Quick quiz

Hockey Digest, Jan-Feb, 2004

1. How many Stanley Cup tides did Detroit Red Wings coach Dave Lewis win as a player with the New York Islanders?

2. The New York Rangers are scheduled to retire Mike Richter's No. 35 at a ceremony in Madison Square Garden on February 4, 2003. Only two other Rangers players in the club's long history have been so honored, can you name them?

3. Can you name the three NHL head coaches who are making their debuts this season?

4. This season is Mark Messier's 25th in the NHL. Who is the only NHL legend to have played more seasons than Messier?

5. Home teams are wearing their dark jerseys this season for the first time since what campaign?

6. True or false: Pittsburgh's 18-year-old rookie goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, is the youngest netminder to start a game in the history of the NHL?

7. Which of the following goalies did not start an NHL game at the age of 18: Martin Biron, Patrick Roy, John Vanbiesbrouck, or Tom Barrasso?

8. Which NHL team opened season with a league-high seven players with 500 or more career points?

9. Detroit's Steve Yzerman is the longest-tenured captain in the NHL, having donned the "C" on his sweater for 18 seasons. Who is currently the next longest-tenured team captain, serving in his 12th straight year?

10. Yzerman also has the longest current tenure among players who have spent their entire careers with one team, having played 21 seasons in Motown. Among active players, who has the second longest stint with his original team?

1. None, after six-plus seasons with the team, he was traded by the Isles to the Kings midway through the 1979-80 season. 2. Rod Gilbert (No. 7) and Eddie Giacomin (No. 1). 3. Steve Stirling (N.Y. Islanders), Mike Sullivan (Boston), and Ed Olczyk (Pittsburgh). 4. Gordie Howe, who played 26 seasons. 5. The 1969-70 season. 6. False, Harry Lumley started a game at the age of 17 for Detroit in 1943. 7. Roy, who made his NHL debut at the age of 19. 8. Dallas (Pierre Turgeon [1,235], Mike Modano [1,064], Scott Young [692], Sergei Zubov [569], Bill Guerin [555], Teppo Numminen [535], and Jason Arnott [511]). 9. Colorado's Joe Salde. 10. The Rangers' Brian Leetch, who is in his 16th season with the team. Caption: Former New York Yankees great Don Mattingly.