Hockey in the National Archives

American soldiers stationed at Archangel, Russia, play hockey on a rink along the Dwina River, December 6, 1918. Photo by Sgt. G.H. Shotwell. Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Hockey match between the U.S. Military Academy and Williams College, West Point, New York, 1918. Photo by Edwin Levick. Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. View in the National Archives Catalog.

French and American hockey teams in Chamonix, France, February 11, 1919. Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Hockey teams, Camp Grant, IL, 1919. Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Army ice hockey team members, circa 1927. Records of the U.S. Military Academy. View in the National Archives Catalog.

 David M. Schorr, Army ice hockey team member, circa 1929. Records of the U.S. Military Academy. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Betty Bloomer, the future Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at the Kent Country Club in Grand Rapids, MI, 1935. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. View in the National Archives Catalog.

New Deal–era painting depicting hockey players from the early 1900s. Painted by artist Henry Billings, circa 1937. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. View in the National Archives Catalog.

The 1948 U.S. Olympic hockey team, circa 1948. Records of the U.S. Information Agency. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Patent Case File No. 2,642,679, Ice Rink Resurfacing Machine by inventor Frank J. Zamboni, filed May 16, 1949. Records of the Patent and Trademark Office. View in the National Archives Catalog.

New Englanders play ice hockey in the Public Garden in Boston, MA, February 1973. Photo by Ernst Halberstadt. Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Youngsters playing hockey at West Side Park in New Ulm, MN, January 1975. Photo by David Rees. Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. View in the National Archives Catalog. 

Ssgt. Bob Clougherty, the only American player in a German ice hockey league, plays with his German teammates in West Berlin, March 1, 1981. Photo by Hendrik G. Pastor. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

President Ronald Reagan greeting legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky at a luncheon for National Hockey League All Stars, February 8, 1982. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. View in the National Archives Catalog.

A group of children participate in a game of ice hockey in Brunswick, ME, November 1, 1982. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

The U.S. Naval Academy ice hockey team participates in a game in Annapolis, MD, December 10, 1985. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Nancy Reagan slapping a hockey puck while attending "Just Say No" Night for the National Hockey League at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD, March 25, 1988. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. View in the National Archives Catalog.

Members of the 1980 U.S. gold medal Olympic hockey team stand below the Olympic flame after lighting it, at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium, during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT, February 8, 2002. Photo by JO1 Preston Keres. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in the National Archives Catalog.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet members of the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, April 21, 2010. Barack Obama Presidential Library. View in the National Archives Catalog.