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Pucks are frozen prior to professional games. As many as 30 or 40 pucks are used in each
NHL
game
.
Players are not allowed to play with a
Broken Stick
. They will get a two-minute
Penalty
if they do.
If a player shoots the
puck
out of his own end and it goes
over the glass
, they will receive a two minute penalty for delay of game.
The
home team
gets to change their lines last. They also get to put their sticks down last during face-offs.
Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky chose #99 as a way to honour his favourite player, Gordie "Mr. Hockey" Howe, who wore #9 throughout his career. There were many other famous players who wore #9 as well, including Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.
#99 has been retired by the NHL
league
-
wide
. No player may ever wear #99 on their NHL
jersey
as a token of respect to the greatest player ever.
Mario Lemieux was the first player to score in every category during one game: even strength , Power Play, Short-Handed, Penalty shot and Empty net . No player has ever done it since.
The
AHL
affiliate, or "
farm team
" for the Vancouver Canucks is called the Manitoba Moose.
"
transition hockey
" refers to how well a team or player
can
change between offense and defense during play.
The " Sean Avery Rule " stipulates that a player may not wave their stick in front of the Goalie 's face or otherwise deliberately obstruct their vision. They will receive a two-minute penalty if they do.
The first TV commentator to use the "
Telestrator
" to help audiences understand the game was
Howie
Meeker. "He gets the puck and he just skates, skates, skates! You'
D
think he had rockets on his feet."
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