Art Ross Trophy Winners Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gordie Howe

Gordon 'Gordie' Howe, AKA 'Mr. Hockey', was a Canadian hockey player (from Saskatchewan) who set the bar for hockey excellence, setting many records during his tenure as a player. He played 26 seasons in the NHL, with 25 of those being with the Detroit Red Wings. In that time, he also won the Stanley Cup four times with the Red Wings: 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955.

Howe was the first NHL player to reach 1,000 points in his career. He achieved this in 1960 in his 938th game. When he retired, he had a record of 801 goals, 1049 assists, and 1850 total points, which would stand until surpassed by Wayne Gretzky.

Answer: Dickie Moore

Richard Winston 'Dickie' Moore was also a Canadian hockey player, this time from Québec, who played 14 seasons in the NHL. The bulk of his career was spent with the Montréal Canadiens (1951-63), with his final two NHL seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues. Moore won the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens six times during his career: 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1960.

Answer: Bernie Geoffrion

Joseph Bernard André 'Bernie' Geoffrion, AKA 'Boom Boom' was (another) Canadian hockey player from Québec who played 16 seasons in the NHL with the Montréal Canadiens (14 seasons) and the New York Rangers (two seasons). He followed up his playing career by coaching for five seasons with three different teams (New York Rangers, Atlanta Flames, and Montréal Canadiens).

Geoffrion also happens to be one of the players considered to be the innovator of the 'slap shot', hence the nickname 'Boom Boom'. During his career, Geoffrion won the Stanley Cup six times with the Canadiens: 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1960, although he did not usually play on the same line as Dickie Moore.

Answer: Bobby Hull

Robert Marvin 'Bobby' Hull, AKA 'The Golden Jet' was a Canadian hockey player from Ontario who played in the NHL for 15 seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks before moving over to the WHA Winnipeg Jets in 1972 (from which his nickname comes). He played one final year in the NHL when the Jets made the move in 1979, playing part of the season with Winnipeg before being traded to the Hartford Whalers.

He became the fourth player to reach the 1,000 point milestone, achieving it in 1970 with 909 games played (setting the new 'fastest time' record, two games quicker than Jean Beliveau). Hull won the Stanley Cup just once in his career, helping the Chicago Black Hawks to their first championship in 23 years (in 1961).

Answer: Stan Mikita

Stan Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth) was a Slovakian hockey player who played his entire 22-year NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks. He became the sixth NHL player to reach 1,000 points, which he achieved in 1972 in his 924th game. Mikita's only Stanley Cup win came in his second year in the NHL - the same 1961 win as Bobby Hull.

Answer: Phil Esposito

Philip Anthony Esposito was a Canadian hockey player from Ontario who played 18 seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He set a new record as the fastest to reach 1,000 points in 1974, achieving the mark in just 745 games.

He was the 10th player to reach this milestone. Esposito won the Stanley Cup twice in his career, both times with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972.

Answer: Bobby Orr

Robert Gordon 'Bobby' Orr was a Canadian hockey player from Ontario who set the bar for defensemen in the NHL. While he only played 12 seasons (ten with the Boston Bruins and two with the Chicago Black Hawks) in the NHL, he made a great impact. He was the first player to reach 100 assists in a season and never had a season with a +/- rating of under +30 during his career (from when they started keeping track in 1968-69), reaching a record high +124 in 1971. Orr won the Stanley Cup twice in his career with Boston, in 1970 and 1972.

Answer: Guy Lafleur

Guy Damien Lafleur was another Québecois Canadian hockey player who played the bulk of his career with the Montréal Canadiens (14 seasons) before retiring and then making a comeback for three seasons with the New York Rangers and Québec Nordiques.

He became the 14th NHL player to reach the 1,000 point mark, achieving it in 1981 after just 720 games, breaking Marcel Dionne's record of 740 games just two months later. Lafleur won the Stanley Cup five times during his career with the Canadiens: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979.

Answer: Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Douglas Gretzky, AKA 'The Great One' was another Ontarian Canadian hockey player - by far the greatest professional hockey player of the 20th Century. He set many records during his career, many of which still stand and may do so for a very long time. Gretzky began his career with the Edmonton Oilers, but also played for the Los Angeles Kings, the St. Louis Blues, and the New York Rangers during his career.

Gretzky became the first NHL player to reach 200 points in one season (as mentioned in the question) - a feat he achieved FOUR TIMES in his career. He smashed the record for the fastest to reach 1,000 points, managing it in just 424 games with Edmonton, then doing it again with a different team (Los Angeles) in 857 games. He thus also became the first player to reach 2,000 points (in 1990). Gretzky won the Stanley Cup four times with the Edmonton Oilers: 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

Answer: Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux, AKA 'Super Mario' was ANOTHER Québec-born Canadian hockey player to make a mark on the NHL record books. He played 17 seasons in the NHL, all of them with the Pittsburg Penguins (with a three year 'retirement' from 1997-2000). He also took over ownership of the team in 1999.

He reached the 1,000 point milestone in 1992, the 35th NHL player to do so, achieving it in the second-fastest time of 513 games. Lemieux won the Stanley Cup twice with the Penguins as a player (1991 and 1992), but also won it three times as an owner (2009, 2016, and 2017), becoming the first person to have their name on the cup as both player and owner.