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1. To make it to the NHL you've got to learn to skate. Many young prospects take power skating lessons from this famous female skating coach including brothers Scott and Rob Niedermayer, Luc Robitaille, Brendan Morrison and Bryan McCabe. Who is the woman whose name is synonymous with power skating?
2. Jarome Iginla won two Memorial Cups with with his Major Junior team in 1994 and 1995, before joining the Calgary Flames. Which junior team was that?
3. Wayne Gretzky was one of the first prominent NHL players to sport a uniform number beyond the conventional numbers 1 to 35. When he joined the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds junior team, another player was already wearing Wayne's #9. Which player wouldn't give it up for Wayne?
4. Darryl Sittler, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, set an NHL record in 1976 by scoring an amazing 10 points in one game against the Boston Bruins. However in his ROOKIE season with Toronto, #27 only scored __________ ?
5. American-born Pat LaFontaine bucked the trend of his peers and headed to Canada to play junior hockey in Verdun, Quebec. Although he had a good NHL career, scoring over 50 goals twice, what may be his proudest accomplishment is that he beat out a future NHL superstar to win the Quebec Major Hockey League scoring race. Who is this super star?
6. Terry Sawchuck was arguably the greatest goalie ever. However, he had to overcome a nagging childhood injury that should have ended his dream of even playing hockey again, never mind winning the Stanley Cup. What happened to Terry when he was 12?
7. Dany Heatley gained notoriety in 2003 from an auto accident in Atlanta that claimed the life of his passenger, teammate and friend, Dan Snyder. Dany left the U.S. in 2005 to continue his career in Canada with the Ottawa Senators. However he was not born in either Canada or the U.S. What country is listed as Dany's place of birth?
8. Just like kids playing in backyard rinks across Canada, Czechoslovakian-born Jaromir Jagr dreamed of receiving a pass from his hockey idol and scoring in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He realized this dream - when he finally made it to the NHL. Jaromir played on a line, and won the Stanley Cup with this international superstar teammate and boyhood idol. Who is this super star?
9. This B.C. smelter town was the birth place or home for many NHL players. Name the 'Home of Champions' that produced NHL stars including Cesare Maniago, Shawn Horcoff, Barrett Jackman, Steve McCarthy, Adam Deadmarsh, Ray Ferraro, and Steve Tambellini.
10. This goalie backstopped the final game helping Canada take home the Gold Medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. The biggest decision of his life came at age seven when the coach asked him whether he wanted to play forward or goalie. Who is the seven year-old who said, "Goalie" ?
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