Hockey Trivia Quiz # 6
This is Hockey Quiz # 6, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Hockey Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Hockey Question 1
No Horse Hockey Here - Where was artificial ice invented?
The correct answer is 'England'
Scientists mixed glycerine with water, chilled it with ether, and circulated it through copper pipes, which were covered with water to make the ice surface.
Hockey Question 2
NHL Hockey Stuff - Which member of the Staal family was the first to play in the NHL?
The correct answer is 'Eric'
Eric began his NHL career in 2003.
Hockey Question 3
Lake State Women's Hockey - On February 4, 2000, the Lakers played a historic game at the NHL arena closest to the school. Which one is it?
The correct answer is 'Joe Louis Arena in Detroit'
The Lakers played Michigan State's JV team, and won 3-1.
Hockey Question 4
Hockey - In what building did Wayne Gretzky play his last game in Canada?
The correct answer is 'Corel Centre'
Wayne Gretzky played his last game in Canada against the Ottawa Senators at the Corel Centre. This was an easy one.
Hockey Question 5
Hockey 1999-2000 Season - Which of these 99-00 players was NOT Swedish?
The correct answer is 'Sasha Goc'
Hockey Question 6
Miscellaneous Hockey - Who scored the controversial overtime goal in the 1999 Stanley Cup Final to give Dallas its first Stanley Cup?
The correct answer is 'Brett Hull'
Hull's skate was in the crease before the puck, but the goal was never reviewed.
Hockey Question 7
Ultimate Hockey - Doug Gilmour has played for ________ teams in his NHL career?
The correct answer is '7'
St. Louis, Calgary, Toronto, New Jersey, Chicago, Buffalo, and Montreal.
Hockey Question 8
Inside Johnny's "Dead Zone" - After almost seven years away from his teaching position Johnny returns to his old high school as a substitute teacher. While watching the school's hockey team practice he gives a boy advice. The boy follows this advice and successful, falls on the ice. What does Johnny see as he helps him up?
The correct answer is 'The boy's heart beating, from the inside'
The boy is Todd Paley, who is headed to Princeton on a hockey scholarship. When Johnny touches him the first time he sees inside the boy's heart. He doesn't know what it means but asks the team doctor to check him out. The doctor gives him a clean bill of health. That night after the team wins the game Johnny touches Todd's hockey stick and sees Todd fall down on the ice, dead. During the next game Johnny is made coach after the coach is ejected from the game, Johnny immediately pulls Todd off the ice and the team loses. Later that night on the way home, Todd passes out in the car. Todd had a moderate cardiac arrhythmia which could have been fatal if it had happened while Todd was playing.
Hockey Question 9
NCAA Men's Hockey Overview - In 2001, how many teams were invited to the NCAA championship?
The correct answer is '12'
The number was upped from 12 to 16 teams for the 2003 tournament. The NCAA basketball tournament invites 65 teams (64 teams after the two lowest seeded teams play off).
Hockey Question 10
Total Hockey - What player has won the Lady Byng Trophy a record 7 times in his career?
The correct answer is 'Frank Boucher'
Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers has won the Lady Byng Trophy a record 7 times, from 1928 to 1931, and then again from 1933 to 1935. Wayne Gretzky has won the trophy 5 times.