What percentage of NHL draft picks make it to the NHL?
The NHL is the best hockey league in the world and only about 800 players play in it each year. It is a difficult league to play even one game in. So, just because you are drafted does not guarantee that you will play at all in the league. By being drafted the odds have […]
What is the Average Career Length of an NHL player?
Have you ever wondered how long a player plays in the NHL? We all know that it is difficult to get one game in that league, but once there how long do guys actually last? How many years does the average hockey player play? The average NHL player plays on average 4.5 years. However, when […]
Record for the most goals by one player in NHL game
You have to go way back in the history of the NHL to discover who scored the most goals in one game. The NHL started in 1917 and the record for most goals in a game, which has stood ever since, was set in 1920. The game was different back then – and we will […]
What are the hockey fighting rules in the NHL?
Fighting has always been one of the most talked about aspects of hockey. Other team sports do not tolerate it, but it has found a place within NHL hockey. So what are the fighting rules in the NHL? What are the rules for fighting in the NHL? First of all, fighting in hockey is illegal, […]
What are the most popular teams in the NHL?
Every league has a few teams that everyone knows. If you think baseball you think the New York Yankees. If you think football what comes to mind are the Dallas Cowboys. So what teams come to mind when you think the NHL? What are the most popular teams in the NHL? From a national perspective […]
What Percentage of NHL Players are Canadian?
Hockey is still Canada’s game. It produces the largest amount and the highest quality of players, but other countries are catching up. If you go back in time to the 1970s, almost 100% of the players in the NHL were Canadian, but not anymore! What percentage of NHL players are Canadian? In the 2019-2020 season […]
Top 5 Most Boring Teams in the NHL
When I split season tickets with friends we always know which games would be picked first. We are always looking to get games against our rivals and the star teams in the NHL – Pittsburgh, Washington, Tampa Bay, or the original six teams. On the other end, it seems like the same old teams were […]
Who scored the most goals in one NHL season? (and how it happened)
Every sport has its most coveted records. In the sport of hockey the records everyone wants are around goals – and most of the best ones are held by one player. Who scored the most goals in one NHL season? Wayne Gretzky with the Edmonton Oilers scored 92 goals in the 1981-82 season to set […]
What percentage of NHL players are American?
Hockey is a world sport, and the NHL is made up from players from many different countries. One of the countries that has the largest proportion of players in the NHL is America. What percentage of the NHL players are American? Players born in America makeup 24.8% of the players in the NHL during the […]
What was the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
The Stanley Cup was first awarded in 1893 to the Montreal Hockey club as the top amatuer team in Canada. American teams didn’t start competing for the cup until a couple of decades later. I’ll explain this a little later, but first we must answer our primary question. What was the first American team to […]