NHL Mixture Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ray Bourque

Ray Bourque had 13 first team All-Star selections during his career. Gordie Howe had 12 selections to the first team. Bobby Hull had 10 first team selections and Wayne Gretzky had only 8.

Answer: $115 million US

It's what made many General Managers go nuts when Colorado dished out the cash just after the 2001 entry draft. Altogether Sakic (US$9.8m), Roy (US$8.5m), and Blake (US$9.3m) made almost 28 million in 2001-2002, which was more than the rosters of seven NHL teams.

Answer: 16 games

Today going 16 games over .500 would easily make the playoffs, but the 1969-70 Montreal Canadiens couldn't dispite going 38-22-6. The reason was the unbalenced playoff format where the East division had all the strong teams which were all original six teams, while the West were all the 3rd year expansion teams. Montreal had 92 points which would have led the West, but because the top 4 teams in each division made the playoffs they were out. Montreal was just 7 points back of the Blackhawks, and Bruins, and was tied with the Rangers for the fourth and final playoff spot, but the Rangers won the tiebreaker because they had scored more goals than Montreal.

Answer: 2 goals

Brett Hull had 2 goals and an assist including the game winner 52 seconds into overtime as Detroit won 4-3.

Answer: Brian Trottier's #19

On that day Trottier joined Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Clark Gilles, Bob Nystrom, and Billy Smith as the only Islanders to have their jersey retired. Trottier had 1,353 points in 15 seasons with the Islanders winning 4 stanley cups and adding 2 more cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991, and in 1992.

Answer: False

When Ted Lindsay retired after the 1969 season, he had 365 goals more than any other left winger and 1,635 penalty minutes more than any other player, and 999 games which was also more than anyone else. Gordie Howe would become the first 1,000 games man instead on November 26, 1961 breaking Ted Lindsay's mark. Ted Lindsay would end up playing 1,000 games anyway when he came out of retirement in 1964-65 to play 1 more season adding 69 more games and 173 penalty minutes and 4 minutes behing the penalty minute leader of that year, Carl Brewer.

The 173 penalty minutes was the second highest total of his career.

Answer: True

Stanislav Gvoth was born in Sokolce, Czechoslovakia on May 20, 1940. After the communists seized control of the country his parents sent him to Canada to live with his Uncle and Aunt in St. Catherines, Ontario. Stan took their last name as is own, and the player we all know as Stan Mikita scoring 541 goals, 926 assists, for 1467 points in 22 seasons with the Blackhawks winning the Art Ross trophy for the most points 4 times and the Hart trophy for the NHL's MVP.

Answer: Teemu Selanne

During March of the 1992-93 season Teemu Selanee scored 20 goals ending up with 76 on the year destroying Mike Bossy's rookie mark of 54.

Answer: 25 games

Opposing goalies might dispute this, but Gretzky was unstoppable during the 1981-82 season. His 92 goals were powered by various of offences exposions. Gretzky had 6 three-goal games, 3 four goal games, and 1 five-goal game that year scoring about 40% of his goals in 10 games. If you subtract the 25 games Gretzky didn't score in you are left with 92 goals in 55 games.

Answer: Iginla Bertuzzi

Both players had break out seasons posting a 15 game scoring streaks during the season. Jarome Iginla scored 18 goals and 13 assists during the 15 games from October 18 to November 22 earning a spot on Canada's olympic team, while Todd Bertuzzi collected 6 goals and 12 assists between January 3 to January 28 as Vancouver began it's hot second half of the season lifting them to the playoffs.

Answer: 500 goals and 1,000 assists

Ron Francis and Steve Yzerman joined Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Mark Messier, and Marcel Dionne to reach 500 goals and 1,000 assists. Francis joined when he scored his 500th goal in a 6-3 loss to Boston on January 2nd, 2002, while Yzerman added his 1,000th assist on Mathieu Dansenault's overtime winner in a 3-2 victoory over Ottawa on January 20th, 2002.

Answer: Easton

About halfway through the 2001-02 season about 180 NHL players were using Easton's latest invention. The stick was made of a mixture of carbon graphite and Kevlar and 1/3 lighter then most wooden sticks. The Synergy can supposedly increase the velocity of a shot by 10 per cent, and because of the consistent curve players don't have to spend hours tuning up their blades.

The other companies have since joined in the revolution of this new piece of hockey equipment.

Answer: Petr Klima

Petr Klima believed every stick was good for one goal. It would also be the equipment manager's worst nightmare, because Klima scored 408 career goals during his 13 year career.

Answer: Hakan Loob

Hakan Loob departed on a high note during his final season in 1988-89. The 28 year old scored 27 goals and 58 assists for 85 points incuding winning the stanley cup with the Calgary Flames. After the season he returned home to Sweden where he played in the Swedish Elite League. Frank Mahovlich scored 31 goals and 49 assists for 80 points with the Montreal Canadiens in his final season in 1973-74. Jean Beliveau notched 25 goals and 51 assists for 76 points in his final season with Montreal in 1970-71. Mike Bossy would score 38 goals and 37 assists for 75 points in 1986-87 with the Islanders.

Answer: 13 goals

The name of the player that holds this record is John McKinnon of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1926-27, and McKinnon was a defenceman. How can a defenceman score 13 goals and not get an assist is beyond me. His career number proved he preferred shooting rather than passing scoring 28 goals and 11 assists during his 6 years in the NHL.

The closest to McKinnon was Mickey Roach of the New York Americans who scored 11 goals in 1926-27.

Answer: 21 seasons

Incredible for 21 straight seasons Gordie Howe was in the top 10 in scoring. This was also based the Gordie Howe was also not just consistent each year, he never missed more than 6 games in any season during those 21 years. The streak began when Howe was in his 4th year in the NHL during the 1949-50 season and continued until 1969-70.

He finished first 6 times, second once and third place 6 times.

Answer: Bobby Orr

In 1969-70 Orr became the first defenceman and the 4th player to hit 100 points collecting 33 goals and 87 assists during that season. His streak would have continued if it wasn't for a knee injury before the 1975-76 season. Wayne Gretzky recorded 13 straight seasons with 100 points. Esposito, Orr's teammate, who was the first player to get 100 points missed it by 1 point in 1969-70 which would have been a string of 7 straight 100 point seasons. Guy Lafleur had 6 straight 100 point seasons from 1974-75 to 1979-80 with Montreal was after Orr did it.

Answer: England

People often credit Finland's Jari Kurri to be the first non-Canadian to score 50 which he did with the Edmonton Oilers during the 1983-84 season, but he was the 2nd player to hit it. Boston's Ben Hodge scored 50 in 1973-74. He was raised in Canada, but was born in Birmingham, England.

Answer: Chicago Stadium

A huge snowstorm struck the state of Illinois in December 1932 which the NFL officials decided it was impossible to play the championship game between the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans outdoors. The solution was to place the game at Chicago Stadium home of the Blackhawks. Trucks dumped a layer of soil over the arena floor. With the field being only 80 yards long each time a team crossed midfield the ball would be placed back 20 yards.

The game was played on December 18th, 1932 in front of over 11,000 people with the Bears winning 9-0.

The Chicago Stadium was the only stadium used for a NFL game during the 20th century.

Answer: 1980s New York Islanders

The Islanders won 4 cups and 19 straight playoff series, the closest was the 1970s Canadiens winning 13 straight series from 1976 to 80. The Islanders reign began in 1980 when they beat the Los Angeles Kings 3 games to 1, and continued until they were beaten in the 1984 Stanley Cup final by the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1.