FROZEN PUCKS FOR GETTING WARM, 2012

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Date: April 15, 2012

The average NHL game uses a dozen pucks, but 40 discs of frozen vulcanized rubber were at the ready to help warm up the Panthers and Devils before Game 2 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Did you know that the League freezes pucks to reduce bounce and increase stability as they move across the ice?

Tags: 2010s • 2011-2012 season • 2012 • playoffs • Pucks

Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty

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