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1. Which NHL team had the most players selected to play in the 1996 World Cup?
2. Who scored the winning goal in the 1996 World Cup Hockey?
3. The World Cup was formerly known as the Canada Cup. Of the five Canada Cup tournaments staged, how many did Canada win?
4. Bobby Orr was voted MVP of the 1976 Canada Cup, but, oddly, he was not voted MVP for Team Canada. Who won that honour?
5. Many feel that the 1987 Canada tournament was the most dramatic of all. All three games of the championship final between Canada and the Soviet Union finished with an identical score. What was the score?
6. Whose cross-check on Wayne Gretzky during the 1991 Canada Cup caused the NHL to change its rules and assess an automatic game misconduct penalty to anyone who hits another player from behind?
7. Which was the first nation, other than Canada, to win an Olympic Gold medal in hockey?
8. Who did the U.S. defeat in the final game of the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid to win the gold medal and complete the 'Miracle on Ice'?
9. Which member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team had a father who played on the U.S. hockey team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1960?
10. In 1972, a team of NHL All-Stars met the Soviet Union's National Team for the first time in the famous Summit Series. Who was the top point-getter in the series?
11. Why did Bobby Hull not play for Canada in the Summit Series?
12. Who was the surprise visitor who showed up in the Soviet team's dressing room prior to the first game of the Summit Series in Montreal?
13. The Soviets scored nine power-play goals in the eight games of the Summit Series. How many power-play goals did the Canadian Team score?
14. Who holds the record for the most career points in World Junior Championship competition?
15. Who scored the winner for Canada at the Women's World Championships in 1997?
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