Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Original Six

Six is an even composite number with prime factors of two and three.

The divisibility rule for six is if a number is divisible by two AND three it is divisible by six.

Tomorrow night may be the end of the Stanley Cup Series if Los Angeles Kings wins the series 4-0 against the New Jersey Devils. 

The original six NHL teams were Detroit, Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto and Montreal.  These teams played black and blue hockey for very tough men.  They didn’t wear helmets and goalies didn’t wear masks.  There were like dinosaurs compared to today’s players, slow but tough.     

Six was a big number in Detroit during the 1960’s because it was worn by Al Kaline, a hall of fame right fielder for the Detroit Tigers baseball team. 

“Baseball Hall of Fame - Biographies: Al Kaline” posted by TheBaseballHall:


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