Hockey Betting - 2003-2004 Season Review

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17th June 2008, by Taylor Luk

Centrebet offered Ice Hockey betting odds on all the major competitions for the 2003- 2004 season. Ice Hockey is an extremely popular sport for punters around the world. Ice hockey betting is available from Centrebet on competitions played in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, the United States of America and Canada.

Hockey Betting Options:

The most popular betting options for punters are the draw option, game total and handicap. There are other options such as, pick the score, point scorer head to head, first team to score, team to score last goal, most penalties in minutes, time of first goal and total goals for day.

National Hockey League (nhl) Betting Opportunities:

The National Hockey League (NHL) is the most popular competition for ice hockey punters at Centrebet. The season commenced on 8 October 2003 and went through to 4 April 2004, with games scheduled for nearly every day with the exception of Christmas. Following on from the regular season were the play-offs and the Stanley Cup. Check our NHL Hockey betting overview.

The NHL competition involves thirty teams from the USA and Canada. These are listed below.

Eastern Conference: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadians, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Thrashers, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals.

Western Conference: Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, St Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks.

International Ice Hockey Federation (iihf) Fixtures:

The 2004 season should generate added interest from ice hockey enthusiasts as the build up for the next Olympic Games. The Games will generate a large amount of patriotic support for the many national teams that will be competing. As usual Centrebet will be following the Olympics and providing as many books as possible for this great occasion.

Euro Ice Hockey Challenge:

The Euro Ice Hockey Challenge 2003-2004 consisted of 12 mini-tournaments, conducted in the 12 countries of the participants and divided into 4 rounds. Great Britain did not take part in the event as a result of organisational problems. However, their place was filled by 2 teams, Croatia and Estonia.

Centrebet continues to provide an extensive coverage of all European Ice Hockey odds, including IIHF Ice Hockey odds. The most popular competitions with our clients include: Russian Superliga, Danish Superisligaen, Swiss Nationalliga, Finnish SM-Liiga, Swedish Allsvenskan, Norwegian Eliteserien, Austrian EHL, German DEL-Bundesliga, and Finnish Mestis.

With around 3,000 books a week, Centrebet has all your favourite sports covered. You can check our latest Euro Ice Hockey Challenge betting, as well as our football odds for a wide range of codes, including the Euro 2004 football betting odds. We also offer golf betting odds, and floorball odds. Books for these sporting codes are now open for Centrebet customers. You can check our online sports betting calendar for more information on upcoming events.

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last update : 17th June 2008 17:11