News, Notes and Hockey Insights - 4/6/2013
by Frank Albin / San Jose Sharks3 – NHL all-time record for 2-man down shorthanded goals (Mike Richards)
32 – Most active ‘Major League’ teams. 1974-75 NHL and WHA combined.
99 – 3 NHL players that wore 99…Rick Dudley, Wilf Paiement and that guy Gretzky.
28.22 – Average age of retirement from NHL.
51.79 – Age when Gordie Howe retired.
1230 – NHL games scheduled in a regular season.
27 – NHL all-time mark for overtime points by Sergei Fedorov.
720 – NHL games scheduled in this lockout-shortened season.
-19 – Worst +/- rating this season: Panthers’ Erik Gudbranson
2 – Number of times the Montreal Maroons won the Stanley Cup. They won in 1926 and 1935.
27:15 – Average of ice-time this season by Wilds’ Ryan Suter.
3,456 – Square inches of the 4 x 6 foot NHL goal.
17 – Number cameras used by Comcast SportsNet game originating from HP Pavilion.
5 – Most goals scored in a single game by a defenseman. Mark set by Toronto’s Ian Turnbull 2-2-77
282 – Number of men to ever wear the San Jose Sharks sweater. Raffi Torres will be number 283.
5.62 – Average length of an NHL career.
1113 – Number of games played by Joe Thornton
1113 – Number of points registered by Joe Thornton
41 – Age of the oldest arena in the NHL, The NY Islanders’ Nassau Veterans Coliseum.
6 – Regular season goals ever scored NHL goalies. This includes former Shark Evgeny Nabokov
964 – NHL’s all-time ironman mark by Doug Jarvis. His consecutive games record was earned while playing for Montreal, Washington and Hartford.
11 – Games remaining in the Sharks regular season
15,004 – Smallest capacity in the NHL…Winnipeg’s MTS Centre.
82 – Number of NHL players who have worn 13. This includes former Shark Jamie Baker.
215 – Channel number of the NHL Network on Directv.
80 – Only one Sharks’ player has ever worn #80…current D-Man Matt Tennyson.
6 – Number of teams Raffi Torres has played for.
14 – Points scored in 17 KHL games by Joe Pavelski this season
2345 – NHL games refereed by Gerard Gauthier during his 32-year career.
295 – Miles to Sharks closest opponent (LA Kings)
3075 – Miles to Sharks most distant opponent (Boston)
23:00 – Average time on ice by team leading Dan Boyle
33 – Number of notes in this post.