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The fastest recorded slap shot in NHL history belongs to Zdeno Chára, who fired one at 108.8 mph during the 2012 All-Star Skills Competition, hard enough that if you blinked, you’d have missed it crossing the blue line. #NHLBruins

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Gordie Howe scored so many points, (1,850) that his record stood for nearly 20 years until Wayne Gretzky broke it, and he did most of it in an era when 20 goals a season was considered great, all while playing competitive pro hockey into his 50s, well after most players of his time had long since retired. #LGRW

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@NHL @MapleLeafs Fun fact: McKenna set a modern-era CHL record with a 54-game point streak, spanning the end of his 24-25 WHL regular season (40 straight games) plus 14 playoff games, breaking a record that had stood since 05-06. During that streak he averaged well over 2 pts/game. #LeafsForever

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At just 15 years old, playing in Germany's youth league, Leon Draisaitl put up an absurd stat line, 97 goals and 192 points in only 29 games, which is what earned him the nickname "The German Gretzky." He's reportedly not thrilled with the comparison, since he considers Gretzky in a category of his own. #LetsGoOilers

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@APompliano Weird thing to tweet man.

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Jaromír Jágr wore the number 68 throughout his career to honor the year 1968, when Soviet forces invaded Czechoslovakia. His grandfather died during the conflict, and Jágr kept the number as a tribute for his entire NHL journey. #NHL #Jagr68

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@TheFourthPeriod Selected 22nd overall by the Flyers in the 2006 NHL draft, and became the longest-tenured captain in franchise history after being named captain in 2013. #themoreyouknow #LetsGoFlyers

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Tim Horton was basically a superhero. Teammates said Horton could lift a 40‑gallon oil drum and throw railroad ties “like toothpicks.” Gordie Howe called him the strongest player in hockey. #NHL #TimHortons

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@DallasStars @Shift4 Fun fact about Jamie Benn- He was a 5th round pick, far from guaranteed NHL success, yet he became an Art Ross Trophy winner! #TexasHockey

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Goaltender Glenn Hall holds one of the most unbreakable records in sports: he played 502 consecutive complete games without a single substitution between 1955 and 1962. He accomplished this feat without ever wearing a goalie mask. #glennhall #hockey

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The Calgary Flames were originally the Atlanta Flames, and the name “Flames” came from the burning of Atlanta during the 🇺🇸 Civil War. Calgary kept the name after relocation in ‘80. It fit the city’s fiery, oil-town identity. #Flames

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@Capitals @ovi8 @Shift4 Ovi fun fact: he once hit a hole-in-one the very first time he ever played golf - a 160 yard shot, without even knowing all the rules. #ALLCAPS

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On Mario Lemieux’s very first NHL shift, he stole the puck from Ray Bourque and scored on his first shot. #LetsGoPens

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@NHLFlames @NHLFlamesPR Fun fact: Jake Middleton was drafted dead last in the ‘14 NHL draft. He worked his way up to becoming a reliable, physical defensemen. #Flames

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The longest NHL game ever lasted 176 minutes & 30 seconds, stretching into 6 overtime periods in the playoffs before Mud Bruneteau scored the only goal for the Detroit Red Wings against the Montreal Maroons in 1936. #LGRW #montrealmaroons

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The Banana Blade Stan Mikita invented the curved hockey stick blade in the 1960s by accident. After catching his flat stick blade in a bench door and bending it, he noticed his shots started carving crazy, unpredictable paths through the air. #hockey

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Before rubber pucks were invented, early games in the 1800s were played using square blocks of wood or literally frozen chunks of cow dung. 🤯. #hockey

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The San Jose Sharks got their name from a community vote. "Sharks" beat out the original fan favorite, "Blades," because management worried that a name associated with knives would promote gang violence. #sjsharks

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In 1952, Bill Mosienko of the Chicago Blackhawks scored three goals in just 21 seconds. It remains the fastest hat trick in NHL history, a record that has stood untouched for over 70 years. #blackhawks

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The 1930s Montreal Canadiens once signed a player whose contract featured a highly unusual bonus structure—he was paid partially in potatoes. #gohabsgo