Hockey Trivia Quiz # 28
This is Hockey Quiz # 28, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Hockey Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Hockey Question 1
Hockey Lovers - Which team is known to their fans as 'The Habs'?
The correct answer is 'Montreal Canadiens'
The 'Habs' is actually derived from the French 'Les Habitants' which loosely translated means 'the ones who live here' or even more loosely - the home team. One of the oldest and the most successful franchises in NHL history, the Habs are always under the closest of scrutiny from the 'habitants' in the province of Quebec, so much so that many players have found playing in Montreal too much to handle. (Namely Vinnie Damphousse and Pierre Turgeon who suffered below average results under the pressure there and many believe that Guy Lafleur even though he led the Habs to numerous Cups, retired earlier than he would have had he not have been under the media's microscope for so long).
Hockey Question 2
Hockey Rules and Stuff - The NHL Hockey Hall of Fame is located where?
The correct answer is 'Toronto, Ontario'
Hockey Question 3
Hit Somebody, The Hockey Song - Which of these nationalities is not mentioned?
The correct answer is 'German'
"There were Swedes to the left, a Russian to the right,
A Czech at the blue line looking for a fight."
A Czech at the blue line looking for a fight."
Hockey Question 4
Danish Ice Hockey - Who was the leading scoring player in the season 2005-06?
The correct answer is 'Scott Matzka, Odense'
Runner-up was Robert Burakovsky.
Hockey Question 5
Hobey Baker: Great Hockey Player - Hobey Baker was born in Wissahickon, Pennsylvania, and Hobey is his nickname. What was his given first name?
The correct answer is 'Hobart'
His whole name was Hobart Amory Hare Baker, three unusual names !
Hockey Question 6
Getting Their Careers In Order - Ken Dryden was everything a hockey goalie could have been, dominating the NHL in 1970s. He won five Vezina Trophies (for being the league's best goalie) in his eight seasons. His NHL recognitions actually began before winning the 1971-72 Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year. What honor or distinction did he win before being Rookie of the Year?
The correct answer is '1970-71 playoff MVP'
Dryden, a college standout whose Cornell team won the 1967 NCAA title, graduated in 1969 and played minor league hockey before being pressed into service for the Montreal Canadiens late in the 1970-71 season. In the first round of the playoffs that year, he faced the mighty Boston Bruins, the defending Stanley Cup champions who'd had a record-breaking season of team and individual performances. Dryden's Canadiens lost the first game, but took the Bruins in seven to advance. In the finals, they beat the vaunted Chicago Blackhawks of Bobby Hull and goalie Tony Esposito to win the Cup, with Dryden being named playoff MVP. Because he'd played so few regular season games in 1970-71, he was technically a rookie the following year, and took advantage of that standing to win Rookie of the Year honors. When Dryden retired in 1979 after just seven full seasons (he sat out the 1973-74 year), his most powerful legacy was that he'd amassed 46 career shutouts while losing just 57 games.
Hockey Question 7
Posthumous Inductions - Considered to be one of the most dirty, viscious players to ever play the game of hockey, he also had a brother named "Odie", who also played professional hockey. Who is he?
The correct answer is 'Sprague Cleghorn'
He was very protective of his teammate and brother Odie Cleghorn, and would take revenge on those who physically hurt Odie.
Hockey Question 8
An Assortment of Hockey - What is the fastest time to score a hat trick in an NHL game?
The correct answer is '21 seconds'
It happened in the 1952 playoffs, by Chicago Blackhawk Bill Mosienko.
Hockey Question 9
Hockey Nicknames - What Montreal Canadien great was 'Le Gros Bil'?
The correct answer is 'Jean Beliveau'
Beliveau played 20 seasons for Montreal, scoring 507 goals.
Hockey Question 10
Red Hot Hockey! - When Canadian-born Hayley Wickenheiser joined the Kirkkonummi Lightning of the Finnish league in 2002-03, she became the second woman to play in a men's pro league. How many games did she play before she scored her first goal?
The correct answer is 'Six games'
Hayley Wickenheiser, star of Canada's national team and sometimes known as the female Wayne Gretzky, scored her first goal in her sixth game with Kirkkonummi, a third-division semi-pro team from Finland. Despite her goal and an assist during the February 1, 2003 game, the Lightning lost 5-4, Wickenheiser is the first woman to score a goal in a men's pro hockey league.