Hockey Trivia Quiz # 22

The "Torpedo" is an aggressive forechecking system that sends four players into the offensive zone, which are 3 forwards and an offensive defenceman in the middle, to take pucks away from their opponents. The 5th player, the defensive defenceman stays back to protect from odd man rushes. The "Torpedo" is something similar to what the Boston Bruins used in the 1970s, where in the Boston Garden, the Bruins would go into the other team's end and slam opponents against the boards to cough up the puck.

India won their second consecutive hockey gold medal, but the U.S. finished with the bronze medal, their only medal in this sport during the 20th century. Japan won the silver.

Orr won it eight times, Harvey won seven times, Bourque got the hardware five times, and Kelly won one Norris Trophy.

Wayne Maki was a young superstar that played for the Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues, and Vancouver Canucks during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was often used as an enforcer on the ice, however, he was also capable of scoring goals as well. During his top year as a performer, Maki would score 25 goals and 63 points in 78 games for the Vancouver Canucks during the 1970-71 hockey campaign. In 1969, during a pre-season hockey match, Maki would be involved in a famous stick swinging incident with Boston Bruins player Ted Green in which Green would almost lose his life. Maki would be suspended for 13 games as a result of the incident and no charges were ultimately laid during the aftermath. On December 14, 1972, Maki was diagnosed with a brain tumor, halfway through the NHL season. He would never play hockey again. On May 1, 1974, Maki would succumb to cancer at the age of 29. His brother, Chico Maki, would also have a productive career in the NHL.

There's no such place as the Nottingham Evening News Arena, but there is the Manchester Eveining News Arena, the Giants play home games in the Odyssey, and the Racers' home is Alexandra Palace.

Howe was pummeling Eddie Shack when Shack's teammate, Fontinato, came to his rescue. Fontinato hit Howe with three huge punches before Howe retaliated, showing the crowd one of the most one-sided fights ever fought in the NHL.

Chris Chelios won the trophy in 1993 and 1996 for Chicago. He was later traded to Detroit in 1998-1999.

In his first year with Brantford Nadrofsky Steelers, Wayne only scored 1 goal. Not the most promising start to his wonderful career.

Brooks died in 2003 from a car accident, and the Gophers remembered him with a patch on their jerseys in the 2003-2004 season.

'Slap Shot' follows the traditional formula of an underdog coach and sports team that somehow achieves success by coming together and finding an unusual chemistry. However, the film is atypical in that the characters aren't heroic or necessarily loveable. None of the rough edges are trimmed here. If you haven't seen the film, you should...but be warned, the dialogue is not G-rated!