With the world of hockey pretty much "gone fishin'" for the month, The Peerless has ten fun facts you can peruse to use in impressing your friends and confounding your enemies.
From the "did you know?" file...
If Alex Ovechkin sat out the last 3 seasons, he'd still have as many goals (339) as next highest scorer since he came into NHL in 2005-2006 (Jarome Iginla: 339).
Ovechkin could have sat out his last 235 regular season games, dating back to the 2011-2012 season, and still had as many shots on goal (2,710) as the next highest player in shots on goal since Ovechkin came into the league in 2005-2006 (Eric Staal: 2,710).