...that goaltenders are not sent to the penalty box and have their penalties served by proxy by any other player on the ice at the time of the penalty? (The exception being match penalty, where the goalkeeper actually has to leave the ice.)
...that Peter Pocklington, owner of the Edmonton Oilers, had his father's name, Basil, engraved on the Stanley Cup after the Oilers won the 1984 championship? Basil had absolutely nothing to do with the team beyond the family connection. The NHL decreed this to be unacceptable, and had the name X'd out.
...that a pest is a player who attempts to distract, annoy, or anger an opponent in order to reduce the latter's effectiveness or to induce him to commit a penalty?
...that Frank Finnigan's jersey number 8 was retired by the Ottawa Senators when they entered the league in 1992, as he was the last surviving member of the original Senators when the team was granted a franchise by the NHL?
... that Roberto Luongo (pictured) made 72 saves in a 5–4 quadruple overtime win against the Dallas Stars in his first playoff game in the NHL?
...that John LeClair had three consecutive 50 goal seasons?
...that while Thomas Vanek is the highest drafted Austrian-born player in the NHL, he is of mixed Czech and Slovak descent, moved to the United States in 1998, but represent the Austrian national ice hockey team?
... that Pete Muldoon(pictured), after he was fired after only one season in 1927 by the Chicago Blackhawks, supposedly placed an Irish curse that would prevent the Blackhawks from being first for the next 41 years?
...that the Los Angeles Kings have appeared three times in the Stanley Cup final during their 50-year existence, and won it in 2012 and 2014?
...that the Edmonton Oilers have appeared in the Stanley Cup final seven times since they joined the NHL in 1979, winning five times?
