Tough Hockey Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens

The late 1970s, Canadiens were probably the best dynasty of all time. The 1976-77 Montreal team that composed of Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Ken Dryden and many other greats, ended the season 60-8-12 with 132 points. The Canadiens scored 387 goals that year and allowed only 171, a difference of 216, which is 24 better than the 1970-71 Bruins whose difference is 192.

Answer: False

They came in for the 1925-26 season, one year before the Rangered joined the NHL. The Americans were created when Bill Dwyer bought the Hamilton Tigers and moved them to New York.

Answer: Toronto Maple Leafs

The leafs lost 3-0 to New Jersey in game 6 of the 2000 semi-finals. With the leafs facing elimination, the Leafs would manage only 3 quality scoring chances in the game, and would miss the net on each opportunity. Martin Brodeur only faced 6 shots; 3 in the first, 2 in the second, and only 1 in the third.

Much of the credit goes to the Devils' defence, who kept the leafs from coming into the Devils' zone with the neutral zone trap, which forces teams to shoot the puck into the offensive zone instead of carring it.

The fewest before the Leafs 6 shots was the Washington Capitals, who would only fire 7 shots on net in a 4-1 loss to Philadelphia on February 12, 1978.

Answer: Pat Quinn

When the Flyers lost in the second game of the season to the Atlanta Flames, they went on a rampage. Under the direction of Pat Quinn the "Broad Street Bullies" decided to go with speed, quickness, while cutting back on the violence that was once the club's tradmark.

The Flyers finished with 116 points more than anyone else. Unfortunately they lost to the New York Islanders in the Stanley Cup finals.

Answer: 446 goals

Nowadays we'd be surprised if any team even hits 400 ever again, but the Oilers that year surpassed their 1982-83 mark of 424 goals with even more. Leading the was Wayne Gretzky with 87, Glenn Anderson with 54, Jari Kurri with 52, and Paul Coffey with 40.

The Oilers were the first team to hit 400 in 1981-82, and continued that string for 5 years till 1985-86. Between 1996-97 and 2001-02, no team has even reached 300 goals.

Answer: Dallas Stars

He blanked the Stars 2-0 on December 26, 2001, stopping 31 shots. It was Roy's 59th career shutout?

Answer: 1994 Stanley Cup final between Vancouver and the New York Rangers

4.96 million turned on their TV sets to watch game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup final. The Rangers appeared to have the series won earlier with the series lead 3-1, but the Canucks stormed back winning the next two by scores of 6-3, and 4-1. That sent the series to New York for game 7.

The final game won by the Rangers 3-2 exceeding the 4.27 million people who watched game 7 of the Clarence Campell final between Toronto and Los Angeles.

Answer: Gerry Cheevers

One of the overlooked aspects of the early 1970s Boston Bruins was their goaltending. Gerry Cheevers didn't have the best numbers, but was one of the best at making clutch saves. In 1971-72 Cheevers went 24-0-8 in those 32 games, and led Boston to it's 2nd Stanley Cup in 3 years. He jumped to the World Hockey Association, and the Bruins crashed in the quarterfinals.

Answer: Martin Brodeur

Brodeur played 97 games in 2000-01, with 72 from the regular season and 25 in the playoff, which was 2 more than his own mark a year before with 95, 72 from the season and 23 playoff games leading the Devils to the Stanley Cup. In 1986-87, Ron Hextall set the standard with 92, 66 from the season and 26 playoff games, but then Grant Fuhr's 94 games a year later, 75 season games and 19 playoff games. Richter came close with 91 during the Rangers cup win in 1993-94, 68 season and 23 playoff games.

Answer: Sean Burke & Lorne Chabot

Lorne Chabot had shutouts with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, and the New York Americans. Burke posted shutouts with the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, and Phoenix Coyotes.

The only other team Burke played for that he never had a shutout for, was the Vancouver Canucks when he played 16 games for them during the 1997-98 season.

Answer: False

Before the Sedin twins there were 3 other pair of twins to play on other teams. Rich and Ron Sutter were the first pair of twins to play on the same team, when they played for the Philadelphia Flyers between 1983-84 to 1985-86; Patrik and Peter Sundstrom of the New Jersey Devils in 1989-90; and Peter and Chris Ferraro for the New York Rangers in 1995-96.

Answer: True

After his 5th NHL scoring title, Jagr's high salary was too high for the Penguins, which ended up in the Penguins trading Jagr before the start of the next season. No team ever cut a NHL scoring champion before the start of the next season, but almost did in 1947-48, when 6 games into the season the Chicago Blackhawks, dealt scoring champ Max Bentley to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a multi-player deal.

The deal paid off for Toronto, who won the Stanley Cup that year.

Answer: Viktor Khatulev

Khatulev was chosen 160th overall in the 1975 amateur draft for the Philadelphia Flyers, while Fetisov was chosen 201st overall by Montreal in 1978. Igor Larionov was chosen by Vancouver 214th overall in 1985. Sergei Fedorov was chosen by Detroit 74th overall in 1989. Khatulev never played for the Flyers.

Answer: True

In 1987, the NHL moved to 4 seven game series format. The 1988 Oilers were the closest to sweeping all four series winning the 16 games possible to win the Stanley Cup, but would suffer two losses.

Answer: Squirting water at him

When Domi went to the penalty box at Philadelphia's First Union Center on March 29, 2001. The fans would begin tossing garbage at him, and then Domi responded by grabbing a water bottle and sprayed them. One fan Chris Falcone a 36 year old Flyers fan leaped out of his seat and charge the penalty box. The plexiglass gave way sending him into the penalty box.