Hockey
Shootout: Inspired by Western Movies watched on HBO during the NHL lockout of 2004 the NHL replaced ties after overtime with a shootout. What this meant was a huge target would be rolled onto the ice after overtime and shot at with BB Guns by members of the National Rifle Association who are also fans of the team. The glass around the ice is replaced with even taller bullet proof glass to protect all fans and all fans are required to put in earplugs . The other challenge was the target would be moving back and forth slowly and the shooter is shooting from the blueline. The NRA member who gets the highest score wins the game for its team. The all time highest scorer in the shootout since 2005 is Marc Simmons of Newark, NJ. Simmons an avid New Jersey Devils fan has hit the center of the target an amazing 45 times! Nearly 5x more than any other fan of the 30 NHL teams. Amazingly no players, fans, coaches, or animals have been harmed since the rule has been put in place.
Stanley Cup: The trophy teams in the NHL fight for. A golden replica of legendary hockey player Frederick Stanley's Jockstrap. Its considered to be the most coveted trophy in sports. Each team not only wins the golden Cup after winning it but each member of the championship team gets to wear a golden Jockstrap for one game a season. There is no truth to the rumor that all players get to wear the same golden jockstrap.
Hooking: When a player formaly accuses an opponet of cheating on his wife by holding the player back with his hockey stick. The term comes from announcers who did not want to say "Oh, I see [name] thinks that [other name] is dealing with hookers this road trip." The NHL officially wrote hooking into the rule book after player would deleberatly accuse others of hooking just to start fights. Players today still ignore this rule and many feel that two minutes off the ice is worth the tension created between the two players.
Stanley Cup: The trophy teams in the NHL fight for. A golden replica of legendary hockey player Frederick Stanley's Jockstrap. Its considered to be the most coveted trophy in sports. Each team not only wins the golden Cup after winning it but each member of the championship team gets to wear a golden Jockstrap for one game a season. There is no truth to the rumor that all players get to wear the same golden jockstrap.
Hooking: When a player formaly accuses an opponet of cheating on his wife by holding the player back with his hockey stick. The term comes from announcers who did not want to say "Oh, I see [name] thinks that [other name] is dealing with hookers this road trip." The NHL officially wrote hooking into the rule book after player would deleberatly accuse others of hooking just to start fights. Players today still ignore this rule and many feel that two minutes off the ice is worth the tension created between the two players.
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