The 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano saw two major changes in Olympic Hockey.
First, the ladies took to the ice for the first time as Women's Hockey debuted in 1998 as an Olympic medal sport. The United States women's hockey team won the inaugural event as commemorated by this 1998 USA Hockey pin. The second major change in 1998 was the introduction of professional NHL players into the Olympic hockey tournament. And with the NHLers came a new form of Olympic hockey pin--the NHL sponsored pin.
In 1998 the NHL and Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola teamed up to produce this colorful crossed-stick pin, while the New York Rangers produced a five pin set in honor of its team members participating in the 1998 Winter Games on the Canadian, Russian, Swedish and United States olympic hockey teams. There were at least twelve different NHL pins issued for the Nagano games.
More NHL pins followed in 2002 with a series of three NHL/NHLPA pins produced for the Salt Lake City Olympics, however I am unaware of any NHL-related pins being produced for the 2006 Olympic games in Torino, Italy. However, the NHL pins were back in Vancouver as the NHLPA produced a classic pin simply bearing the NHLPA logo and the Vancouver 2010 Inukshuk symbol. Meanwhile, one of my favorite pins from the 2010 Winter Olympic games is an "unofficial" pin (which to me means the pin bears neither the Olympic rings nor the Olympic symbol).
Specifically, players from the Chicago Blackhawks' represented three countries in the 2010 Olympic games: Canada, Slovakia and the United States. This pin depicts a mock jersey from each country surrounding the Blackhawk indian profile. I think it is a great looking pin.
First, the ladies took to the ice for the first time as Women's Hockey debuted in 1998 as an Olympic medal sport. The United States women's hockey team won the inaugural event as commemorated by this 1998 USA Hockey pin. The second major change in 1998 was the introduction of professional NHL players into the Olympic hockey tournament. And with the NHLers came a new form of Olympic hockey pin--the NHL sponsored pin. 
In 1998 the NHL and Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola teamed up to produce this colorful crossed-stick pin, while the New York Rangers produced a five pin set in honor of its team members participating in the 1998 Winter Games on the Canadian, Russian, Swedish and United States olympic hockey teams. There were at least twelve different NHL pins issued for the Nagano games.
More NHL pins followed in 2002 with a series of three NHL/NHLPA pins produced for the Salt Lake City Olympics, however I am unaware of any NHL-related pins being produced for the 2006 Olympic games in Torino, Italy. However, the NHL pins were back in Vancouver as the NHLPA produced a classic pin simply bearing the NHLPA logo and the Vancouver 2010 Inukshuk symbol. Meanwhile, one of my favorite pins from the 2010 Winter Olympic games is an "unofficial" pin (which to me means the pin bears neither the Olympic rings nor the Olympic symbol). 
Specifically, players from the Chicago Blackhawks' represented three countries in the 2010 Olympic games: Canada, Slovakia and the United States. This pin depicts a mock jersey from each country surrounding the Blackhawk indian profile. I think it is a great looking pin.
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