The NHL is comprised of 30 teams - 24 in the United States and 6 in Canada.
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After they complete one full NHL season.
In January 2011 there has been a total of 117 NHL forwards or defensemen born in Wisconsin. In addition, Michigan has produced 9 NHL goalies.
Only 1% of the kids who play hockey will ever play in the NHL.
Check out the official NHL rulebook for NHL rules. You can get there by using the link below.
The NHL rules are too many and too involved to list here. I would suggest you go www.NHL.com and check out the rulebook yourself. Also, you can simply Google NHL rulebook or NHL Official Rules. You should also remember that, while hockey is hockey, a number of rules/regulations used in the European/international game are different from the NHL pro game.
There aren't any NHL rules during the Olympics. The refs use International Hockey rules
The NHL rules are too many and too involved to list here. I would suggest you go www.NHL.com and check out the rulebook yourself. Also, you can simply Google NHL rulebook or NHL Official Rules. You should also remember that, while hockey is hockey, a number of rules/regulations used in the European/international game are different from the NHL pro game.
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Canadian hockey is the same as the NHL.
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yes but stricter rules should be made
According to the NHL rules, a hockey puck must be 3 inches = 76,200,000 nanometres in diameter.
If you go to the NHL.com website and click on RULES, you will be able to view the official NHL Rule Book.
The 32 NFL teams propose and vote on rules and/or changes to the game every year in an annual meeting during the off-season
there are 30 nhl teams31