- The National Hockey League
(NHL) was founded on November 22, 1917
- The diameter of a hockey puck
is three inches.
- The fastest slapshot on
record is Bobby Hull’s, which registered 118 miles per hour
- The standard North American
ice rink is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide.
- Wayne Gretzky holds 61 NHL
records, the most by far of any player.
- The Hockey Hall of Fame is
located in Toronto, Ontario.
- Prior to the 1927-28 season,
forward passes were not allowed in hockey.
- The original Stanley Cup was
only seven inches high.
- The 1956 Montreal Canadians
team featured 12 future Hall of Famers.
- Goalies cannot carry — or
even touch — the puck on the opposite side of the center line.
- Regulation hockey nets are
six feet wide and four feet tall.
- New ideas about new things are
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