There are a few different types of shots A slap shot is a big powerful shot It can travel more than 100 miles per hour 161 km h A player winds up for a slap shot bringing the stick blade well overhead But it’s more difficult to direct a slap shot to a specific spot A wrist shot or wrister is much more accurate The player puts the stick blade on the puck and quickly thrusts it forward It’s easier to pick out a target with a wrister DO OR DIE Through 2016 only two Stanley Cup Finals series have come down to overtime in Game 7 Pete Babando’s goal lifted the Detroit Red Wings past the New York Rangers in 1950 Tony Leswick did the same for Detroit against the Montreal Canadiens four years later Nobody scored more goals in National Hockey League NHL history than Wayne Gretzky He earned the nickname The Great One Gretzky played in the NHL from 1979 through 1999 His career numbers were astounding He set NHL records with 894 career goals and 92 goals in a single season 1981 82 Gretzky made such Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks prepares to fire a wrist shot 7
an impact on the game that his No 99 was retired throughout the NHL Today’s NHL features some amazing goal scorers too Alex Ovechkin broke into the league with a 52-goal season for the Washington Capitals in 2005 06 He hasn’t slowed down since Ovechkin has led the NHL in goals six times He scored his 500th career goal in January 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos scored his 300th career goal one month later At age 26 Stamkos was the ninth-youngest player to reach 300 in NHL history The leading goal scorer in the NHL wins the Richard Trophy It is named for Montreal Canadiens great Maurice Rocket Richard In 1944 45 he was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season Some of the biggest goals in NHL history are overtime The term lighting the lamp refers to the red light behind the net that signals a goal 8
Steven Stamkos right celebrates one of his many goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning playoff goals NHL playoff games go to sudden-death overtime if the score is tied after three periods That means the next goal wins Teams have clinched the Stanley Cup with an overtime goal 17 times through 2016 9
