Golden '28
This gold medal was awarded to Joseph Sullivan at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. His Canadian squad, represented by Toronto Varsity, outscored their opposition 38 to 3 in the competition.

Canada's Culture
This 1909 postcard depicts the popularity the sport had with women.

Pink & White
A1990 Canadian jersey from the first official World Women's Championships. Canada went on to win the competition but the jersey, which received mixed reviews, was later replaced with the traditional red and white colours.

Ageless Wonder
At the age of 46, the immortal Gordie Howe faced the Soviets for the first and only time in his career. He represented Canada as a member of the 1974 World Hockey Association All-Star squad. In the tournament, Gordie played alongside his sons, Marty and Mark.

Stick Of Gold
This miniature stick is signed by the Canadian club that won gold at the 1932 World Championship at Lake Placid.

The Mighty Rivalry
Canada and the Soviet Union had been hockey rivals since the two first met at the 1954 World Championship in Stockholm. The relationship intensified when Canada was able to use its best NHL pros in the eight-game Summit Series in September of 1972. Canada won the series with four wins and a tie, but the Soviets proved beyond a doubt that they were equal in talent. Canada also defeated the Soviets 3-1 in the 1976 Canada Cup, but it was a Soviet team minus eight of its best players. When the two teams met in the final of the 1981 Canada Cup, the Soviets breezed to an 8-1 victory. In one of the most exciting Canada-USSR games of all time, Mike Bossy scored in overtime as Canada won 3-2 and eliminated the USSR in the semifinals of the 1984 Canada Cup. That was only a preview of the drama the rivals would produce at the 1987 Canada Cup. In the best-of-three final, Alexander Semak's overtime goal gave the Soviets a 6-5 win Game 1. The second went to double overtime before Mario Lemieux scored to give Canada a 6-5 win and tie the series. In the third and deciding game, the Soviets blew a 3-0 first-period lead and Canada emerged triumphant when Mario Lemieux scored on a perfect pass from Wayne Gretzky with less than two minutes to play. The score of the deciding match was 6-5 in Canada's favour.

Frisbee Hockey
The Canadian players made it a ritual of throwing frisbees into the crowds during the 1992 Women's World Championships. It proved successful as the Canucks claimed their second consecutive World title.

Triple Crown
Bobby Clarke, Serge Savard, and Gilbert Perreault represented Canada and the NHL at the 1972 Summit Series, the 1976 Canada Cup and the 1979 Challenge Cup.

Smoke Eaters
The Trail Smoke Eaters were the last club team to represent Canada and win the World Championship. They did so in grand fashion, going undefeated in the tournament

The Pride Of Preston
The Preston Rivulettes dominated the women's hockey scene in the 1930s. They won nine straight eastern Canadian titles from 1931-39.

First Olympic Professionals
Professionals were first permitted to play in the Olympics at the 1988 Games in Calgary. The six NHLers who suited up to play were Andy Moog (Boston Bruins), Jim Peplinski (Calgary Flames), Randy Gregg (Edmonton Oilers), Serge Boisvert (Montreal Canadiens), Brian Bradley and Steve Tambellini (both of the Vancouver Canucks).

Pioneer Manon Rheaume
Just about everything Manon Rheaume has accomplished has been historic. On November 30, 1991 she became the first woman ever to appear in a Canadian major junior game when she played for Trois-Rivieres. She became the first woman to enter an NHL exhibition game when she skated between the pipes for Tampa Bay against the St. Louis Blues on September 23, 1992. In this historic appearance she allowed two goals on nine shots in one period of work. Rheaume was also the first woman to sign a pro contract when she was assigned to Tampa Bay's farm team, the Atlanta Knights (though she only played in two games and allowed seven goals in 66 minutes). Of course, the issue wasn't whether or not she made the grade or not rather that she was allowed to participate in a pro hockey contest. Her very involvement began debates about whether a woman could ever make it to the NHL, whether women's hockey should be taken seriously, whether a woman was physically able to play the game. With Rheaume's arrival, people started to talk about women's hockey seriously. She played for Canada at the World Championships in 1992 and 1994, and was a surprise cut in 1997 before rallying to make the Olympic team. A pioneer, Manon Rheaume will forever be larger than her pro statistics.

Clint Who?
While not much of a fuss was made when Clint Benedict wore his now famous mask in a game in 1930, even less was made of Elizabeth Graham, a woman with Queen's University who preceded her male counterpart's pioneering practise by some three years! Graham played goal for Queen's in 1926-27 and played against other Ontario universities in the provincial championships. One newspaper article described her style as follows: "Miss Graham in the Queen's goal, besides being unbeatable, was a stylist as well, and seems to have learned perfectly the art of clearing by going down on one knee for the close-in plays." Ironically, Benedict himself was known as "Praying Benny" earlier in his career for just this art, illegal at the time but later condoned by the NHL to allow all other goalies to go down as well to make saves. Graham's innovative habits were little acknowledged by the press at the time, only the Montreal Daily Star making brief reference to her facial protection: "The Queen's goaler gave the fans a surprise when she stepped into the nets and then donned a fencing mask. It was safety first with her and even at that she can't be blamed for her precautionary methods."