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The National Hockey League ( NHL ) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the ___MASK53___ of each season . Gordon Joseph " Gord , Red " Haworth ( born February 20 , 1932 ) was a professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League . He played with the New York Rangers . He was inducted into the Drummondville sports hall of fame , his hometown . He is the father of Alan Haworth and Carey Haworth . In ice hockey , the ___MASK77___ is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team ' s net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The ___MASK77___ usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the " goal crease " ( often referred to simply as " the crease " or " the net "). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots . In today ' s age of goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand - up style and butterfly technique ). Because of the power of shots , the ___MASK77___ wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game . One - on - one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a ___MASK77___ ' s pure skill , or lack thereof . Only one ___MASK77___ is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . ___MASK17___ - du - Québec (" Central Quebec ") is a region of Quebec , Canada . The main centres are Drummondville , Victoriaville and Bécancour . It has a land area of 6 , 928 . 78 km² ( 2 , 675 . 22 sq mi ) and a 2006 census population of 224 , 200 inhabitants . Drummondville is a city in the ___MASK17___ - du - Québec region of Quebec , located east of Montreal on the Saint - François River . The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 71 , 852 . The mayor of Drummondville is Alexandre Cusson . Alan Joseph Gordon Haworth ( born September 1 , 1960 in Drummondville , Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . He is the son of Gordie Haworth and the brother of Carey Haworth . Selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres , Haworth was traded to the Washington Capitals in 1982 . After five seasons in Washington , he was dealt to the Quebec Nordiques in 1987 in the trade that brought Dale Hunter to the Capitals . After one season in Quebec , Haworth opted to play in Switzerland for four seasons before retiring from active play . His NHL rights were was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for the retired Guy Lafleur after the 1991 NHL Expansion Draft , but since the two players would not play in the NHL again , nobody cared . In 524 NHL games , he scored 189 goals and had 211 assists . Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . Ice hockey teams usually consist of six players each : one ___MASK77___ , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team .