Interesting facts about hockey Is a great opportunity to learn more about team sports. Today there are several varieties of this game, but ice hockey is the most popular in the world.
So, here are the most interesting facts about hockey.
- The history of hockey is one of the most contested of all sports. According to the official version, it is Montreal (Canada) that is considered the birthplace of hockey.
- The goalkeeper of one of the American teams almost died after an opponent accidentally cut his jugular vein with a skate. He lost a lot of blood, but the professional actions of the club doctor saved the goalkeeper's life. As a result, he returned not ice after a week.
- In 1875, the first official ice hockey match in history was held in Montreal. An interesting fact is that each team had 9 hockey players.
- American hockey player Dino Sissarelli hit his opponent 2 times with a stick during one fight, and then also struck with a fist in the face. The court regarded this as an assault and sentenced the culprit to one day in prison, along with a substantial fine.
- Did you know that in the period 1875-1879. was a square-shaped wooden puck used in hockey?
- Modern washers are made from volcanic rubber.
- Legendary football goalkeeper Lev Yashin was originally a hockey goalkeeper. In this role, he even won the USSR Cup. Yashin was offered to defend the gates of the Soviet national hockey team, but he decided to connect his life with football (see interesting facts about football).
- Approximately 70% of professional hockey players lost at least one tooth on the rink.
- The first ice hockey rink with artificial turf was built in Montreal in 1899.
- The puck, sent by a strong player, is capable of speeds in excess of 190 km / h.
- An interesting fact is that NHL players are not prohibited from using drugs and alcohol.
- According to modern rules, the thickness of the ice in a hockey rink should be no more than 10 cm.
- Translated from French, the word "hockey" means - "shepherd's staff."
- To prevent the pucks from bouncing too much, they are kept cold before the start of the hockey game.
- In 1893, the Governor of Canada, Frederick Stanley, bought a goblet that looked like an inverted pyramid of silver rings to be presented to the country's champion. As a result, the world famous trophy - the Stanley Cup - was born.
- The most productive game in the history of hockey was the meeting between the national teams of South Korea and Thailand. The fight ended with a crushing score 92: 0 in favor of the Koreans.
- In 1900, a net appeared on the hockey goal, and initially it was an ordinary fishing net.
- The first hockey mask appeared on the face of a Japanese goalkeeper. It happened in 1936.
