164 NHL trivia questions, from the easy ones every fan knows to the deep cuts. Tap a question to see the answer and a quick fact.
Who coached the US team in the 1980 Miracle on Ice?
Herb Brooks (1980)
Brooks was a St. Paul native, and much of the roster came from Minnesota.
What was the score of the Miracle on Ice?
USA 4, USSR 3 (1980)
Mike Eruzione scored the winner.
Who said Do you believe in miracles? Yes!
Al Michaels (1980)
He called the game for ABC.
Which team won four straight Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983?
New York Islanders (1983)
They also won a record 19 straight playoff series.
Wayne Gretzky was traded from Edmonton in 1988 to which team?
Los Angeles Kings (1988)
The deal is simply called The Trade in Canada.
How many Stanley Cups have the Montreal Canadiens won?
24 (1993)
Their most recent came in 1993. No team has more.
The Minnesota North Stars relocated in 1993 to become which team?
Dallas Stars (1993)
The Avalanche came from Quebec, the Coyotes from Winnipeg and the Hurricanes from Hartford.
Which company founded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim?
Disney (1993)
The name came from the 1992 movie.
Mark Messier guaranteed a Game 6 win in 1994 against which team?
New Jersey Devils (1994)
He then scored a hat-trick to deliver on it.
Which Canucks star was known as the Russian Rocket?
Pavel Bure (1994)
Bure scored 60 goals twice for Vancouver.
What number did Mario Lemieux wear?
66 (1997)
It's an upside-down 99.
How many career points did Wayne Gretzky record?
2,857 (1999)
His assists alone would make him the career points leader.
Who am I? Turned pro in the WHA at 17, traded to LA in 1988, my number is retired league-wide.
Wayne Gretzky (1999)
Gretzky holds 61 NHL records.
The number 99 was retired league-wide in honor of which player?
Wayne Gretzky (2000)
It was retired in 2000.
In which season did the Minnesota Wild play their first game?
2000-01 (2001)
The Wild arrived seven years after the North Stars left.
Alex Ovechkin was drafted first overall in which year?
2004 (2004)
Sidney Crosby went first one year later, in 2005.
Which NHL star grew up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia?
Sidney Crosby (2005)
So did Nathan MacKinnon, from the same town.
Sidney Crosby's 2010 Olympic golden goal came against which country?
United States (2010)
It won gold in overtime in Vancouver.
Boston won the 2011 Stanley Cup against which team?
Vancouver Canucks (2011)
Goalie Tim Thomas won the Conn Smythe.
Which twin brothers starred together for the Canucks?
Daniel and Henrik Sedin (2011)
Both had their numbers retired by Vancouver on the same night.
T.J. Oshie's famous Olympic shootout performance in 2014 came against which country?
Russia (2014)
He went 4 for 6 in the shootout in Sochi.
How many Stanley Cups did the Blackhawks win in the 2010s?
3 (2015)
They won in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
Which team drafted Auston Matthews first overall in 2016?
Toronto Maple Leafs (2016)
He scored four goals in his NHL debut.
Who won the Conn Smythe in both 2016 and 2017?
Sidney Crosby (2017)
He's one of only three players to win it in back-to-back years.
In which year did Connor McDavid win his first Hart Trophy?
2017 (2017)
He also won the scoring title with 100 points.
The Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup in 2018 against which team?
Vegas Golden Knights (2018)
Vegas reached the Final in its very first season.
Who won the 2018 Conn Smythe?
Alex Ovechkin (2018)
Washington won its first Cup.
Leon Draisaitl is from which country?
Germany (2020)
He won the Hart Trophy in 2020.
Which expansion team began play in 2021-22?
Seattle Kraken (2022)
Seattle was the NHL's 32nd team.
Who did Vegas beat for its first Stanley Cup in 2023?
Florida Panthers (2023)
Jonathan Marchessault won the Conn Smythe.
Which team drafted Connor Bedard first overall in 2023?
Chicago Blackhawks (2023)
He won the Calder Trophy as a rookie.
Who passed Wayne Gretzky's career goals record in 2025?
Alex Ovechkin (2025)
Ovechkin scored number 895 on April 6, 2025.
Florida beat which team in both the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Finals?
Edmonton Oilers (2025)
Sam Bennett won the 2025 Conn Smythe.
Who am I? I was drafted first overall in 2004. I scored 65 goals in 2007-08. I passed Gretzky's goal record in 2025.
Alex Ovechkin (2025)
He won the Cup with Washington in 2018.
Which team won the 2026 Stanley Cup?
Carolina Hurricanes (2026)
Carolina beat Vegas in six games for its second Cup, 20 years after the first.
Who was the first player to score 50 goals in 50 games?
Maurice Richard (1945)
The Rocket did it in 1944-45.
Who became the first Black player in the NHL, with Boston in 1958?
Willie O'Ree (1958)
O'Ree was mostly blind in one eye.
Which team won five straight Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960?
Montreal Canadiens (1960)
It is still the longest Cup streak.
When did the Toronto Maple Leafs last win the Stanley Cup?
1967 (1967)
It was the final season of the Original Six era.
Bobby Orr's famous flying Cup-winning goal came against which team?
St. Louis Blues (1970)
The overtime goal finished a Bruins sweep.
Who scored 76 goals in 1970-71, the record before Gretzky?
Phil Esposito (1971)
He played for Boston.
Bobby Hull jumped to the WHA in 1972 to sign with which team?
Winnipeg Jets (1972)
His $1 million deal gave the new league instant credibility.
Who scored the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series?
Paul Henderson (1972)
Canada beat the Soviet Union with 34 seconds left in Game 8.
Which Flyers goalie won back-to-back Conn Smythes in 1974 and 1975?
Bernie Parent (1975)
The Broad Street Bullies won both Cups.
How many Norris Trophies did Bobby Orr win?
8 (1975)
He won eight in a row from 1968 to 1975.
What number did Bobby Orr wear?
4 (1975)
Boston retired it in 1979.
Darryl Sittler set an NHL record with how many points in one game in 1976?
10 (1976)
He had six goals and four assists for Toronto against Boston.
Wayne Gretzky's first pro team was which WHA club?
Indianapolis Racers (1978)
The Racers sold him to Edmonton after eight games.
Helmets became mandatory for new NHL players in which year?
1979 (1979)
Craig MacTavish was the last player to play without one, in 1997.
The Flames moved to Calgary in 1980 from which city?
Atlanta (1980)
Atlanta later got the Thrashers, who also left, for Winnipeg.
The 1979-80 Flyers set a record unbeaten streak of how many games?
35 (1980)
They went 25-0-10 over the run.
Wayne Gretzky grew up in which Ontario city?
Brantford (1980)
His father built a backyard rink there.
Who am I? I was born in St. Paul. I coached the Gophers to three national titles. I coached the Miracle on Ice.
Herb Brooks (1980)
His 1980 roster was full of Minnesota and Boston college players.
How many goals did Wayne Gretzky score in 1981-82, the single-season record?
92 (1982)
He also scored 50 goals in his first 39 games that season.
The Colorado Rockies relocated in 1982 to become which team?
New Jersey Devils (1982)
The franchise began as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974.
Who coached the Islanders' four straight Cups?
Al Arbour (1983)
Arbour came back at 75 to coach his 1,500th game.
Met Center was home to which team?
Minnesota North Stars (1985)
It sat in Bloomington next to old Metropolitan Stadium, near today's Mall of America.
Which Finnish winger was Wayne Gretzky's longtime linemate in Edmonton?
Jari Kurri (1985)
Kurri scored 71 goals in 1984-85.
How many points did Wayne Gretzky record in 1985-86, the single-season record?
215 (1986)
Mario Lemieux's best season was 199 points in 1988-89.
Who was the first NHL goalie to score by shooting the puck into the net?
Ron Hextall (1987)
He did it for Philadelphia against Boston in 1987.
Mario Lemieux's five goals five ways game came against which team?
New Jersey Devils (1988)
He scored even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net on Dec. 31, 1988.
The Calgary Flames won their only Stanley Cup in which year?
1989 (1989)
They are the only visiting team to win the Cup on Montreal Forum ice.
Which of these never won the Stanley Cup?
Marcel Dionne (1989)
Dionne scored 731 goals without a Cup.
The Hartford Whalers logo famously hid which letter in the negative space?
H (1990)
The W and the whale tail form an H between them.
The Minnesota North Stars lost the 1991 Stanley Cup Final to which team?
Pittsburgh Penguins (1991)
Minnesota finished with a losing record in the regular season.
Who scored 86 goals in 1990-91?
Brett Hull (1991)
He played for St. Louis.
Eric Lindros refused to play for Quebec and was traded to which team?
Philadelphia Flyers (1992)
Peter Forsberg was part of the package that went to Quebec.
Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game for which team?
Tampa Bay Lightning (1992)
She played a period in goal against St. Louis in 1992.
How many goals did Teemu Selanne score as a rookie in 1992-93?
76 (1993)
It remains the rookie record.
The Rangers' 1994 Cup ended a drought of how many years?
54 (1994)
Their previous Cup came in 1940.
The 1994 Rangers beat which team in Game 7 of the Final?
Vancouver Canucks (1994)
Vancouver fans rioted downtown after the loss.
Montreal traded Patrick Roy in 1995 to which team?
Colorado Avalanche (1995)
Roy won the Cup with Colorado that same season.
The 62-win 1995-96 Red Wings lost the Western Final to which team?
Colorado Avalanche (1996)
It launched the bitter Detroit and Colorado rivalry.
Detroit's 1997 Stanley Cup ended a drought of how many years?
42 (1997)
Captain Steve Yzerman lifted the Cup for the first time.
The Hartford Whalers relocated in 1997 to become which team?
Carolina Hurricanes (1997)
Carolina won its first Cup in 2006.
Joe Louis Arena was home to which team?
Detroit Red Wings (1997)
Fans threw octopuses on the ice there.
Who am I? Goalie called The Dominator, six Vezinas, two Harts, 1998 Olympic gold for the Czech Republic.
Dominik Hasek (1998)
He won Cups with Detroit in 2002 and 2008.
How many career NHL regular season goals did Wayne Gretzky score?
894 (1999)
The record stood until Ovechkin passed it in 2025.
Wayne Gretzky played for the Oilers, Kings, Blues and Rangers. Which team did he NOT play for?
Chicago Blackhawks (1999)
Gretzky won four Cups in Edmonton.
Brett Hull's controversial triple-overtime Cup winner in 1999 came against which team?
Buffalo Sabres (1999)
Buffalo fans still call it No Goal because his skate was in the crease.
Who returned from retirement in 2000 while also owning his team?
Mario Lemieux (2000)
Lemieux had bought the Penguins out of bankruptcy in 1999.
Who am I? I scored on my first NHL shift. I bought my team out of bankruptcy. I came back to play as the owner in 2000.
Mario Lemieux (2000)
Super Mario won two Cups as a player and three more as an owner.
Ray Bourque won his only Stanley Cup in 2001 with which team?
Colorado Avalanche (2001)
Joe Sakic handed him the Cup first after over 20 seasons in Boston.
How many Vezina Trophies did Dominik Hasek win?
6 (2001)
He is also the only goalie with two Hart Trophies.
How many Stanley Cups did Scotty Bowman win as a coach?
9 (2002)
He won with Montreal, Pittsburgh and Detroit.
Who is the only player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy three times?
Patrick Roy (2003)
Roy won it in 1986, 1993 and 2001.
Which goalie won the 2003 Conn Smythe even though Anaheim lost the Final?
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2003)
New Jersey won Game 7.
Andrew Brunette's Game 7 overtime goal in 2003 beat which goalie?
Patrick Roy (2003)
The Wild came back from 3-1 down twice that spring and reached the conference finals.
Where did Thomas Vanek play college hockey?
Minnesota (2003)
He was Frozen Four MOP as a freshman in 2003.
Mark Messier played for the Oilers, Rangers and which other team?
Vancouver Canucks (2004)
Messier won six Stanley Cups.
Who won the 2004 Conn Smythe as Tampa Bay beat Calgary?
Brad Richards (2004)
Calgary believed Martin Gelinas had scored a Game 6 winner that wasn't counted.
Zach Parise played college hockey at which school?
North Dakota (2004)
His father J.P. played for the North Stars.
Where did Ryan Suter play college hockey?
Wisconsin (2005)
His father Bob played on the Miracle on Ice team.
Which rookie goalie won the Conn Smythe for Carolina's 2006 Cup run?
Cam Ward (2006)
Carolina beat Edmonton in seven games.
The 2006 Oilers reached the Final as which seed?
Eighth (2006)
They lost Game 7 to Carolina.
How many Staal brothers have played in the NHL?
4 (2006)
Eric, Jordan, Marc and Jared all made it.
In which season did the NHL introduce the shootout?
2005-06 (2006)
It came back after the lockout that wiped out 2004-05.
Where did Phil Kessel play college hockey?
Minnesota (2006)
He played one season.
The Anaheim Ducks won the 2007 Cup against which team?
Ottawa Senators (2007)
Scott Niedermayer won the Conn Smythe.
Where did Jonathan Toews play college hockey?
North Dakota (2007)
He played two seasons.
Who scored 65 goals in 2007-08?
Alex Ovechkin (2008)
It was the most by a left wing in NHL history.
Where did T.J. Oshie play college hockey?
North Dakota (2008)
He grew up partly in Warroad, Minnesota.
Patrick Kane's 2010 Cup-winning overtime goal came against which team?
Philadelphia Flyers (2010)
It ended Chicago's 49-year Cup drought.
Who went second overall in 2010, one pick after Taylor Hall?
Tyler Seguin (2010)
Boston got the pick from Toronto in the Phil Kessel trade.
The 2010 Flyers came back from 3-0 down in a series against which team?
Boston Bruins (2010)
They also rallied from 3-0 down in Game 7 itself.
The Atlanta Thrashers relocated in 2011 to become which team?
Winnipeg Jets (2011)
Winnipeg had lost its original Jets to Phoenix in 1996.
The 2012 Los Angeles Kings won the Cup as which seed in the West?
Eighth (2012)
They became the first eighth seed to win the Cup.
Which goalie won the 2012 Conn Smythe for Los Angeles?
Jonathan Quick (2012)
He had a .946 save percentage in the playoffs.
Which two players signed identical 13-year contracts with the Wild on July 4, 2012?
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter (2012)
Each deal was worth $98 million.
Where did Jonathan Quick play college hockey?
UMass (2012)
He won two Cups with Los Angeles.
Chicago scored two goals in how many seconds to win the 2013 Cup in Boston?
17 (2013)
Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored late in Game 6.
How many games did teams play in the lockout-shortened 2013 season?
48 (2013)
It began in January.
Who scored the double-overtime Cup winner for the Kings in 2014?
Alec Martinez (2014)
Los Angeles beat the Rangers for its second Cup in three years.
Anze Kopitar is from which country?
Slovenia (2014)
He won two Cups with the Kings.
The 2014 Winter Classic drew an NHL record crowd at which stadium?
Michigan Stadium (2014)
105,491 watched Toronto beat Detroit in a shootout.
The 2014 Kings came back from 3-0 down in the first round against which team?
San Jose Sharks (2014)
They went on to win the Cup.
Where did Johnny Gaudreau play college hockey?
Boston College (2014)
He won the Hobey Baker in 2014.
How many career wins did Martin Brodeur record, the NHL record?
691 (2015)
Brodeur also scored three goals, including one in the playoffs.
Who went second overall in 2015, right after Connor McDavid?
Jack Eichel (2015)
Buffalo took Eichel. Many thought Buffalo had tanked for McDavid.
Jack Eichel played college hockey at which school?
Boston University (2015)
He won the Hobey Baker as a freshman.
Chicago won the 2015 Cup against which team?
Tampa Bay Lightning (2015)
Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe.
Which goalie won both the Hart and Vezina in 2015?
Carey Price (2015)
He was the first goalie to win the Hart since 2002.
Where did Dylan Larkin play college hockey?
Michigan (2015)
He's from Waterford, Michigan.
Who became the first American-born Hart Trophy winner, in 2016?
Patrick Kane (2016)
Kane also won the scoring title.
Which goalie did Vegas take from Pittsburgh in the 2017 expansion draft?
Marc-Andre Fleury (2017)
Fleury had won three Cups in Pittsburgh.
Which team won back-to-back Cups in 2016 and 2017, the first repeat of the salary cap era?
Pittsburgh Penguins (2017)
They beat San Jose and then Nashville.
Where did Brady Tkachuk play college hockey?
Boston University (2017)
He played one season.
Who is second in NHL career points behind Wayne Gretzky?
Jaromir Jagr (2018)
Jagr finished with 1,921 points.
Without NHL players, who won men's hockey gold at the 2018 Olympics?
Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
They beat Germany in overtime.
Where did Quinn Hughes play college hockey?
Michigan (2018)
He won the Norris Trophy in 2024.
Which team swept the 62-win Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2019 first round?
Columbus Blue Jackets (2019)
It was Columbus' first ever playoff series win. Tampa won the next two Cups.
The St. Louis Blues won their first Cup in 2019 after being in what spot in January?
Last in the league (2019)
They beat Boston in Game 7. Gloria became their anthem.
Cale Makar won the Hobey Baker Award at which school?
UMass (2019)
He won the Conn Smythe with Colorado three years later.
Who won the 2019 Hart Trophy?
Nikita Kucherov (2019)
He set a record for points by a Russian-born player with 128.
Who won the 2019 Conn Smythe for St. Louis?
Ryan O'Reilly (2019)
He scored in each of the last four games of the Final.
Where did Wild defenseman Brock Faber play college hockey?
Minnesota (2022)
He grew up in Maple Grove.
Where did Logan Cooley play college hockey?
Minnesota (2023)
He went third overall in 2022.
Where did Matthew Knies play college hockey?
Minnesota (2023)
He joined Toronto right after his college season ended.
Who won the 2024 Conn Smythe despite his team losing the Final?
Connor McDavid (2024)
He was the first skater from a losing team to win it since 2003.
The Arizona Coyotes' hockey operations moved in 2024 to which state?
Utah (2024)
The franchise began as the original Winnipeg Jets.
Who won the 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP?
Jordan Staal (2026)
At 37, Staal became the oldest Conn Smythe winner. He scored in each of the first five games of the Final.
In what year was the Stanley Cup first awarded?
1893 (1893)
It predates the NHL, which formed in 1917.
Who holds the record for most goals in a single NHL game, with 7?
Joe Malone (1920)
Malone did it for the Quebec Bulldogs in 1920.
The Blues reached their first three Stanley Cup Finals from 1968 to 1970. How many games did they win?
0 (1970)
They were swept all three times.
Bobby Orr set the NHL single-season plus-minus record in 1970-71. What was it?
+124 (1971)
Orr is the only defenseman to win the scoring title, doing it twice.
Gordie Howe came out of retirement to play with his sons on which WHA team?
Houston Aeros (1974)
Gordie, Mark and Marty Howe later played together for the Hartford Whalers.
The 1975 Final's Fog Game was played in which city?
Buffalo (1975)
Heat and humidity created fog over the ice at the Memorial Auditorium.
The Cleveland Barons merged in 1978 with which team?
Minnesota North Stars (1978)
The Barons were originally the California Golden Seals.
After the Miracle on Ice, the US beat which team for Olympic gold?
Finland (1980)
The US rallied from 2-1 down in the third period.
Peter Stastny and his brother defected from Czechoslovakia in 1980 to join which team?
Quebec Nordiques (1980)
Stastny scored over 100 points in each of his first six seasons.