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

Anytown Samplers
Anytown Samplers
2009-10 Anytown Samplers season
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Conference	Western
Division	Northwest
Founded	2000
History	Oldtown Samplers; 2000 - 2002; Anytown Samplers; 2002 - present
Home arena	Anytown Civic Arena
City	Anytown, Ontario
Team colours	Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
Media	Rogers Sportsnet Ontario; CFAT-AM radio
Owner(s)	John Doe, Jane Doe
General manager	Newsy Lalonde
Head coach	Reggie Dunlop
Captain	Mark Messier
Minor league affiliates	Sometown Somebodies (AHL); Notown Nobodies (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	2004–05
Conference championships	2004–05
Division championships	2003–04, 2004–05

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

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
35	Canadian Player	L	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
36	American Player	L	2001	Washington, District of Columbia

Defencemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	Swedish Player	L	1994	Stockholm, Sweden
4	Slovak player	R	2003	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
5	Czech player	L	1998	Prague, Czechoslovakia
6	Finnish Player	R	2002	Helsinki, Finland
26	Ukrainian Player	L	2005	Kiev, U.S.S.R.
28	Russian Player	L	2004	Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
7	Lithuanian player	L	C	2000	Vilnius, U.S.S.R.
16	German Player	R	C/RW	2001	Bonn, West Germany
17	Latvian Player	L	RW	2001	Rīga, U.S.S.R.
18	Korean Player	R	RW	2005	Seoul, South Korea
19	Belarussian player	L	LW	1996	Minsk, U.S.S.R.
20	Austrian player	R	C	2003	Vienna, Austria
21	French Player	L	RW/LW	2001	Paris, France
22	Swiss Player	L	LW	1999	Bern, Switzerland
24	South African Player	L	LW/RW	1997	Cape Town, South Africa
33	Brazilian Player	L	C	1999	Brasília, Brazil
37	British Player	L	RW/LW	1998	London, United Kingdom

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

2002–03	54	21	23	10	—	52	213	206	1719	1st X Division	Won Championship
Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
2000–01	54	6	45	3	—	15	105	329	3008	1st X Division	Out of playoffs
2001–02	54	20	28	6	—	46	214	253	2089	1st X Division	Out of playoffs
2003–04	62	37	19	6	—	80	296	218	876	1st X Division	Won Championship
2004–05	63	33	25	5	—	71	251	216	387	1st X Division	Lost in finals
2005–06	63	43	10	—	1	87	312	109	398	1st X Division	Won Championship

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