2012 in ice sports explained
World Championship
- January 27 – February 3: 2012 Bandy World Championship in Almaty
- Division A final: defeated, 5–4, to win its eleventh Bandy World Championship title. took the bronze medal.
- Division B final: won the division and was therefore qualified for Division A next year.
Women's World Championship
World Cup
National champions
International Youth Championships
- Season of Champions
- Canada Cup of Curling (Cranbrook, British Columbia, Nov. 30 – Dec. 4)
- Continental Cup of Curling (Langley, British Columbia, January 12–15)
- M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships (Napanee, Ontario, February 4–12)
- Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Red Deer, Alberta, February 18–26)
- Tim Hortons Brier (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 3–11)
- Grand slams
- Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic (Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 7–10)
- Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 21–24)
- GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 2–6)
- BDO Canadian Open of Curling (Kingston, Ontario, Dec. 14–18)
- The Pomeroy Inn & Suites National (Dawson Creek, British Columbia, January 25–29)
- Sun Life Financial Players' Championship (Summerside, Prince Edward Island, April 17–22)
- World championships
- World Wheelchair Curling Championship (Chuncheon City, South Korea, February 18–25)
- World Junior Curling Championships (Östersund, Sweden, March 3–11)
- Ford World Women's Curling Championship (Lethbridge, Alberta, March 17–25)
- Capital One World Men's Curling Championship (Basel, Switzerland, March 31 – April 8)
- World Senior Curling Championships (Tårnby. Denmark, April 14–21)
- Men's winner: (John Jo Kenny, skip)
- Women's winner: (Heidi Hanlon, skip)
- World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (Erzurum, Turkey, April 23–29)
Figure skating
- September 7, 2011: 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: A plane carrying KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes, killing all but one player and one flight crew member. The league responds by stopping the season's first game, already in progress, and postponing the official season start.
- September 12, 2011: On the day that Alexander Galimov, the only Lokomotiv player to survive the crash, dies of his injuries, Lokomotiv announces it will pull out of the KHL for the 2011–12 season. The team will play in the second-level Russian Major League this season and return to the KHL in 2012–13. In other fallout from the crash, the Czech Extraliga announces it will delay the start of its 2011–12 season from September 16 to September 18. The original start date conflicted with the funeral of Jan Marek, one of three Czechs killed in the crash.
- October 6, 2011: Start of the 2011–12 NHL regular season.
- December 26, 2011 – January 5: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- defeated defending-champion 1–0 in overtime to win their first title in 31 years. Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was named MVP of the tournament.[1]
- January 2: The 2012 NHL Winter Classic is held in Philadelphia.
- January 29: The 59th National Hockey League All-Star Game is held in Ottawa.
- February 14: The Detroit Red Wings set a new NHL record for consecutive home wins at 21 straight with a 3–1 win over the Dallas Stars. The previous record of 20 consecutive wins was originally set by the Boston Bruins in 1929–30 and tied by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975–76. The new record is 23 consecutive home wins.
- March 25: McGill Redmen defeat the Western Ontario Mustangs 4–3 to win the 2012 CIS University Cup.
- March 23 – April 7: 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament
- April 3 - May 23: 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs in the ECHL. Florida wins the Kelly Cup over Las Vegas Wranglers 4-1.
- April 7 – 14: 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship in the United States
- defeated defending-champion 5–4 in overtime to win their tenth title overall and the team's first IIHF World title since 2007.[2]
- April 11 – June 11: 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in Canada and United States.
- April 16 – 21: 2012 Allan Cup Canadian senior men's ice hockey championship in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan.
- Southeast Prairie Thunder defeat the Rosetown Red Wings 4–1 in the final to win the championship.
- May 5 – 13: 2012 Royal Bank Cup Canadian "Junior A" championship in Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
- May 4 – 20: 2012 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Sweden.
- defeated 6–2 to win its fourth title.
- May 18 – 27: 2012 Memorial Cup in Shawinigan, Quebec.
- April 19 – June 9: 2012 Calder Cup in Canada and United States.
- June 20: 2012 NHL Awards in Las Vegas.
- June 22–23: 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh.
- June 27: The 2012 induction class of the Hockey Hall of Fame, consisting entirely of (male) players, is announced. These individuals were formally inducted on November 12 in Toronto.[3]
- September 15: The NHL locks out its players upon the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players' union.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: HOME . 2016-07-31 . 2016-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828191057/http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20/home.html . dead .
- http://www.iihf.com/sk/competition/271/news/news-singleview/recap/6655.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=5973&cHash=48d2550f81
- News: Four headed to Hockey Hall of Fame . Associated Press . ESPN.com . June 27, 2012 . June 27, 2012.