Interesting Facts

When a sport has been around as long as hockey, there are bound to be plenty of interesting facts, legends and stories surrounding it. Here are just a few interesting facts and figures about hockey

The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded on November 22, 1917.
The fastest slapshot on record is Bobby Hulls, which registered 118 miles per hour.
Wayne Gretzky holds 61 NHL records, the most by far of any player.
The NHL record for most goals in a game is owned by Joe Malone, who scored seven times for the Quebec Bulldogs against the Toronto St. Pats on January 31, 1920.
The first hockey puck, used during outdoor pickup games in the 1800s, was reportedly made of frozen cow dung.

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HOCKEY SLOGANS

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Hockey is murder on ice.

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² Hockey Goalie: Your shot stops here!!

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³ Hockey is our goal.

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Better hockey, One player at a time

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⁵ Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins.

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⁶ I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

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⁷ Peace. Love. Hockey

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Mom says play Hockey

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¹⁰ Nothing sweeter than Hockey

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Quotes on the game of Hockey
Great quotes on playng hockey:

"Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept." -Doug Larson
"A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another." -Jimmy Cannon
"Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental." -Jim McKenny
"Some people skate to the puck. I skate to where the puck is going to be." -Wayne Gretzky
"Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect." -Steve Rushin

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