Talk:Assist (ice hockey)

there should be a correction, because it states "a give and go", whereas in practice, multiple passes back and forth by two players you would still give an assist to a third player that originally passed it to one of the other two — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zxiaoxi (talk • contribs) 02:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

History, and goalies

1. Any good sources on the history of this stat? I went here to see why so few assists tended to be credited in the early years of the NHL, but there's nothing of obvious relevance to that.

2. I heard an announcer say there's an additional rule that, for a goalie to be credited with an assist, he (or she, I assume it's the same in women's hockey) has to be in actual control of the puck. According to this, if the puck deflects off your skate or something without you ever seeing it, goes to a teammate, and that teammate (or the next player they pass to) scores, you get an assist if you're playing any other position, but not if you're a goalie. If this is true, it should be in the explanation in this article. 50.72.201.97 (talk) 15:26, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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