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| | Facts | - Abie Goldberry, a Quebec junior hockey player from the 1930's was hit by a puck while playing hockey, which ignited a set of matches that he had in his pocket. His uniform caught on fire and he was burned quite badly before the fire was put out.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The name hockey, as the organized game came to be known, has been attributed to the French word "hoquet" (shepherd's crook).
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Montreal Canadians hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups with 24.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999).
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - One of the terms of Wayne Gretzky's final contract with the New York Rangers was two tickets for every event at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung.
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