Hockey Facts and Trivia

• The diameter of a hockey puck is three inches.
• The first organized indoor hockey game was played March 3, 1875 at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink.
• The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded on November 22, 1917.
• The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cups in league history, with 23.
• The standard North American ice rink is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide.
• The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario.
• Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins was the first NHL player to record 100 points in a season, in 1969.
• The last player in the NHL to play without a helmet was Craig MacTavish, who retired in 1997.
• Regulation hockey nets are six feet wide and four feet tall.