INSIGHTS INTO ICE HOCKEY

EVEN IF WAYNE GRETZKY NEVER SCORED A GOAL,

HE WOULD STILL BE THE NHL'S LEADING SCORER.

HOW? HE HAS MORE ASSISTS THAN ANYBODY

ELSE HAS POINTS

THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM OF SLOVAKIA MADE

IT INTO THE 2010 OLYMPICS BY BEATING BULGARIA

82-0. THEY THEN WENT ON TO LOSE TO CANADA 18-0

PATRICK ROY AND MARIO LEMIEUX, TWO OF THE

MOST FAMOUS HOCKEY PLAYERS IN HISTORY, WERE

BORN ON THE SAME DAY BARELY 200KM (125 MILES)

APART (IN CANADA…OF COURSE)

IN 1974, THE MANAGER OF THE BUFFALO SABRES

DRAFTED A PLAYER THAT DIDN'T EXIST TO MAKE

FUN OF THE SLOW PROCESS. NOBODY EVEN

NOTICED WHAT HAD HAPPENED UNTIL TRAINING CAMP

AN AVERAGE HOCKEY PLAYER CAN LOSE UP TO

8 POUNDS DURING A GAME

(WATER WEIGHT FROM SWEAT)

IN 1987, DURING THE JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS,

THE USSR AND CANADA GOT INTO A FIGHT THAT

JUST WOULDN'T END. IT WENT FOR SO LONG THAT

THE OFFICIALS EVEN TRIED TURNING OFF THE

LIGHTS IN THE ARENA (IT DIDN'T HELP)

AFTER A PLAYER-FANS BRAWL IN 1979, THE NHL

DECIDED TO INSTALL HIGHER PLEXIGLASS

PANELS AROUND THE RINKS

WHEN HE WAS 6, WAYNE GRETZKY PLAYED IN THE

10 YEAR OLDS LEAGUE. BECAUSE HIS JERSEY WAS

TOO BIG, HE TUCKED IT IN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

HE CONTINUED TO DO THIS THROUGHOUT

HIS CAREER