Quick Quiz - Brief Article

Hockey Digest, Feb, 2001

1. Who scored a hat trick in the 2000 NHL All-Star Game en route to being named the game's MVP?

2. Against which team did Wayne Gretzky score his first NHL goal, his 500th career goal, and earn his record 50th career hat trick?

3. Who won the 2000 Selke Trophy, given to the NHL's top defensive forward: Mike Peca, Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, or Jere Lehtinen?

4. Who led the AHL in scoring in 1999-2000: Serge Aubin, Mike Maneluk, Derek Armstrong, or Christian Matte?

5. Which was the only NHL team not to suffer an overtime loss in the 1999-2000 season: The St. Louis Blues, the Colorado Avalanche, the Carolina Hurricanes, or the Detroit Red Wings?

6. Entering the 2000-01 season who was the Calgary Flames' all-time leading goal-scorer: Theo Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, Lanny McDonald, or Gary Roberts?

7. Who was the first European to win the Vezina Trophy?

8. Who is second on the NHL's all-time coaching wins and all-time coaching losses list?

9. Which NHL goaltender allowed the most goals in the 1999-2000 season: The New York Rangers' Mike Richter; the Carolina Hurricanes' Arturs Irbe, the Edmonton Oilers' Tommy Salo, or the Anaheim Mighty Ducks' Guy Hebert?

10. Which of these players has not won the Norris Trophy with two different teams: Paul Coffey, Chris Chelios, Doug Harvey, or Randy Carlyle?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. The Florida Panthers' Pavel Bure. 2. The Vancouver Canucks. 3. The Detroit Red Wings' Steve Yzerman. 4. The Hershey Bears' Christian Matte, with 43 goals and 61 assists, 5. The Carolina Hurricanes, who finished with a 4-0-10 overtime record last season. 6. Fleury, who scored 364 goals for the Flames. 7. Swedish-born Pelle Lindbergh, who won the Vezina with the Philadelphia Flyers following the 1984-85 season, 8. Al Arbour, who registered 781 wins and 577 losses as an NHL coach, 9. Irbe, who allowed 175 goals. 10. Carlyle, who won the Norris Trophy once, in 1981, with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Caption: Jiri Fischer.