Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Proposed team pages format

This is a proposed ice hockey team page format for NHL and top-level teams. The sections from Members on down are the list sections. Most prose is in the History section, which is first, following Wikipedia standards.

=Sample= ''Notes: this team page is a guide-line for ice hockey team pages. Feel free to make minor changes but for major changes, build a consensus on the talk page.

The Anytown Samplers are a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They play in Anytown, Ontario, Canada at the Anytown Civic Arena. They are members of the X Division of the Y Conference of the NHL.

Paragraph about when founded, existence, including mention of previous location of franchise, etc., until present.

Paragraph about team success, failure.

History
''Add history here. The history should include the origins of the team (for example, if they came from another league or city) and a year-by-year recap of important events in the team's history. It is not necessary to mention every year, but an overview should be here of the important seasons. Equal weight should be given to a team's entire history, not just the last handful of seasons.''

The Oldtown Samplers were granted a franchise on 16 July, 2000, and began playing in the 2000–01 season. Despite acquiring star goaltender Homer Itolja they finished last in the league. With an extreme lack of offence and defence, the team resorted to the trap and to physically wearing down their opponents and in doing so set a league record in penalty minutes with 3008 in only 54 games blah blah blah.

By the 2002–03 season, new ownership brought with it new money, relocating the team to Anytown. blah blah blah and the team finished first in their division and went on to win the championship blah blah blah.

Chronological sub-sections
Use headers based on eras of the team: e.g. Founding, The Owner/Manager X era and the like. Not a single season, unless the team is really new, or the season is especially prominent.

Sub-sections:
Typical sub-sections of history include Arenas, Logo and Team Jerseys, Mascots, Rivalries and the like. Some of this may fit within the chronological sub-sections, but sometimes text describing events which are separated by long periods of time would get lost within the chronological information.

Members
This section stays current.

Current roster
''Note: following standard NHL and Wikipedia practice, the country of birth listed is that which existed at the time of the player's birth. Therefore, entries such as "USSR," "Czechoslovakia," "West Germany" and "Yugoslavia" are correct.''

As of October 8, 2006

Team captains
Provide a paragraph about the current captain(s). Provide a link to list of players using the detail template.


 * Johnny M. Smith (2000–02)
 * Michel Roy (2002–present)

General Managers
Provide a paragraph about the general manager. Provide a link to list of general managers if too many to fit in this section. Link using the detail template.

Sample list:
 * Robert Robertson (2000–02)
 * John Johnson (2002–present)

Head Coaches
Provide a paragraph about the current gm. Provide a link to list of gm if too many to fit in this section. Link using the detail template.

Sample list:
 * Pat Patterson (2000–02)
 * Pete Peterson (2002–present)

Ownership
Paragraph about current ownership of team. Followed by either a list of owners, or preceded by a details template link to a separate list article, if extremely long.

Example:

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been owned since 2003 by Maple Leaf Sport and Entertainment, a holding company owned by private investors and pension plans. The executive at MLSE responsible for the Maple Leafs is whoever.


 * Toronto Arena Limited (w-x)
 * Conn Smythe (x-y)
 * Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (y-z)
 * Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (z-present)

Honored Members
Hall of Famers: Have hall of fame players, builders and broadcasters in paragraph form

Retired Numbers: Have retired numbers and associated players in paragraph form

All-time players
Do not fill out this section with player names, but an introductory paragraph may be useful. The point of any introductory paragraph is to provide an introduction to the list article which is separate.

Team record
This section is updated per season.

Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

All-time leading scorers
Table of top-ten leading scorers

All-time leading goaltenders
Table of top-five leading goaltenders.

League awards and records

 * Awards

Any notable awards presented by the team, in list format.


 * Records

Any notable records held by the team, in list format.

Team awards and records

 * Awards

Any notable awards presented by the team, in list format.


 * Records

Any notable records held by the team, in list format.

Broadcasting and media
Provide a paragraph about current information about broadcasting and media related to the team. List any past information after the paragraph.

Diacritics
Diacritics shall not be shown for player names on NHL team pages. Wiki-linked player names shall have their diacritics hidden.