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1. This team played in the Southeast Division. Bob Hartley was named their new coach on January 14, 2003. Dany Heatley led this team in points in the 2002-03 season.
2. Name the team that the tallest player in the NHL played for during the 2002-03 season. This team was knocked out of the 2003 playoffs in the Eastern Conference Finals by the Devils, after defeating the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers.
3. The French-Canadian team ____________ was one of the Original 6?
4. Which Original 6 team had stars such as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, and Ray Bourque playing for them?
5. What team had the lowest payroll out of all NHL teams in the 2002-03 season?
6. This team's first season was 1974-75. They had 92 points in the 2002-03 season, placing them 6th in the Eastern Conference. Jaromir Jagr, their star of the season, had 77 points.
7. This team was founded on September 25, 1926. On that date, the NHL awarded a franchise to Major Frederic McLaughlin. He purchased the Portland Rose Buds from the Western Hockey League and moved them to a new American city, where this team can be found today. McLaughlin also changed the name of the team.
8. In the 2002-03 season, this team placed first in their division, third in the Eastern Conference. Some of their star players included defenseman Dan Boyle, goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, center Vincent Lecavalier, right wing Vaclav Prospal, center Brad Richards, and right wing Martin St. Louis.
9. Which team's tradition and good luck charm is the throwing of octopi (plural for octopus) onto the ice?
10. The youngest team in the League for the 2002-03 season was _______ ?
11. This team's famous "AMP" line was perhaps the hottest line in the NHL in the latter part of the 2002-03 season. Its members, Alex Tanguay, Peter Forsberg, and Milan Hejduk, combined for 59 goals and 90 assists in just the final 37 games. What team is this line on?
12. Which franchise moved from Minnesota in 1993, and won their first Stanley Cup in 1999?
13. This team did not win the Cup in the 1980s or 90s. They appeared in 21 consecutive playoffs. They are the _________ ?
14. This team's top scoring player during the 2002-03 season had returned to the league in December of 2000, after retiring at the end of the 1996-97 season. The team is the ________ ?
15. In 2003, this Cinderella-story team just skimmed the Cup. They made it to the Finals, coming so close, but losing 3-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. They are the _________ ?
16. This team began in 1979, won four Stanley Cup titles in the 1980s and 90s - four of these were with "The Great One" playing for them. They are the ________ ?
17. What team did Eric Lindros, Mark Messier, Petr Nedved, Matthew Barnaby, Pavel Bure, Alexi Kovalev and Brian Leetch play for in 2002-03?
18. Which team had the NHL's very first mascot, Harvey the Hound (he still is their mascot)?
19. This team narrowly missed the Cup in 2002. They made it to the finals, but lost the series 4-1 to the Detroit Red Wings. They are the __________ ?
20. Which team were the 2003 Stanley Cup champions?
21. Which team finished fourth in the Western Conference in the 2002-03 season? They were second in the Northwest Division.
22. This team, based in the eastern United States with orange and black as their colors, won the Stanley Cup in the consecutive years 1974 and 75. They are the _____________ ?
23. Which team played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum when it opened in 1972?
24. This team considers its more golden years the 1940s, when they won 5 Stanley Cups, 3 in consecutive years. The 1980s were considered their "dark years." What team is it?
25. In May 2003, the _________ acquired goalie Roman Cechmanek from the Philadelphia Flyers?
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