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NHL Hockey General Knowledge

How well do you know the National Hockey League? Try to guess these facts from history and the present.
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Last updated: February 8, 2025
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First submittedMarch 11, 2017
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Nickname of Wayne Gretzky
The Great One
Name of the team from Seattle that joined the league in 2021
Seattle Kraken
City that rioted after losing the 2011 Stanley Cup finals
Vancouver
Inventor of the ice-resurfacing machine
Frank Zamboni
Edmonton Oilers player who scored 64 goals in the 2022–23 season
Connor McDavid
In 2007, he led the league in points, becoming the only teenager to ever do so
Sidney Crosby
Name of the NHL's MVP trophy
Hart Trophy
Coach who led the Canadiens, Penguins, and Red Wings to Stanley Cup titles
Scotty Bowman
Highest scoring Russian player in league history
Alex Ovechkin
Aquatic animal that sometimes gets thrown onto the ice at Red Wings games
Octopus
City where did Nordiques played from 1979–1995
Quebec City
For a Gordie Howe hat trick, a player needs a goal, an assist, and ...
Fight
The opposite of a power play goal
Short-handed goal
"Hockey Night in Canada" host nicknamed "Grapes"
Don Cherry
Original name of the Anaheim Ducks
The Mighty Ducks
Former Tampa Bay Lightning star who shares his name with a major American city
Martin St. Louis
In 1990, he was the youngest player in the NHL. In 2017, he was the oldest.
Jaromír Jágr
Goalie who has the most career wins, losses, and shutouts
Martin Brodeur
Beer company that used to own the Montreal Canadiens franchise
Molson
Enforcer who was voted into the All-Star game as a joke in 2016 but scored two goals
and was named MVP
John Scott
22 Comments
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Level 86
Mar 11, 2017
Molson still owns the Canadiens
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Level ∞
Mar 12, 2017
The Molson family is involved, but the brewery no longer owns the team directly:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens

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Level 82
Mar 13, 2017
"Who own da Chiefs?"

"OWNS! OWNS!"

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Level 57
Mar 15, 2017
Johnstown Jets owns chiefs
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Level 12
May 4, 2017
Really nice quizz!!!
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Level 78
May 24, 2017
Great quiz. Watched hockey my whole life and never knew some of these (was able to guess my way to 20/20). As a Canucks fan, I don't like the "riot after losing" question. That riot was happening regardless of a win or less. Yes I'm salty.
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Level 14
May 24, 2017
'Normally civilized' ...until you bring up their terrible hockey team lol
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Level 47
May 24, 2017
20/20...good quiz!
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Level 15
May 25, 2017
way to easy
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Level 54
May 25, 2017
"Normally civilized city" right..... except for the first time they rioted after their first game 7 loss in the final of 1994.
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Level 44
Nov 4, 2017
Please accept short-hand for short-handed
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Level 21
Mar 17, 2018
please do not
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Level 61
Jan 3, 2020
Don Cherry is no longer on Hockey Night in Canada :(
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Level 17
May 13, 2020
He was funny with his costumes, too. I still get nightmares of him wearing his "Frozen" suit (or blouse, idk rlly) the winter of 2016.
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Level 75
Feb 7, 2020
As MungoJerry stated, Don Cherry is no longer on "NHinC" and so this should be rephrased: "What "Hockey Night in Canada" host..." to include the word "former."
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Level 17
May 13, 2020
True. He got fired during Thanksgiving. How ironic.
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Level 17
May 13, 2020
As a big hockey fan, I think the "Night of the rats" of the Carolina Hurricanes should be involved in there somewhere too.
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Level 76
Aug 24, 2020
Is it just me or does the guy in the thumbnail look like Peyton Manning?
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Level 15
Jun 3, 2024
That's Mr. Hockey right there
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Level 84
Feb 4, 2025
Gotta update that Oilers list for McDavid, now that he's shot up to #2! Draisaitl may not be too far off now either.
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Level 85
Mar 17, 2025
Don't know hockey at all. Was hoping his nickname was Goatzky
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Level 81
Apr 29, 2025
Ovechkin isn't just the highest scoring Russian player in NHL history, he is the highest scoring player period.