Ice Hockey Iceland
The Ice Hockey union of Iceland () is the governing body of ice hockey in Iceland. Competitions *Men's **Icelandic Men's Hockey League *Women's **Icelandic Women's Hockey League National teams Iceland men * Iceland men's national ice hockey team * Iceland men's national junior ice hockey team, Iceland men's national under 20 ice hockey team Iceland Women * Iceland women's national ice hockey team Icelandic Ice Hockey Player of the Year Men's * 2004 – Jónas Breki Magnússon * 2008 – Jón Benedikt Gíslason * 2011 – Björn Már Jakobsson * 2012 – Ólafur Hrafn Björnsson * 2013 – Ingvar Þór Jónsson * 2014 – Björn Róbert Sigurðsson * 2015 – Úlfar Jón Andrésson * 2016 – Andri Már Mikaelsson * 2017 – Robbie Sigurðsson * 2018 – Jóhann Már Leifsson * 2019 – Róbert Freyr Pálsson * 2020 – Jóhann Már Leifsson (2) * 2021 – Bjarki Reyr Jóhannesson * 2022 – Jóhann Már Leifsson (3) Women's * 2004 – Anna Sonja Ágústdóttir * 2008 – Flos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Governing Body
A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken geopolitical system (such as a state) by establishing laws. Other types of governing include an organization (such as a corporation recognized as a legal entity by a government), a socio-political group (chiefdom, tribe, family, religious denomination, etc.), or another, informal group of people. In business and outsourcing relationships, governance frameworks are built into relational contracts that foster long-term collaboration and innovation. A board of governors is often the governing body of a public institution, while a board of directors typically serves as the governing body of a corporation or other company larger or more complex than a partnership. Many professional sports have a sports governing body that serves as their ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and Shot (ice hockey), shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck into the other team's net. Each Goal (ice hockey), goal is worth one point. The team with the highest score after an hour of playing time is declared the winner; ties are broken in Overtime (ice hockey), overtime or a Shootout (ice hockey), shootout. In a formal game, each team has six Ice skating, skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, including a goaltender. It is a contact sport#Grades, full contact game and one of the more physically demanding team sports. The modern sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor ice hockey game, first indoor game was play ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Icelandic Men's Hockey League
The Icelandic Men's Hockey League () is an ice hockey league in Iceland. It currently has four active teams. It is run by Ice Hockey Iceland. History Hockey was first played in Iceland in around 1950, on ponds and rivers. The weather made it very hard to play, so Icelandic hockey did not develop for some time. In 1987, the first outdoor ice arena was built with an artificial surface, and a second was built three years later. The first indoor arena was built in 1997, and a second was built in 2000. The league was formed in 1991, originally with three teams. The league season usually starts at the beginning of October and ends in March/April. As of 2018, there are three teams competing in the league. Current teams Former teams * Skautafélagið Björninn (27 seasons: 1991–2018) * Esja Reykjavík in Reykjavík (4 seasons: 2014–2018) * Gulldrengir (1 season: 2000–2001) * Húnar, Björninn reserve team (3 seasons: 2011–2014) * Narfi frá Hrísey (Narfi Íshokkí) in Hrí ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Icelandic Women's Hockey League
Íslandsmót kvenna í íshokkí (English: Icelandic Women's Hockey League), also known as Hertz deild kvenna for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey league in Iceland. Its current champion is SA Ásynjur. It is run by Ice Hockey Iceland. League Champions * 2000–2001 – SA Ásynjur * 2001–2002 – SA Ásynjur * 2002–2003 – SA Ásynjur * 2003–2004 – SA Ásynjur * 2004–2005 – SA Ásynjur * 2005–2006 – Björninn * 2006–2007 – SA Ásynjur * 2007–2008 – SA Ásynjur * 2008–2009 – SA Ásynjur * 2009–2010 – SA Ásynjur * 2010–2011 – SA Ásynjur * 2011–2012 – SA Ásynjur * 2012–2013 – SA Ásynjur * 2013–2014 – SA Ásynjur * 2014–2015 – SA Ásynjur * 2015–2016 – SA Ásynjur * 2016–2017 – SA Ynjur * 2017–2018 – SA Ásynjur * 2018–2019 – SA Ásynjur * 2019–2020 – SA Ásynjur * 2020–2021 – SA Ásynjur * 2021–2022 – SA Ásynjur * 2022–2023 – SA Ásynjur * 2023–2024 – Fjölnir T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iceland Men's National Ice Hockey Team
The Icelandic men's national ice hockey team () is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, representing Iceland in ice hockey competitions. Iceland is ranked 34th in the world by the IIHF World Rankings as of 2022. IIHF World Championships All-time record against other nations . References External links *IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey {{Men's national ice hockey teams Men's national ice hockey team National ice hockey teams in Europe Ice Hockey
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Iceland Men's National Junior Ice Hockey Team ...
The Icelandic men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Iceland. The team represents Iceland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Junior Championship. International competitions World Junior Championships References {{National sports teams of Iceland Ice hockey teams in Iceland Junior national ice hockey teams Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iceland Women's National Ice Hockey Team
The Icelandic women's national ice hockey team represents Iceland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division IIB. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey Iceland. As of 2011, Iceland had 71 female players. The Icelandic women's national team is ranked 29th in the world. Olympic record The Icelandic women's hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament. World Championships record In 2005 the Icelandic Women team was the first time involved in the World Championship competition. *2005 – Finished in 30th place (4th in Division IV) *2007 – Finished in 32nd place (5th in Division IV) *2008 – Finished in 28th place (1st in Division IV, Promoted to Division III) *2009 – Division III canceled *2011 – Finished in 28th place (3rd in Division IV) *2012 – Finished in 30th place (4th in Division IIB) *2013 – Finished in 30th place (4th in Division IIB) *2014 – Finished in 30th place (4th in Division I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vísir
''Vísir'' was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík. In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor), Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor. In 1975, he left the paper after a conflict with the ownership group of on his editorial policy and founded Dagblaðið. On 26 November 1981, Vísir and Dagblaðið merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir. References 1910 establishments in Iceland Newspapers established in 1910 Daily newspapers published in Iceland Defunct newspapers published in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Publications disestablished in 1981 {{Iceland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country. RÚV operates an Online newspaper, online news service, which is the fourth most visited website in Iceland. In 2016, 88% of Icelanders consumed RÚV content every week. The service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via two broadcast radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2; and one full-time RÚV (TV channel), television channel of the same name, RÚV. A supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2 is also broadcast for special events. It also distributes online-only channels and content for children and the elderly. RÚV is funded by a flat Earmark (politics), earmarked government tax collected from every income tax payer, as well as from on-air Television advertisement, advertising. All of RÚV's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robbie Sigurðsson
Robert Michael Sigurðsson (born 18 October 1993) is an American-born Icelandic ice hockey player and a former member of the Icelandic men's national team. In 2017, he was named the Icelandic Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year. Playing career Sigurðsson joined Skautafélag Reykjavíkur (SR) of the Icelandic Men's Hockey League during the 2011–12 season. He helped SR to the IHL finals where they lost to Skautafélagið Björninn. He returned to SR in 2014 helped them once again to the IHL finals. In game 4 of the finals, Sigurðsson had to be transported by ambulance to a hospital after a hard hit. Without him and Daníel S. Magnússon, who was also injured, SR lost the finals to Skautafélag Akureyrar. In 2017, Sigurðsson signed with reigning Icelandic champions UMFK Esja. In December 2017, he was named the Icelandic Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year. For the 2017–18 season, he led the league in goals scored with 33, while coming in second to Jussi Sipponen in po ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |