20 NHL Facts You Didn’t Know...

You will not believe some of these fact about the NHL! From the new hockey puck technology to the first ever outdoor NHL game where the Red Wings played against prison inmates, here are 20 NHL Facts You Didn't Know!
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[@uprebel5150]

On Saturday, March 16th, 2002 my son was born just prior to the Red Wings game against the Boston Bruins. Boston won the game 3 to 1. Drapes scored the only Wings goal. A decade later I told him about it at a signing event. Drapes thought it was really cool that I remembered that and sent my son a lot of signed memorabilia.

[@tuttifrutti8576]

I mean, remembering the only goal scorer in a loss from 10 years ago would catch me off guard as well. That’s a great story!

[@Kwright304]

I have met Drapes a handful of times and he has been the most gracious, nicest guy in the room every time.

[@JuicyCodm]

Bruins are the best

[@seen48]

Did you name your son Chris?

[@seen48]

Great job with your research into this. Perhaps try an MLB one?

[@DantesTyphoon]

The prison was worried about the sticks?! Not the knifes on thier feet? Ok....

[@billbeliakoff5589]

Glad to see that I wasn't the only one to think that.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

“Hey, I got a hockey record. I took my skate off and tried to stab somebody. I'm the only guy who ever did that.” -Happy Gilmore Side note: i’d rather have a hockey stick in a fight than a skate. Maybe if you gave me a couple days I could make something useful out of it but as is, it wouldn’t make a great weapon. I guess you could put the skates on your hands and be pretty dangerous though.

[@deanwilliams2353]

The Art Ross trophy is not for the leading goal scorer, but for the leading point holder. (goals plus assists) It is the Rocket Richard trophy that is given to the leading goal scorer.

[@brandonfrancisco9788]

2:00 Art Ross is actually most points, Rocket Richard trophy is most goals/score

[@Tommy-tz7hm]

I knew it was wrong but why is the Art Ross?

[@coletalkslax]

By scorer he means point scoring😂

[@joshuaneal7552]

@@coletalkslax Except he specified/emphasized "goal scoring" three times, and then randomly threw in "points" at the end.

[@coletalkslax]

​@@joshuaneal7552 he didn't tho

[@joshuaneal7552]

@@coletalkslax Why do you say that?

[@swelch2661]

I'm surprised Ricky wasn't the goalie for the prison team!

[@gordonstockley6747]

Lolol food trays as pads👌👌

[@Boris_Chang]

I bet the Wings players were warned not to pick up the puck.

[@1joshjosh1]

That episode ruled

[@t2av159]

*Art Ross Trophy* is for most points. Scoring is usually in reference to goals

[@AlexSilver9]

So they have sensors in the puck that measure speed and distance traveled, yet no one has thought to put any in them and the posts to tell if a puck completely crosses the goal line. Curious.

[@dana102083]

Maybe it's not accurate enough

[@Joe-ic3oe]

A sensor wouldn’t pickup the goal line.

[@JustinReed-lv1gc]

Maybe they have cameras for that😂😂😂😂

[@michaelfortunato3117]

18:07 I was looking for misspelled names but all I could see was "ASS TRAIN" on the cup. Also "ASS MAN" too.

[@dana102083]

Bahaha

[@kevinkoch5243]

Why nothing about the old glow puck from the late 90s by FOX Sports? Technically that was the first electronic tracker used in the NHL. It used IR LEDs in the puck that the TV cameras would be able to detect. Speed of the puck was also tracked with the system where on the TV broadcast the blue glow shown on the puck would change to a red dot with comet-like tail when the puck traveled past a predetermined speed.

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

I remember that night. The blue and red streaks were lamer than AIDS. I was 16 and it was the first time getting drunk.

[@DaTwistedOne1]

The Art Ross trophy is named after him for the same reason for the naming of a lot of NHL trophies. He presented it to the NHL. Just like The Stanley Cup is named after Lord Stanley, he was far from a championship hockey player, he was a politician. He donated the cup as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, but the NHL renamed it. Art Ross is a Hall of Fame player, and was a VERY successful coach. He couldn't of played long in the "NHL" considering the NHL was founded during his last season. But he dominated in the NHA, which was the league the NHL came from. NHA records 100% are recognized as NHL records.

[@darthollpheist1156]

Hextall also was the first goalie to score a goal in the playoffs..... and let's be real, while he wasn't the first to be credited with one, he was the first to actually score one.

[@joeschmoe2659]

My masters degree in Hockey U is complete! Great video!

[@alfiesmullet1311]

How many penalty minutes were handed out in the detroit vs inmate game?

[@homemadepecanpie]

All of them

[@Gl-my8fw]

It was honestly probably cleaner than an nhl game of the Era.

[@dw7704]

Well technically it wasn’t an NHL game, although it was a game involving an NHL team Would be a good topic for a video of its own

[@gamer_dude94]

Great video. I only knew maybe one of these, and that was about the Penguin. I did know about the octopus, but I didn't know the story behind it.

[@alanmurphy6373]

should be noted the BLUES DID NOT HAVE ANY PICKS till the 3rd round so saying they missed out on Hall of famers taken in the first round is a little misleading

[@ChickensinHighDef]

Correct, and the picks mentioned on this video would have been gone by the 6th pick anyhow (where they would have picked if it hadn't been traded anyhow).

[@GCHG2014]

Pretty sure the electronic pucks are not always used. I've cut game pucks open and both were regular.

[@user-no6sb9dj5x]

They were tried and quickly phased out again in 2020 because they couldn’t make them work reliably. They didn’t last more than a few weeks before they were gone again.

[@official_savage9027]

Red WIngs are one of if not the most historic franchise.

[@youngmommyof2]

Montreal Canadiens?? not a fan of them but aren't they the most historic? I mean they have the most cups, their players are immaculate, goalies have never missed till recently. Idk lol I'm a vegas fan so theirs nothing historical about my team.

[@official_savage9027]

@@youngmommyof2 im a Wings and Vegas fan. there 100% is some historical stuff about vegas. first expansion team to go to the Stanly Cup Finals. best Expansion team ever. never heard of the russian 5, or the early 2000s with Zetterberg and Datsyuk Lindstrom. 24 strait years of making the playoffs. like come on.

[@youngmommyof2]

@@official_savage9027 you do have a point there, with both sides, I didn't think about Vegas in that way. Your point have been made sir 💯

[@paulalexander8874]

Weren't Seattle offered the Stanley Cup when Montreal had to isolate, but refused to take the trophy without winning it fairly so they shared it

[@steveskull]

Ya, tthey need to change the names of some of the trophies. Art Ross should be named after Gretzky.

[@morticiaheisenberg9679]

This was great. I didn't know most of this! That's awesome. Especially the DRW V. MPP that was great. I'm from MI, i love the Wings!! Great job! Subscribed

[@noahpetherbridge5127]

15:56 Martin Frk had a 109.2 mph slap shot at the AHL skills comp in 2020

[@Patrennessy]

Pat Lafontaine, known as the guy in that one cranial nerve exam video

[@Nine05mafiA__ttv]

18 - 0 😂 those prisoners must’ve been happy 😤💀

[@jakeaaron]

What's the point of including the octopus story, if you don't bother to explain WHY an octopus? For those who don't know, there were fewer rounds at the time so if you swept your way to the cup if took 8 games. Hence the octopus.

[@relic69]

Excellent information and presentation!

[@aphelionquiickz9655]

You were wrong about the Art Ross trophy completely.. The Art Ross is for most points, and Art Ross was one of the best D men of his time, as well as an outstanding coach and GM

[@marshaevelyn1]

I believe the narrator stated the award was for highest scorer.

[@currenswildworld766]

R.I.P Rest in Pete

[@razorwire3056]

The NHL did not believe in the long term sustainability of a team in Saskatchewan... and yet they put teams in Atlanta, Colorado and Minnesota TWICE... and they want to go back to Atlanta AGAIN.

[@richc2593]

As I remember, the league was mainly against the idea that the Blues ownership didn't entertain any bids from groups that would have kept the team in St. Louis.

[@MurtazaPirani]

The fastest recorded shot in modern hockey is not Zdeno Chara at 108mph, it was beaten a couple years ago by Michael Frk, an Ahl player for the LA Kings (109.2MPH)

[@johnleak8396]

NHL record was what was being discussed.

[@pythagorasabc]

Alexander Ryazantsev' s shot was measured at 114.127 mph at the 2012 KHL All-Star Game Skill Competition as well. But like what was said above, this is NHL facts

[@maxiim21]

​@@pythagorasabcthey shoot closer in KHL its different Chara would have make more than 114mph at the same distance

[@Kwright304]

@@maxiim21 speed is measured at the point of release it has nothing to do with the distance. The top speed is the top speed. It’s not about the distance at all. Your car isn’t moving faster when it’s going farther.

[@kevinkoch5243]

​@@Kwright304also your car is not going faster the farther you travel? Actually think about a drag race. If you take the speed at the start of the race, it is slow. Take it at the finish line and it is a lot faster. There are two speeds given. Speed at the time of crossing the finish line and the average speed. Guess what one is faster.

[@mjboshko]

saying a dollar for a trade isn't the lowest, many players were future concerns.

[@ArchieCrypto]

The calories is for real. I play at least 9-10 games a week and each game I’m burning around 1,500-1,800 calories or more depending on which team it is and how many subs we have. Like today for instance my first game of roller at 1:55 we had 1 sub and I sat for 2-3 minutes tops. I burned close to 2,000 calories in that game. Then I had to go straight to an ice game right after that started at 3:35 and we had only one sub line of defense and I burned around 1,700 calories in that game. So today just from hockey I burned around 3,700 calories. All together with regular daily routines I’m at a 5,600+ calorie burn for the day. Sometimes I play 3-5 games in a single day and get up to 7,500-10,000 calories burned.

[@celticstephenhill]

Imagine posting a video about historic records like goalie goals only to have another one happen a few weeks later! 😂

[@bo0tsy1]

Very interesting information.

[@johnhager4585]

I’d be mor worried about the blades on the prisoners feet then the sticks in their hands

[@lup1up]

We got a new goalie goal everybody! Tristan Jarry of the Pittsburgh Penguins nailed a full-rink shot against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov 30, 2023. Gotta update that count in the vid now :D

[@ravensshadow2179]

Fun Fact:John Tucker was the only player trade for himself. In January of 1990 he was trade from the Sabers to the Capitals for future consideration. Then in July of that year exactly 7 months later he was traded from the Capital back to the Sabers for future consideration.

[@rdevroede]

I have never seen Future Consideration play. Odd name to give a kid

[@edvadojunk]

LOL - If the Red Wings played a non-NHL team, it wasn't an "NHL Game."

[@MarcLalondeokewy]

Youshould put descriptive markers during the video. 3

[@meowmow._.]

15:56 I think it’s still at least worth noting that Martin Frk broke this record in the AHL.

[@valupackgaming7814]

Straight up those inmates didn't give a crap they were blown out so badly, just the fact they got to play let alone play against a pro team would be amazing and is a dream of even your regular citizens lol

[@GarretMartinn]

6:14 arguably the most clutch player for the Red Wings Stanley Cup era. There were better players. But go back and look at how many times he really came through.

[@trem3176]

Art Ross is a legend he invented the modern hockey puck shape

[@Coaltiger2024]

He invented the circle?

[@markrabinowitz7070]

8:24 _Wales_ Conference. Not only did the conferences have different names in the 1970s, but the divisions weren't even geographic. For example, the Norris Division had the LA Kings with Montreal, Washington, Detroit and Pittsburgh, meaning it had teams on both coasts, in the Midwest and in Canada; the Adams Division had the California Golden Seals with Buffalo, Boston and Toronto. No sensical conference/division realignment occurred until 1981.

[@michaelkesti3917]

I grew up in Marquette, played PeeWee hockey int the mid-'60s, and recall hearing about the prison game during that time.

[@Pulsar.88]

Cool video. Well done. I don't think I knew a single one of these. 🤭

I had such a crush on Mademoiselle Manon. Still do, frankly. One of the best laughs I ever got out of being a lifelong fan of hockey, was when the Wings picked up Draper, for a loonie.

[@ChristineCAlb1]

That was sad about the live penguin mascot, but even if they just pulled him along the ice in the skates that would have been adorable. Re. the last point about losing weight-I’ve seen a lot of skinny hockey players, so I believe that.

[@mageck1]

The penguin was a warm weather penguin, which is why it got sick

[@badad0166]

$1.00 makes it legally binding. That's why people being "left out" of a will get $1.00 to prove it wasn't a mistake. And, well, it's a great insult as a kicker.

[@loltrope3266]

really intresting video !

[@misterwebb1472]

The first nhl outdoor game was way before 1954

[@johnreynolds875]

The octopus in Detroit was based on the fact that during the days of the 'Original Six NHL' it took eight wins to raise the Stanley Cup. Four teams advanced to the playoffs so there where two semi finalist winners (best of seven series) that advanced to the finals (also best of seven). So the octopus with eight tenacles was a tradition born in Detroit.

[@reedr7142]

Worth noting that the Blues reached the Cup in each of their first three season partly because the NHL put all six expansion teams in the same conference. They had a losing record in their first year, did much better the following two years, but went 0-12 in Cup Finals play.

[@museymonkey6807]

Out of the 18 types of penguins they get a southern American not supposed to be in the cold penguin thats why pete died because there's 7 types of cold penguin species and they pick one thats a warm environment penguin

[@badad0166]

8:33 "It's not a rumor." Or a tumor. Also, Sears catalogues (Amazon mail order of it's day) were utilized as shin pads.

[@arthurmcdermott3312]

Sensors in the puck to track speed and trajectories But not able to tell if it completely crosses the goal line?

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

Draper wasn’t a point machine but that guy had some jets. Was a master of faceoffs too.

[@northstar1511]

For anyone wondering, Arthur Ross (Art Ross) donated the trophy to the league when he was general manager of the Boston bruins. He also had a long career as a Couch for the Boston Bruins. So he’s like the original Don Cherry.

[@HurricaneHardy]

The puck on the thumbnail is a bottle cap 😂😂😂

[@BCBennyCAN2]

I can say the Original NHL Cup is in Toronto NHL Mueseam .

[@SpeedandSplendor]

I look at it bang of the buck and the Jets are getting so much better value than LA. This doesn't even factor in the potential ELC that 2nd rounder could end up being. Great asset management by Kevin Cheveldayoff once again. GM of the year 👏

[@camerongilmore1130]

F. J. Selke ( Ass Man) ...thats hilarious and ill definitely will be looking for it the next time i see the Cup

[@blakeallen2721]

Yeah I call shenanigans on that Bobby hull slapshot record.

[@CanadianCooking]

Good video....names are Stamped on the cup, NOT Engraved, just saying ❤❤❤❤

[@MrProccy]

there's so much crap on youtube these days, but this is good content

[@oreocat-jo5bs]

Wow The Detroit red wings are on here 1,000,000 times

[@daveblock4061]

You have a picture of Bobby Hull playing in the WHA, not the NHL. And those total seasons in the NHL are wrong as well as he spent 7 of those seasons in the WHA.

[@BlakeOshynko]

I’m from the same town, as Bernie Federko

[@matt.demaster2136]

Bro doesn’t know Nathan Gerbe

[@canuck_gamer3359]

The fact that you have Trevor Timmins on the screen as you say the words, "...terrible draft mistakes" because that man, together with his gym buddy Marc Bergevin together made the Montreal Canadiens a laughing stock for years and years. How they kept their jobs for so long is a testament to out of touch ownership.

[@BlaikeMcG]

Penguins can get pneumonia?! Wtf?!

[@Sean-bf3lh]

Heres a question , if we have puck sensors then why cant we install a goal line sensor to read the puck everytime the puck crosses the line or at least install ne sensor in the side posts ofthe net

[@helpthehurtlondon]

I’m sorry. The idea of having the Red Wings play against a prison team seems like a really bad idea. Who’s genius idea was it to say “hey, lets give a bunch of inmates razor sharp hunks of metal on their feet, and a bunch of clubs to bash eachother with”. What could possibly go wrong?

[@curtiszurbrigg3492]

Why can they not use this to check goals when the pucks underneath the goalie.

[@andrewknutson91]

Would be helpful to note why the Art Ross trophy is named after him. Not becuase of his scoring. He's the one who donated it.

[@dw7704]

Knew most of these, the Leafs/Oilers trade was a funny one I have heard of before, but no mystery it didn’t go through, I mean it was Ballard There is a sad side about Sonia Scurfield having her name on the Stanley Cup, she became a co-owner when her husband Ralph died. ( And she took over his ownership stake)

[@NeverlandSystemPixie]

I saw Manon Rheaume on a minor league team once in Fairbanks Alaska playing a local minor league team. She wasn't terrible, but her team lost (YAY ICE DOGS!!!!).

[@t_bone_9876]

With all the sensors, they still can't tell when a puck clearly goes out of play over the glass.

[@DwayneMeikle]

Martin frk had a 109.2 mph slapshot last year in the ahl all star competition which is the fastest slapshot and he overtook charas..

[@pythagorasabc]

Alexander Ryazantsev' s shot was measured at 114.127 mph at the 2012 KHL All-Star Game Skill Competition

[@OneEyedGhoul84]

Talking about NHL only not other leagues

[@Leonardokite]

For at least 10 years now I have thought that an electronic puck would be a valuable item. It's good to see that they implemented it in 2020. They should use that data for goals and offsides verification.

[@tml184]

Is that James Reimer doing those stupid KZbin commercials?

[@quinnbenjamin4310]

Love polo

[@constantakajason]

18:07 it says ass man

[@krismc2476]

The pucks are just vulcanized rubber they do not have chips or gimmicks as they tried and it did not work thankfully.

[@hockey4life649]

cool

[@Hattori_Fujiyama]

wait, so you are telling me the nhl actually does have sensors in the pucks and yet they still cant figure out what is offside or a goal half the fucking time still?

[@user-co4kx6zs4g]

0:33 Ummmmmmmmm

[@ADOSMOORINOS]

I can smell my own farts

[@1lovesgreatness]

I remember when the NHL made the game more fun to watch when the puck lit up on TV. Don't know why they got rid of a great idea.

[@opiop122]

1st outdoor nhl game was way before the 50s cheapest trade is future considerations not $1 half of this is bs making me question the rest of it.

[@pickles_are_good6875]

1st one here, go Islanders 🏒

[@choppergunner8650]

Go Panthers 🐆

[@ajchristlieb]

Go Blues🎶

[@joshuaricher1058]

Go Leafs

[@Rcmorbin]

Go flyers

[@jnejdl95]

that stuff about the puck was pointless, they cant make the puck sensors match up with the lines or the net to determine off sides or a good/no goal??? data tracking is okay but syncing up with how it effects the game enhances my viewer experience, not this crap about tracking where the puck is.

[@CabanonGuitarHero]

incredible with all the technology included in the puck that they cannot see when it's in or not in a goal. that shit should be automated and avoid dumb call like last week's game.

[@jasonjtd79dunne88]

It is an evolution of FoxTrax from the late 90’s if you really think about it.

[@wjadam024]

cool stuff but how in the hockey hoser hell did you miss FoxTrax during Evolution of the Puck? and Speaking of Puck, that ponzi putz still holds the 'worst NHL owner' award

[@tphills97]

You know this video is gonna suck when the intro is common knowledge and the first clip is even more common

[@FathersLoveWithoutEnd]

fact 21: the first murder in hockey ever recorded was in 2023

[@mastercow19]

first accidental murder in hockey was in 1968, look up bill masterton

[@romanroncato3929]

That was not NHL tho

[@mastercow19]

@@romanroncato3929 IT WAS both teams involed are now defunct/moved to another state

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

Trading a player for one dollar is not noteworthy (pardon the pun). Teams waive players for nothing all the time. Hyperbolic nonsense.

[@Sean-bf3lh]

Puck sensors are used for information collecting not viewing pleasure

[@lpomfret]

Why publish a video like this without doing research ahead of time. Embarrassing!

[@Samsquamsh]

**Octopi