stackyFACTSTeamwork was apparently considered highly unsportsmanlike. The earliest rules completely forbade players from passing the puck forward to a teammate, forcing individuals to just frantically skate directly into heavily defensive opponents and hope for the best, rendering offensive strategy completely nonexistent.
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