Stanley Cups, frozen pucks and 'The Mighty Ducks:' Fun facts about the NHL

'Fox & Friends' co-hosts learn the basics.

National Hockey League (NHL) games are some of the most fast-paced, aggressive sporting events in the U.S. All-out brawls, blood and missing teeth are just a few of the frenzied occurrences you can likely expect from a hockey game. 

The NHL started with a core of six teams and has grown tremendously to 32 teams.

Each year since 1963, the league holds an NHL draft.

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For the 2023 draft, the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, will host draft day. In 2022, the draft was held at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and in 2021, it was at NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Get to know these fun facts about the NHL ahead of the 2023 draft.

The NHL is now made up of 32 teams. Most are from the United States, but seven are from Canada, where the league originated. (Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The NHL started in Montreal, Canada, in 1917. The NHL was founded by British-born, Canadian journalist and athlete, Frank Calder, who sat as the first president of the league, too. He died in 1943. The Calder Memorial Trophy is an award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League," according to the NHL website.

After he passed, Red Dutton, a Canadian hockey player, sat as the acting president of the NHL for three consecutive years from 1943-1946. Then, Clarence Campbell, Calder's expected predecessor who he groomed for the position prior to his passing, served from 1946-1977.

The first six teams in the NHL did not all join at the same time, but they were the only six teams in the league for