Major League Sports: NHL

Major League Sports: NHL — page 1 — THE GAME Hockey is a game played with rubber on ice two very unpredictable materials The main idea behind the game is simple put the puck in the net The task is not that easy Players need to be aware of the puck of themselves and of all the other players on the ice FUN FACT Hockey is a combination of European stick and ball games such as hurley and shinny with Native American games such as lacrosse and tooadijik 4

Major League Sports: NHL — page 2 — Montreal was home to the first indoor hockey game on March 3 1875 The Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild warm up on the ice before a game 5

Major League Sports: NHL — page 3 — LIGHTING THE LAMP Nothing makes a player happier than seeing the red goal light go on It means that their team has scored 6

Major League Sports: NHL — page 4 — Sidney Crosby No one lit that lamp more than Wayne Gretzky with 894 career goals There have been many famous goals over the Wayne Gretzky years such as the Golden Goal scored by Sidney Crosby It secured a gold medal for Canada at the 2002 Olympics FUN FACT Mr Game Seven Justin Williams earned that title scoring 15 points in nine trips to the seventh and deciding game of a playoff series 7

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