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Statistics Credits and Sources
The Sporting News Hockey Guides and Registers. From the late 60's on, these books are the bibles of sports statistics. Although they're never 100% accurate, especially with the lower leagues, they are a great source for any historical hockey information.
Various League Guides Many leagues put out their own media guides. The AHL has been doing so since at least the 40's. These are usually more complete than TSN guides.
Hendy Guides. James Hendy was the Godfather of hockey statistics. Long before anyone cared, he put out yearly guides listing the stats of all the hockey leagues out there. The first came out in 1932-33, the last in 1951-52. If he didn't do this, the information would probably be lost.
The Hockey News. It's great as a secondary source, but it's accuracy is questionable. Still, it answers many questions. I just wish they'd note it when a player was traded.
Official NHL Record Book 1917-66. I got all of my old NHL stats from this book, which was put out by the Hockey News.
Howe Sportsdata. Howe was the sole compiler of minor league hockey statistics during the 1990's, so any league-based data was compiled by them.
Pointstreak. Pointstreak raised the bar when it came to collecting and publishing real-time hockey statistics. It is even possible to see the stats of a game in progress. Their systems have been used by leagues big and small, from the AHL to the Great Lakes Junior C hockey league. Their data gathering has elevated the quality of information available for minor hockey leagues.
Leaguestat For the past few years Leaguestat has provided real-time statistics for the Canadian Junior Hockey Leagues, as well as the AHL and ECHL.
The NHL Web Site. This is where I got biographical information on recent NHL players. I also used this site for the 1997-98 NHL stats.
College Hockey Guide by Tom Keegan This book is the bible of NCAA statistics, for all Divisions of play. I used it to get information on Div 2 and 3 school players. Tom is a great guy, sending me back issues of the book. They helped tremendously to find where minor league players got their start.
The Ice Hockey Annual by Stewart Roberts. The Ice Hockey Annual is the Bible of British Hockey. Stewart Roberts has published this guide since 1976, and for each season it contains all information about British Hockey -- standings, player stats, and lots of great articles. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in British Hockey, and you can even buy back issues going back to 1989! I have used Stewart's guides for any recent British Hockey information.
James Karkoski. James has been a driving force in this process. He has kept me on track, and checks the accuracy of my statistics. He has single-handedly given me correct NHL stats for the pre-WW2 era -- which can't be found anywhere else in print. James has been working on playoff stats and coaches, so if you want to help him out, drop him a line.
Tom Picard. Tom compiled the old AHA stats from boxscores. Those stats wouldn't exist without him. Tom is also an expert at correct NHL stats (most sources are not correct).
Pat Houda. Pat is from Sweden and is an expert on European Hockey. He has helped me track down many North American players who spent some time in European leagues.
Don Andrews. Many of the stats from the 30's come courtesy of his research. Hats off to his work. Don has researched CPHL stats from the 20's, PCHL stats from the same time period, and probably a half-a-dozen other leagues that I'm not crediting him for
Ernie Fitzsimmons. Ernie is a core member (currently president) of the Society for International Hockey Research. He has performed hockey historical/statistical research for over 30 years, and sent along research that he performed on wartime Canadian Junior/Senior leagues.
Society for International Hockey Research. The Society for International Hockey Research has done some fine work compiling statistics on older hockey leagues. I used their work for some of the Maritime leagues such as the Atlantic Coast Senior league.
Dave Soutter Dave scanned in many of old WHL press photos and sent them along to me. This really allows people to put a face behind many of the names on this site.
Tim Warchocki. Tim helped me out with some of the Buffalo team information when they were in the CPHL and the IHL, and with some of the early IHL stats. And he provided the impetus for me to update my site, which I hadn't done in a while. He has published an outstanding book called Before the Blade, which is devoted to pre-NHL hockey in Buffalo.
Scott Surgent. Scott is a WHA guru who has published a book called The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the WHA. It's the definitive book on the WHA, and is a must-read.
Dave Gusky. Dave once owned the Carolina Thunderbirds of the ACHL. He has sent me some great insight on how the league operated and really helped with the history of that league.
Jeff Riddolls. Jeff helped me out by typing in the NHL player stats from 1917-18 until 1925-26. This was harder than it sounds, because most guides don't list the Games Played for these players; you have to get those from the NHL Encyclopedia.
John Guy. The former Voice of the Billings Marlboros (CnHL) has produced rosters for some obscure leagues and teams, including the Southwestern Hockey League, the Continental Hockey League, and the Tropical Hockey League.
Greg Nesteroff. Greg has given me some early WIHL stats, which are fairly hard to come by here in the States.
Steve Giannangelo. This former Continental Hockey League All-Star goalie has sent me lots of information on the CnHL. He has been invaluable helping me compile the history of this league.
Terry Mankus. Another former Continental Hockey League player who sent me loads of information on the early years of this obscure league.
Danny Corns. Yet another former Continental Hockey League player who sent me information on the teams he played for, as well as great logos of the Janesville and Rockton teams.
Gregg Inkpen. Greg sent me a lot of information on the Eastern Hockey League, particularly the first names of a lot of players (the Hockey News never printed the first names in their stats section)
Total Hockey. This bible of NHL statistics helped me find mistakes on my site (especially player misspellings) and helped me fill in statistical holes on well-known players.
Mike Piskuric. Mike researches Johnstown hockey, and provided me with a lot of detail on the old Chiefs stats.
Peter Walch. Peter typed in and e-mailed to be British Hockey League stats from the past few years. It's very hard to get European stats here in the states!
Mikko Pyykk�. Mikko typed in statistics from several seasons of the Finnish top league, SM-liiga. Since there is no good source for these stats in North America, it was a tremendous help.
The Fort Wayne Komet Home Page. I was able to get the broken-down stats of traded Komets players there.
U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Debbie Somers is one of the few people to respond to my plea for NCAA Div II and III stats. She sent me all the stats she had kept for UW Stevens Point since the early 80's.
Irv Fettig. He sent me a lot of information on the Southwestern Hockey League and some Continental league information.
Eric LeBlanc. Eric has gathered stats from the newly-formed Quebec Semi-Professional Hockey League. He also sent me European stats (which I need!)
Martin Harris. Martin has been sending me complete British standings, from the first season of organized hockey in England! He has been called the most knowledgable chap on British Hockey!
Birger Nordmark. Birger, who is from Sweden, researches National Teams and has sent me plenty of hard-to-find information on US National team players.
Mike Starchok. Mike researches Johnstown hockey and has provided me with a number of corrections and a wealth of information on the EHL.
Jack Merrill. Jack is a Brown hockey alumnus who played in several US Senior hockey leagues in New England. He sent me many NCAA and Senior hockey rosters and turned me on to a league I never really knew much about, the New England Hockey League, which was a senior league that played from the late 60's to the early 80's.
Klaus Bayer. Klaus sent along full player stats frm 1981-99 for EHC Straubing, a German team.
Jim Finke. Jim has been affiliated with NCAA hockey for a number of years, and has done a lot of research on Saint Lawrence University. He has provided me with a wealth of statistics from that school.
David Stephen Anderson. David researches Cleveland hockey. He was able to produce information on the Cleveland Knights, a team that folded mid-season during 1949-50 in the EHL.
Mirco Bruns. Mirco is from Germany and helped me a great deal with statistics from the lower German leagues for 1998-99. This information is not availble in any North American publication, and is very difficult to track down.
Dennis Albers. Dennis is from the Netherlands and he has helped me track down dozens of players who played in that country. Since I didn't have a single source for this information his help was invaluable.
Dave Clamen. Dave has a keen interest in Ontario hockey, especially older leagues. He helped me a lot digging through old newspapers and pulling out the stats and standings for the Michigan-Ontario Hockey Association, the precursor to today's IHL. In addition, Dave has proven to be an expert at using online newspaper archives to ferret out information on older leagues. He has contributed information on many different junior and senior hockey leagues across Canada, from Saskatchewan to the Maritimes.
Daniel Robitaille. Daniel is helping me finish off typing in the last few hundred NHL vital stats. This was a task that I had put off for a long time, but with his help the list of missing vitals is getting smaller and smaller.
Al McCallum. Al has done a lot of research on hockey in the Canadian Maritimes, and sent me numerous corrections to the data I have. Without his help the data would be very incomplete.
Robert Newbolt. Robert sent me the statistics from the BISL for the 2001-02 season.
Larry Power Larry sent me a ton of information on the old OHA. I had been searching for this information for years, and without Larry's help it still wouldn't be available on this site.
R.J. Pratt R.J. helped me complete the early junior-edition of the Western Hockey League (WCHL, WCJHL, CMJHL) from the late 60s and early 70s. He obtained this information right from the league office, digging up official copies that the league didn't even know existed!
Many other books and guides. They are almost uncountable. Stoneham. Sweet Caporal. They all help find missing players and other various stats
 
Logo Credits and Sources
Old Programs & Guides. I get the majority of my logos from old souvenir programs and league guides.
Mike Terran. Mike sent me a lot of copies of old logos.
Russ Havens. Russ filled in a very important piece of hockey history by submitting logos for the short-lived AHA, which played in 1992-93. With Russ's contribution I was able to get all the logos for this league, as well as valuable player information.
Many sportscard dealers. For selling me the programs where I find the logos.
Mark Linardi. Mark is a schedule collector sends me logos I have not been able to find, from the SWHL, WHL and the CnHL.
Richard Martel. Richard is a professional draught man who has an amazing collection of professionaly rendered logos. He sent me the super-high-quality QMJHL logos.
 
Card Credits and Sources
The EHC card project. This project was started by Mitch Wright and Charlie Slavin a few years ago with the intent to catalog every hockey card set out there. That's where I pulled all of my NHL-issue checklists up to 1992-93 or so. Their project really provided the inspiration for the trading card archive, and in a way the entire Internet Hockey Database.
Beckett Hockey Annual. This price guide is the most complete book for cataloging and pricing hockey card sets.  I would reccommend the book to any serious hockey card collector.
Charleton Standard Catalog. Printed in Canada with limited availability in the US, this guide is different than Beckett, in some ways better, some ways worse. They list the team of the player, which is nice. But they're not as comprehensive as Beckett. 
My own collection. I'm an avid collector of minor pro card sets. Every year I call all the teams and order the sets that are available. That's how I can include all the obscure minor league sets. 
Elliot Schwartzkopf. Elliot sent me many checklists from his collection of WHL cards; since I don't live in Canada and don't collect major junior cards this was a very valuable help.
Nathan Nickerson. Nathan sent me many 1999-00 Major Junior Checklists. Since I don't collect these sets myself and therefore don't call the teams to see what is out, this was a big help.

Thanks to my many internet friends who have helped me in both gathering this information and in prodding me to disseminate it. If I missed anyone in the credits, please let me know and I'll rectify the situation immediately.