Peter Puck, The 1970's Ambassador To The NHL

Another much loved segment of Hockey Night In Canada and NBC's Hockey Game Of The Week, for the children anyways, was the Peter Puck cartoon that was generally shown in the intermission between the first and second periods of the game.
　
His first immortal words spoken between periods in 1973 were "Howdy fans, Peter Puck here to lay some facts on you about hockey - the world's fastest team sport." He often referrered to himself as the "pokecheck professor".　

The animated little puck would explain the rules of hockey to the junior crowd as well as equipment used in the games to keep your child safe and even ventured into the history of the sport of...you guessed it, hockey! It was adapted to TV with the help of Hanna Barbera a very popular cartoon company of the time.

The animated cartoons were designed to keep the kids happy between the first and second intermission of the hockey game.

1. Peter Puck - How To Play The Game (episode 1)

2. Peter Puck - Equipment, Officials and Players (episode 2)

3. Peter Puck - Pucks, Skates and Sticks (episode 3)

4. Peter Puck - Penalties, Signs and Fines (episode 4)

5. Peter Puck - Episode 5

Three books - Peter Puck: Love That Hockey Game (1975), Peter Puck and the Stolen Stanley Cup (1980), and Peter Puck's Greatest Moments in Hockey (1980) were also written and have all been given collectors item status.





Love That Hockey Game

The Stolen Stanley Cup

                  

Greatest Moments In Hockey