Most of southern half of Illinois bleeds blue. 

”Which is pretty much the same thing as a cross check to the throat.”

Emergency goalies are just that. They are only used in rare instances. It doesn’t benefit an team, or the player, to have a top prospect/backup goaltender sit at the rink and watch, just in the off chance that he is needed.

Discovered it in Jacksonville, in December, a couple years ago. Was good in winter, too.

It may never (read: probably won’t) happen, but I just want one Stanley Cup in my lifetime.

“a cheeseless triple cheeseburger” ?!

IIHF World Championships are held in non-Olympic years :)

It was in Texas

It’s an extra 2 minutes players remove their helmets.

It was fastened. It broke.

”dealers make a lot of their money through player tips” Not a lot of their money; most of their money.

The hole card can be exposed when the dealer removes it from the "shoe." The box looking thing the cards are in.

"A family of three girls nets three separate girls two sisters each, making for six sisters for three girls. So far, six sisters for female children."