fun facts?
As legend has it, when hockey was played in its early days, a frozen patty of cow poop was used as a puck.
Before 1906, referees placed the puck on the ice between the players’ sticks for face-offs. Of course, they ended up with lots of cuts and bruises as players tried to get the puck. To prevent these injuries, rules were changed and refs were allowed to drop the puck instead.