Interesting Hockey Tidbits Trivia Quiz

Answer: 40

He kept them all to donate to charity, and to pass on to his friends and teammates.

Answer: 300

The injury occurred when Gord Gallany of the Detroit Red Wings, stepped on Salming's face during a scramble at the goalmouth. The skate cut the defenceman's right eye into his nose and down the side of his face. It took 3 hours to stitch up his face, the stitches went past one eye, across his nose, back under the eye, down his cheek, and ended at the corner of his mouth. Salming wore a visor after the injury.

Answer: True

March 3, 1983, was the first time the New Jersey Devils, the New York Islanders, and the New York Rangers played at home on the same night. 4 fans, Joel Bierenbaum, Julian Kaplan, Steven Lefland, and Mike Eisenberg made history by attending one period at all three rinks, the first in New Jersey, the second at Madison Square Garden, and the third at the Nassau Coliseum.

Answer: Bernie Nicholls & Sergei Federov

Bernie did on November 13th 1984, when the Los Angeles Kings beat the Quebec Nordiques 5-4, while Federov did it on December 26, 1996, when the Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals by the same score.

Answer: True

This was back on January 13, 1934. Back then there was no sudden death, but it was a 10 minute overtime period, which Doraty 3 goals gave the Leafs a 7-4 victory over Ottawa.

Answer: False

It did happen, but a year earlier in 1988-89. Mario Lemieux led the scoring race with 199 points. Wayne Gretzky had 168 points, Steve Yzerman had 155 points, followed by Bernie Nicholls with 150.

Answer: Larry Robinson

Robinson's career plus-minus is a plus 730 from 1972-73 to 1991-92, Bobby Orr had a career plus 617 from 1966-67 to 1978-79, Wayne Gretzky had a career plus 535 from 1979-80 to 1998-99, and Ray Bourque had a career plus 528 from 1979-80 to 2000-01. Robinson's plus minus was due to being on the great late 70s Montreal Canadien teams. Even none of his teammates are close to his number, while Orr's would have been higher if his career was longer. Orr played 657 games, while Robinson played 1,384.

Answer: 27

Peeters went 22-0-5 on a Flyers team, that went 35 straight games without a loss. In 1982-83, Peeters would go 31 straight games without a loss going 26-0-5.

Answer: Evgeni Nabokov

Vancouver Canucks coach Mark Crawford pulled Peter Skudra with his team down 6-4, but Jarko Ruutu was serving a major penalty, and at 19:12 of the 3rd period Nabokov took the loose puck and flipped it into the open net.

Answer: New York Rangers

It wasn't a shorthanded situation, but the streak ended when John McLean scored a penalty shot against Tampa Bay, while teammate Brent Fedyk was in the penalty box. The Rangers won the game 5-2.