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	...that in ~~1814~~, [[Bury Fen Bandy Club]] had supposedly been unbeaten for over a century?		...that in the 1800s, [[Bury Fen Bandy Club]] had supposedly been unbeaten for over a century?

	...that there was an ethnic [[German Association Championship\|German Championship]] played in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s?		...that there was an ethnic [[German Association Championship\|German Championship]] played in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s?

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==Did You Know==
This section is a collection of interesting and sometimes obscure facts about hockey around the world.

Did you know that...

...that in 1814, [[Bury Fen Bandy Club]] had supposedly been unbeaten for over a century?

...that there was an ethnic [[German Association Championship|German Championship]] played in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s?

...that [[Roger Van der Straten-Ponthoz]] scored the first known goal by a European goaltender on February 27, 1910?

...that a game between [[DEHG Prag]] and [[Olmützer EV]] in 1934 was stopped by the police as it was "disturbing the nighttime peace"?

...that an ice hockey championship was played in [[Tajikistan]] in the 1950s?

...that the brothers [[Mezzi Andreossi|Mezzi]], [[Zacchi Andreossi|Zacchi]], and [[Gianni Andreossi]] played together on the [[Swiss National Team]] at the [[Ice Hockey European Championship 1922|1922 European Championship]]?

...that in [[Belgium]], it was common for players to play in long trousers, white elegant shirts and bow-ties during the early 1900s?

...that in 1926, [[Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet]] became [[Week of Winter Sports|Slovak champions]] in bandy, and [[Troppauer EV Opava]] became Slovak champions in ice hockey, despite neither club being from Slovakia?

...that the [[New Niagara Challenge Cup]] was the first indoor tournament to be played in [[Great Britain]], and Europe as a whole, when it was contested in 1897?

...that a Challenge Cup between [[SC Lyon]] and [[Club des Patineurs de Paris]] was played in France in [[1902-03 in French ice hockey|1902-03]]?

...that the [[Tebbutt Family|Tebbutts]] from England donated the [[Wanderpokal]] to be competed for in Germany in 1901?

==Photographs==
Find interesting historical photographs here!

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34Ger.jpg|The 1934 [[German National Team]] does the Hitler Salute after a game.
MilfordBaby.png|This 1937 photo shows Jack Milford of the [[Wembley Monarchs]] skating with his wife and... Their baby strapped up between them.
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==Caricatures==
Caricatures of famous players were commonplace in the European newspapers prior to [[World War II]]. Check out some of them below:

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Dorasil Caricature 2.png|[[Wolfgang Dorasil]], the best ethnic German player in Czechoslovakia (and a card-carrying Nazi).
Malecek Caricature.png|The "giant" of pre-war European hockey, [[Josef Malecek]], literally dwarfs his opponents here.
31 American Caricatures.png|The 1931 [[American National Team]]
C.S. Smith Caricature.png|C.S. Smith, the American coach of [[SK Slavia Praha]].
Blake Watson Caricature.jpg|Canadian [[Blake Watson]] was quite the sensation during his time in Europe.
Kenzir Caricature.png|Mr. Kenzir - Czechoslovakia.
33 Canada Caricatures.png|Players from the 1933 [[Canadian National Team]] - the Toronto Nationals.
1892 Bandy Assoc.png|A caricature of the meeting of the [[National Bandy Association]]. Look at those bandy legs!
Maginot Line.jpg|Published in the ''Montreal Gazette'' on November 18, 1939, the Maginot Line held up far better on paper than it did in practice.
1933 Lit fight.jpg|A brawl took place in a friendly match in [[Lithuania]] in 1932-33. The ''Kūno kultūra ir sveikata'' sketched a humorous depiction of the melee.
31Caricatures.jpg|Caricatures from the [[1931 World Ice Hockey Championships|1931 World Championship]].
31 Wiener EV Caricatures.png|Caricatures of the top members of [[Wiener EV]] in 1931.
Weiss Caricature.jpg|[[Hermann Weiss]] stood tall in net for WEV.
Poprad Caricature.gif|A caricature denoting [[HK Poprad|HC Tatry]] as Slovak champions in 1935-36.
Germans Caricature.png|A caricature depicting [[Rudi Ball]], [[Herbert Bruck]], and [[Gustav Jaenecke]] (left-right).
Stogowski.png|A caricature of [[Jozef Stogowski]]
Glowacki Caricature.png|A caricature of [[Franciczek Glowacki]]
1936 Pol Caricature.png|A caricature depicting the ice beginning to melt in the middle of a match.
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