Top 9 Athletes Who Were So Good that They Had to Change the Game for them!

7) Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita                                              (7/10)

7) Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita                                              (7/10)

The ‘banana blade’ was a freak incident that happened during practice, when Mitika broke his stick but kept on shooting just for fun. The broken stick actually gave the puck added bend and velocity, so Mitika and Hull began to experiment with curved blades.

The result was shots that knuckled and curved unpredictably, but the NHL stepped in and limited the amount of curve that a blade could have legally.