several future National Hockey League ( NHL ) players , including Simon Gagné , Kevin Lowe , Mike Ribeiro , Antoine Vermette , Marc - Édouard Vlasic and Hall of Famers Michel Goulet and Guy Lafleur . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated ___MASK19___ city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , ___MASK77___ , technology , education , and ___MASK41___ , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . The 2003 Memorial Cup occurred May 17  25 at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City , Quebec . It was the 85th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the ___MASK19___ junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ). It featured the host team , the Quebec Remparts , as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec ___MASK19___ Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League , which were the Kitchener Rangers , Hull Olympiques and the Kelowna Rockets respectively . The Kitchener Rangers won their second ever Memorial Cup , their first being in 1982 . They beat the Hull Olympiques in the final , who were trying to win their first Memorial Cup since 1997 when they won it on home ice . David Clarkson ( born March 31 , 1984 ) is a Canadian ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Clarkson was a ___MASK73___ of the 2003 Memorial Cup - winning Kitchener Rangers . The Quebec ___MASK19___ Junior Hockey League ( French : " Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec ", abbreviated " QMJHL " in English , " LHJMQ " in French ) is one of the three ___MASK19___ 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 ___MASK73___ 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 . Ice is water frozen into a solid state . Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or ___MASK67___ of air , it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish - white color .