On the average during the course of a hockey season, a team may have between 30 and 40 shots on goal. Sometimes they shoot more, sometimes less.
On March 4, 1941, goalie Sam LoPresti of the Chicago Black Hawks must have thought the Boston Bruins had declared war on him. In that game Boston took 83 shots on goal–a record. LoPresti blocked all but three. The Black Hawks lost by a score of only 3-2.
From The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories by Howard Liss. Illustrations by Joe Mathieu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_LoPresti
According to the Wikipedia article, the Bruins needed 42 shots to get the first goal.
Lord, that was before goaltenders wore masks.
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That’s when REAL MEN played the game!
Real men with no jaws!