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NHL Goal Scoring Trivia Quiz

This is all about goal scorers and their achievements in the NHL.

A multiple-choice quiz by tommyD71. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
tommyD71

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,040

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
3034

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which player has NOT scored 70+ goals in an NHL season? Hint

Phil Esposito

Marcel Dionne

Bernie Nicholls

Alexander Mogilny

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first player to complete a 50-goal season playing with 2 different NHL teams? Hint

Dino Ciccarelli

Craig Simpson

Dave Andreychuk

Teemu Selanne

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first American player to score 50 goals in a NHL season? Hint

Jimmy Carson

Joe Mullen

Bobby Carpenter

Mike Modano

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which player has not scored 5 goals in one NHL game? Hint

Bengt Gustafsson

Mats Sundin

Willy Lindstrom

Tomas Sandstrom

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the first player to score a goal in each period of a single NHL game, including overtime? Hint

Mario Lemieux

Bernie Nicholls

Wayne Gretzky

Brett Hull

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the 2nd NHL player to score 50 goals in 50 games? Hint

Mike Bossy

Bernie Geoffrion

Maurice Richard

Phil Esposito

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first defenseman to score 5 goals in one NHL game? Hint

Ian Turnbull

Bobby Orr

Brian Leetch

Paul Coffey

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the highest goal scorer in the NHL's strike-shortened season of 1994-95, with 34? Hint

Eric Lindros

Peter Bondra

John LeClair

Jaromir Jagr

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which current NHL player shares the record for the fastest 2 goals in an NHL game? Hint

Deron Quint

Pierre Turgeon

Mark Messier

Brett Hull

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which player led all NHL defencemen in goals during the 1981-82 season, with 39? Hint

Denis Potvin

Ian Turnbull

Paul Coffey

Doug Wilson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which player has NOT scored 70+ goals in an NHL season?

Answer: Marcel Dionne

Dionne's top goal output was 59 in 1978-79 for Los Angeles.

2. Who was the first player to complete a 50-goal season playing with 2 different NHL teams?

Answer: Craig Simpson

In 1987-88, Simpson was traded from Pittsburgh where he notched 13 goals in 21 games, to Edmonton where he scored 43 more in 59 games more for a total of 56. (Sure was easy playing with Lemieux and Gretzky I bet).

3. Who was the first American player to score 50 goals in a NHL season?

Answer: Bobby Carpenter

Carpenter scored his 50th goal March 21, 1985 for the Washington Capitals.

4. Which player has not scored 5 goals in one NHL game?

Answer: Tomas Sandstrom

Sandstrom had 7 career hat-tricks and one 4-goal game. Gustafsson scored 5 for the Washington Capitals, Lindstrom for the Winnipeg Jets, and Sundin for the Quebec Nordiques.

5. Who is the first player to score a goal in each period of a single NHL game, including overtime?

Answer: Bernie Nicholls

I don't know the date or who it was against, but trust me it's right...

6. Who was the 2nd NHL player to score 50 goals in 50 games?

Answer: Mike Bossy

Bossy scored his 50th January 24, 1981 against Quebec, in his and the New York Islanders' 50th game of the season.

7. Who was the first defenseman to score 5 goals in one NHL game?

Answer: Ian Turnbull

Toronto's Turnbull tallied the five versus Detroit Feb 2, 1977.

8. Who was the highest goal scorer in the NHL's strike-shortened season of 1994-95, with 34?

Answer: Peter Bondra

Bondra led the league in goals with 34 but finished way out of the Art Ross trophy race because he only had 9 assists. Pass, Peter, pass!

9. Which current NHL player shares the record for the fastest 2 goals in an NHL game?

Answer: Deron Quint

Quint scored 2 goals against Edmonton 4 seconds apart on December 15, 1995, while with the Winnipeg Jets. He tied the record set by Nels Stewart of the Montreal Maroons way back on January 3, 1931.

10. Which player led all NHL defencemen in goals during the 1981-82 season, with 39?

Answer: Doug Wilson

Wilson had 85 points that season, 2nd in the NHL to Coffey, but won the Norris trophy as NHL's best defenceman.

Source: Author tommyD71

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