# Old Style Hockey Nets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-style-hockey-nets/146102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-style-hockey-nets/146102 "2003-01-01T22:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steel\_Wheels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Steel\_Wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steel_Wheels)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-style-hockey-nets/146102/1 "2003-01-01T22:34:00Z")

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I’ve been watching a DVD of the 1972 Canada vs. USSR hockey series and it reminded me of something I’ve always wondered about.

The nets during this time were shaped very strangely and I was wondering wheather there was a particular reason for this?

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-style-hockey-nets/146102/2 "2003-01-01T22:54:16Z")

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From a street hockey rule book I once had, I read that it was shaped that way to keep the puck inside the net.