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Questions about the sport of ice hockey.

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What is a single powerplay in ice hockey?

You are considered on a power play when you have the advantage of one player for any time during a game. Whether it is 1 second, 10 seconds, or 2-full minutes, it does not matter. So to get back to …
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Stick flex in ice hockey

The flex of a hockey stick is very dependent on your preferences. For your height and weight, I would say 65-85 flex would be the average. But it also depends on your position. For example, a defen …
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For a goal while there's a change of players, who gets the +1/-1?

The exact name of the statistic is called plus-minus. Nothing fancy here for the name. It does get complicated when players are changing as you may have 6 players on the ice at the same time. For t …
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How do you play for the AHL with an NHL contract if you're not playing for the NHL?

There are all kind of different contracts you can get in the NHL. Usually, a good player that statistically will make the team at the beginning of the season would sign a one-way contract for the res …
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What happens when a member of the away team scores a hat trick in NHL?

In the NHL nowadays, there will be fans of the away team present in the arena. Therefore it is possible that hats will be thrown onto the ice if someone from the away team scores a goal. The hats ar …
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NHL Trades: Can one find the exact language of every trade?

Here are the details concerning that specific trade. Typically, trades are made public and conditional picks information can be found somewhere. Whether it is on Internet or not most likely depends …
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Why does NHL award assists to 2 players?

There is no clear reasoning behind this ruling. To base my answer, I have read the following article which talks a lot about the "second assist rule" and why it is believed to exist. The Second Assi …
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Illegal Substitution and Awarded Goal

You are correct in your analysis of the situation. By its own definition in the rule book, the referee must award the empty net goal if there is any illegal interference. The same situation applies …
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