NHL Team Anagrams [ 2 ] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blues

The St. Louis Blues were one of the many teams who joined the NHL in 1967. These were the first expansion teams since the league had to reduce its size down to the "Original Six" because of the great depression and World War II in 1942. There have been some great players in NHL history that made a stop in the Blues' organization including Brett Hull, Chris Pronger, Adam Oates and Al MacInnis.

Answer: New Jersey Devils

Not only did the New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup in 1994-95, they also did it in 1999-00 and 2002-03. New Jersey has also been home to one of the greatest goalies of all time, Martin Brodeur. Brodeur has recorded some mind blowing stats during his career including 7 shutouts in the 2002-03 playoffs, the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1994, Vezina Trophies in 2003 and 2004 and he has scored a goal in both regular and post-season play!

Answer: Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars, as a franchise, were born in 1967 in Minnesota and stayed there until they made the move to Dallas in 1993. The franchise won their first Stanley Cup in the 1998-99 season with the Conn Smythe Trophy going to Joe Nieuwendyk.

Answer: Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh was one of the many teams who joined the NHL in the 1967 season. Talk about having some great players on one team: Mario Lemieux, Mark Recchi, Bryan Trottier, Joe Mullen, Larry Murphy, Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Jaromir Jagr all played on the 1990-91 championship team!

Answer: San Jose

San Jose drafted Falloon at the #2 overall position in their inaugural 1991 season. Although Falloon didn't live up to expectations, the Sharks got some draft value with Ray Whitney in the second round.

Answer: Washington Capitals

In 1998, Peter Bondra led the Capitals to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in their franchise history. Unfortunately the Caps ran into the Detroit Red Wings who dominated them in a 4 game sweep.

Answer: Phoenix Coyotes

The Coyotes franchise was originally known as the Winnipeg Jets and didn't move to Phoenix until 1996. "The Great One" became part owner and head of hockey operations for the Coyotes in 2001. On August 8, 2005, Gretzky was named Head Coach despite the fact that he had never coached in his career.

Answer: Florida Panthers

The Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup finals in only their third year in the NHL. Like many other Stanley Cup finals during the 1990s, the Panthers were swept in 4 games by the Colorado Avalanche.

Answer: Minnesota Wild

After the state of Minnesota lost the North Stars to Dallas, people were clamoring for a new team. The NHL announced in 1997 that Minnesota would once again have a franchise, called the Wild, and that play would start in 2000.

Answer: New York Islanders

Legendary player and coach Al Arbour was at the helm for each of those championship seasons. Many other NHL greats have laced up their skates as members of the Islanders including Bryan Trottier, Denis Potvin, Butch Goring, Mike Bossy and Billy Smith.