Ridiculous things you used to think about hockey

[Salsero1]

I used to think that the NHL rink and the NBA court in shared arenas were completed different rooms in the same building, with rink+stands being the basement and the court+stands being above.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

I never realized that those piano tunes that play in arenas between whistles were actually played by a pianist way up in the rafters. I thought it was a recording lol

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I thought a hat trick involved using a literal hat on the ice to trick the other team into thinking that player had the puck

Had some hockey cards where the reverse side with the stats had the notation “League leader in italics.” I understood that to mean they were the best out of all the Italian players in the league

 

[S E P H]

When I first started watching, I thought goalers could not leave the crease, and players could not enter it. I seriously thought this was absolute, and it would break the rules if one or the other happened.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

At my first ever hockey game as a kid, the crowd was chanting "Salo" trying to get in the goalie's head. At the time, I had a dog named "Shadow." It sounded the same to my kid ears. I was wondering for 75% of the game why the crowd was chanting my dog's name.

My dad heard “Hunter Pence” as “underpants” at a Giants game. I had fun laughing at him, then heard it myself. Turns out that’s a thing, minor nickname for him because of ears like ours.

My biggest one was “freezing the puck”. Idk, the way it happened in NHL ‘99 it looked like the goalie covered the puck, then couldn’t move it, like it actually froze in 1-2 seconds. I’m smart.

Oh, and I used to think the people yelling “shoot” had a point. There are still power plays that should arguably shoot more, but if the point man isn’t willing to take the slap shot the lane isn’t there. They can tell from their perspective better than I can.

 

[Lshap]

When I was a little kid, I wondered who "Isaac" was.

Announcers kept saying a team was called for him every time they dumped the puck all the way into the other end.

 

[Chet Manley]

I remember asking a teammate how he could shoot the puck all the way down the ice. It was the most powerful dump out of our zone that I'd seen to that point. No idea if it was a penalty kill because do they even call penalties when you're 5 or 6 years old? Might have been age 7 because I'm pretty dense. Whenever you start playing 5 a side vs another teams.

 

[belfour30]

I used to think that Nikolai Khabibulin's name was Javier "Javy" Bulin. This lasted until I saw his name written for the first time after playing NHL 99.

 

[Sol]

That most hockey fans were actually smart

 

[jellybeans]

When i was 11 i thought the maple leafs were a great organisation then my dad beat the truth into me,

 

[ijuka]

Let's see.

I used to completely misunderstand goaltending where I thought flashy saves and making some fancy windmills was the epitome of good goaltending, and didn't really appreciate fundamentals. My favorite was Dominik Hasek, though, and he sort of fueled this idea of mine.

But other than that, I don't think there was anything that crazy considering my age.

 

[hangman005]

It took me far too long to realize we actually weren't missing part of the game during ad breaks. Granted TV timeouts aren't thing in sports in my country.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I used to think that Nikolai Khabibulin's name was Javier "Javy" Bulin. This lasted until I saw his name written for the first time after playing NHL 99.

In the late 90s I was watching a game and a friend of mine kept talking about this player "Onov." I'm look, Onov? Who is Onov?

You know, the Red Wings player Larry Onov.

 

[belfour30]

In the late 90s I was watching a game and a friend of mine kept talking about this player "Onov." I'm look, Onov? Who is Onov?

You know, the Red Wings player Larry Onov.

Hahaha similar to mine.

 

[Qurpiz]

Paul Ysebaert and Steve Yzerman? Brothers.

 

[Kevinsane]

When I was a toddler, I thought the red light was connected to the back of the net and the puck would set off a censor that would turn on the light to signal goal. Eventually I learned that there was someone sitting behind the goal and pushing a button. Same with the scoreboard, I thought it would censor a goal and mechanically add a point.

Also, I used to think that the TV graphics that display things like a players name or stats was a sign that was physically placed in front of the camera.

I thought that my then local Junior A team was in the NHL because it shared a similar logo with an actual NHL team, so I thought that the team on my NHL logos poster was the same team from my small 30,000 populated town.

Are you in Dawson Creek or Fort St John? In DC we have the Canucks, and in FSJ they have the Flyers. Many young kids believe as you did.

 

[Three On Zero]

I use to think that when cameras do close ups of players faces or coaches etc, there was literally a camera man who would jump on the ice and quickly go over the ice to go get that shot.

I wasn't a very smart kid.

Imagine these guys skating around a NHL game

 

[End on a Hinote]

Are you in Dawson Creek or Fort St John? In DC we have the Canucks, and in FSJ they have the Flyers. Many young kids believe as you did.

Born in FSJ and spent time in PG as well, I thought the PG Spruce Kings were the LA Kings

 

[Caps8112]

in the 90s that the caps actually had a shot at winning when it was Peter bondra and 11 forwards named Andrei nikolishin

 

[joestevens29]

in the 90s that the caps actually had a shot at winning when it was Peter bondra and 11 forwards named Andrei nikolishin

Nowadays he’d avoid them

 

[HanSolo]

My first game was Kings-Habs at Staples when I was like 6. It was such an unphysical game that when I saw a Hab give a whatever shove to a Kings player I thought it was scandalous and the peak of violence in the sport.

 

[JMCx4]

I used to think hockey was serious business instead of entertainment, and I'd let bad games ruin my mood. That's pretty ridiculous.

That's ironic, because I used to think it was entertainment. So I guess we were both wrong.

 

[End on a Hinote]

I used to think that Nikolai Khabibulin's name was Javier "Javy" Bulin. This lasted until I saw his name written for the first time after playing NHL 99.

I used to think Joffrey Lupul was JEffrey Lupul and the Montreal Canadiens were the CanadiAns

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

When i was 11 i thought the maple leafs were a great organisation then my dad beat the truth into me,

It's refreshing to hear a tale about responsible parenting. Thumbs up Mr. Beans!

 

[wintersej]

I used to think the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets were going to be the next great teams because I thought prospect pool rankings mattered at all.