▁C ▁tournament s . ▁ ▁The ▁rising ▁interest ▁in ▁ice ▁hockey ▁effect ed ▁the ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁players ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁teams . ▁R ino ▁O uel lette , ▁a ▁Canadian ▁diplom at ▁in ▁An k ara , ▁who ▁co ached ▁two ▁teams ▁consec ut ively , ▁contributed ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁ice ▁hockey ▁sport ▁in ▁Turkey . ▁A ▁tournament , ▁organized ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁laid ▁the ▁ground ▁stone ▁for ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁Turkey ' s ▁first ▁ice ▁hockey ▁league ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁ice ▁hockey ▁players ▁is ▁ 7 9 0 ▁consisting ▁of ▁ 3 1 0 ▁men ' s , ▁ 3 2 0 ▁juni ors ▁and ▁ 1 6 0 ▁women ' s . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁on , ▁the ▁feder ation ▁conducted ▁regularly ▁courses ▁for ▁ref ere es ▁and ▁train ers . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 1 0 ▁ref ere es ▁as ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Under ▁increasing ▁competition ▁pressure , ▁the ▁teams ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁transfer ▁valuable ▁players ▁from ▁countries ▁with ▁ice ▁hockey ▁tradition ▁like ▁Canada , ▁Russia , ▁Ukraine ▁etc . ▁The ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁foreign ▁sports people ▁contributed ▁considerable ▁to ▁the ▁enh ancement ▁of ▁this ▁sport ▁resulting ▁in ▁Turkey ' s ▁first ▁international ▁win ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁against ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0