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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The NHL banned the use of 00 as a number in the 95-96 season because they claimed their databases couldn't handle it. They still are fools because this continues to be a banned number to this day.

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

(i am old) both my brother and i were number 00 in our younger hockey years. we were goalies, so we got first pick of numbers on all new teams we played on, heheheh.