Best of the Region 2025. ... ice shows, hockey, summer stock – almost anything.” “Almost anything” did not include serving as the home for a franchise in the International Hockey League.

Taber also flirted with the newly-formed International Hockey League around this time, suggesting Red Wings Stadium (later renamed Silver Stadium) could house an outdoor artificial ice surface.

The success of the World Baseball Classic this spring has reignited the thirst for a best-on-best international men's ice hockey tournament. We have not seen a World Cup of hockey since 2016 ...