| 1997 |
European Hockey Player Server started up by Balz Meierhans |
| July 1998 |
EuroNews started up by Mike Ewer |
| December 1998 |
The merger of EHPS and EuroNews is settled, Carl Johnstone formerly of Into The Storm joins as scripter. European Hockey.Net is launched. |
| March 1999 |
The European Hockey.Net ICQ User Group becomes the largest in European hockey after just three months of existence |
| May 1999 |
Record visits to the site coincide with the complete integration of the European Hockey Player Server into the new site |
| June 1999 |
6,612 visits in a single month. |
| 3rd September 1999 |
InTheCrease names EH.N as the first 1999/2000 winner of its prestigious 3 Stars award! |
| 31st December 1999 |
60,343 visits in our first year
= 165 per day average |
| 2nd May 2000 |
Break the 500 visits/day mark with 589 visits in a single day. |
| May 2000 |
15,532 visits in a single month. |
| September 2000 |
A provisional agreement is reached between eurohockey.com and eurohockey.net to share resources and combine sites. |
| 2nd December 2000 |
Eurohockey.net gets a major plug on the Golden Gopher hockey program on KSTP AM 1500 radio. Live audio is available via the
am1500.com website.
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| 31st December 2000 |
174,278 visits in our second year (188% increase)
= 476 per day average |
| 1st January 2001 |
EH.N earns its second major award, being voted onto the A-Z of Hockey's All-Star Team! |
| 8th January 2001 |
The 1000 visits/day mark is broken as we clock up 1004 visits in a day. |
| January 2001 |
29,014 visits in a month. |
| 22nd April 2001 |
2206 visits in a day pushes us over the 2000/day mark for the first time. |
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| 24th April 2001 |
Our 1 millionth visit! In 2 years and 4 months. |
| May 2001 |
57,561 visits in a single month. |
| 30th September 2001 |
The site moves to it's own dedicated server, which is hosted on a DSL line in Manchester. |
| 31st December 2001 |
655,311 visits in our third year (276% increase)
=1,795 per day average |
| April 2002 |
120,052 visits in a month. |
| 31st December 2002 |
1,164,401 visits in our fourth year (78% increase)
= 3,190 per day
Total 2,054,333 visits since 1/1/1999 |
| 8th April 2003 |
Credit for news of a player transfer in a Finnish daily newspaper "Kaleva" results in a huge increase of visitors from Finland. Our previous daily visits record of 3,508 is smashed two days in a row. 4,300 is the new mark for 8/4/2003.
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23rd April 2003 |
We quickly move over the 5,000 visits/day mark with 5,026 visits. |
31st December 2003 |
1,620,809 visits in our fifth year (39% increase)
= 4,441 per day on average |
| 29th July 2004 |
Our 5 millionth visit! In 5 years and 7 months. |
| 2nd August 2004 |
A new record of 10,186 visits pushes us over the 10,000 visits/day mark. |
| August 2004 |
267,981 visits in a single month. |
| 31st December 2004 |
2,885,585 visits in our sixth year (78% increase)
= 7,884 per day on average |
| 31st January 2005 |
Over 25,000 visits/day - a new record of 26,007 on the transfer deadline for many leagues. |
| May 2005 |
500,093 visits in a single month. |
| 11th September 2005 |
Our 10 millionth visit! In 6 years and 9 months.
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| 31st December 2005 |
5,137,097 visits in our sixth year (78% increase)
= 14,074 per day on average |
| 22nd October 2006 |
The players database reaches the 100,000 player mark |
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To be continued........... |