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A fact from Mickey Volcan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a snowstorm resulted in Mickey Volcan and Garry Howatt becoming the first active players to officiate a National Hockey League game?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle talk 22:42, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that Mickey Volcan shares the distinction of being the first active National Hockey League player to officiate an NHL game?

Source: Volcan, Howatt made NHL history 30 years ago "Thirty years later, they still occasionally talk about being the only players in NHL history to serve as emergency on-ice officials in an NHL game."

- ALT1: ... that while a member of the Hartford Whalers, Mickey Volcan officiated one of their games? Source: Volcan, Howatt made NHL history 30 years ago
- ALT2: ... that defenceman Mickey Volcan played over 150 games in the National Hockey League despite being drafted 50th overall? Source: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/77001/michael-volcan
- ALT3: ... that due to a snowstorm, Mickey Volcan and Garry Howatt became the first active players to officiate a National Hockey League game? Source: Volcan, Howatt made NHL history 30 years ago
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wincest

5x expanded by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 86 past nominations.

HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:28, 25 April 2025 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:36, 25 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting. Article looks good, nice work. Just awaiting QPQ. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:44, 25 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: QPQs are now required at the time of the nomination and noms can be closed without warning if a QPQ is not provided. The nomination will be closed within 24 hours if no QPQ is given within that timeframe. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:52, 28 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Narutolovehinata5 and BeanieFan11: my apologies, I was unaware. I have completed my QPQ. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:44, 28 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

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