Got a big date planned and tickets to the hockey game. Here are some trivial facts to impress him with:
- The first goalie to be credited with 9 goals was Billy Smith of the New York Islanders in 1979.
- The National Hockey League was started in 1917.
- Northern Michigan was the birthplace of the professional hockey league in 1904.
- The Amateur Hockey Association was the first governing body of hockey in 1887.
- The first hockey game was played in 1879 by students of McGill University.
- The ice is ¾” thick and 16F
- Slovakia won its first gold metal in 2002.
- Helmets became mandatory for junior and college leagues in 1970, 1979 for NHL.
- A puck is 3” x 1” and weighs 6oz.
- Frank Zamboni of California created the Zamboni in 1945.
- A Zamboni can resurface the ice in ten minutes.
- The speed of the puck hit by most players is about 100 MPH.
- The first player to wear headgear for protection was George Owen in 1928.
- The use of helmets was prompted by the death of Bill Masterson in 1968.
- The National Hockey League consisted of thirty teams when founded.
- The most recent goalie to be credited with a total of nine goals was Evengi Nabokov in 2002.