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Ice Hockey History
In early 1800s, ice hockey was developed by British soldiers and immigrants as a variant of the Nordic and Germanic field hockey. By the 1900s, official matches within North America and Europe were held and soon after professional teams were formed.
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When were the original six teams formed?
The "Original Six" refers to the teams that made up the NHL before the first major expansion in the 1960's. Actually, the term "Original Six" is somewhat misleading as it implies that the NHL was always made up of six teams prior to expansion in 1967. When the New York Americans folded at the end of the 1941/42 season, it left the league with six teams and it remained that way until expansion. Prior to 1942, the NHL had varying numbers of teams as members, not just the so-called "Original Six".
How many black players have won the Stanley Cup?
Three
Grant Fuhr 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 with the Edmonton Oilers
Pokey Reddick 1990 with the Edmonton Oilers
Dustin Byfuglien 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks
Maurice Richard was born on August 4, 1921 and died on May 27, 2000. Maurice Richard would have been 78 years old at the time of death or 93 years old today.
Not sure exact what model the Finnish Flash uses these days but I have seen lots of pictures from 2011 and he is using an Easton model.
How many hat tricks did Maurice Richard have in his career?
544 is the exact number of how many goals he got while he was is the NHL.
In 1988, Gretzky was traded along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski from Edmonton to Los Angeles for $15 million in cash and LA's 1st round picks in 1989, 1991, and 1993. LA traded Gretzky to St. Louis in 1996 for Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, and Craig Johnson.
Who were the Canadian women hockey fiercest competitors from 1998 - 2006?
Canada's fiercest women's hockey players from 1998 to 2006 were on the Canadian Olympic Women's Hockey Team at least one of those years. They were:
Goaltenders:
Charline Labonte
Leslie Reddon
Manon Rheaume
Kim St-Pierre
Sami Jo Small
Skaters:
Meghan Agosta
Dana Antal
Gillian Apps
Kelly Bechard
Jennifer Botterill
Thérèse Brisson
Cassie Campbell
Isabelle Chartrand
Judy Diduck
Lori Dupuis
Gillian Ferrari
Danielle Goyette
Geraldine Heaney
Jayna Hefford
Becky Kellar
Gina Kingsbury
Carla MacLeod
Kathy McCormack
Karen Nystrom
Caroline Ouellette
Cherie Piper
Cheryl Pounder
France St-Louis
Laura Schuler
Tammy Lee Shewchuk
Fiona Smith
Colleen Sostorics
Vicky Sunohara
Sarah Vaillancourt
Katie Weatherston
Hayley Wickenheiser
Stacy Wilson
What is a shorthanded hat trick?
Three goals for any one player while shorthanded( on the penalty kill) in a single game.
How many people died from playing hockey?
There have been deaths in various European leagues. However, in the NHL there has been only one. On Jan. 13, 1968, in a game between the Oakland Seals and the Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota player Bill Masterton was checked and fell to the ice causing a severe head injury. He was taken to hospital but never regained consciousness. He died two days later on Jan.15/68. Not as much as baseball. Proof on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_people_who_died_during_their_career#Ice_hockey
Pull a goalie means to take the goalie out and use him as a offender to get an extra goal. Its kinda usless.
This is NOT useless in Hockey! Maybe Soccer (if you can? dont follow Soccer) but there have been many late goals scored in Hockey (NHL) because of the extra attacker, happened a few times in the NHL Playoffs that just passed (2010 as in yrs passed also) also gives the other team a easier chance to score, but down a goal anyway. So nothing to lose. But by no means is this useless? Many games have been tied up because of the extra attacker! Hope your talking about Soccer? Becasue it is absoultley NOT useless in Hockey! I know this for a fact because i beton every NHL playoff game and every game`s spread was + or - 1.5, so many games the team without the goalie ended up winning by 2 instead of 1 because of. But also were games were they tied the game up too put game into OT, yes it`s more likely you score an open netter or clank it off post liek Crosby, but like i said "nothign tolose" (except screw the spread up? ha) but several teams tied games up because of the extra man.
