Hockey Basics
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NHL Teams
Legends & Trophies
100
The hard black rubber disc players shoot.
The puck
100
The player who wears the biggest pads and guards the net.
The goalie
100
Minnesota's NHL team.
The Minnesota Wild
100
Where a player sits for a couple minutes after breaking a rule.
The penalty box
100
Toronto's team, named after a leaf.
The Maple Leafs
100
The trophy the NHL champion wins.
The Stanley Cup
200
Number of players each team has on the ice, counting the goalie.
Six
200
The flat bottom part of the stick that hits the puck.
The blade
200
The city where the Minnesota Wild play home games.
St. Paul
200
The ref drops the puck between two players to start play.
A face-off
200
Chicago's NHL team.
The Blackhawks
200
The hockey player nicknamed 'The Great One.'
Wayne Gretzky
300
When one player scores three goals in a single game.
A hat trick
300
The rectangular pad a goalie wears on the stick hand to block shots.
The blocker
300
The Wild's Russian star forward, nicknamed 'Kirill the Thrill.'
Kirill Kaprizov
300
The space between a goalie's legs, a favorite place to shoot.
The five-hole
300
Seattle's team, named after a giant sea monster.
The Kraken
300
In 2025, he broke Gretzky's record for most NHL goals.
Alex Ovechkin
400
How many minutes a minor penalty lasts.
Two minutes
400
This ice-cleaning machine is named after its inventor, Frank.
A Zamboni
400
Minnesota's pro women's team that won the PWHL's first two championships.
The Minnesota Frost
400
A goal scored by a team that has fewer players on the ice because of a penalty.
A shorthanded goal
400
This Florida team won the Stanley Cup in both 2024 and 2025.
The Florida Panthers
400
The 1980 'Miracle on Ice' Olympics took place in this New York town.
Lake Placid
500
In regular-season NHL overtime, each team plays with this many skaters (not counting the goalie).
Three
500
How many inches thick an NHL puck is.
One inch
500
Minnesota's old NHL team that moved to Dallas in 1993.
The North Stars
500
Shooting the puck from your side all the way past the other team's goal line without anyone touching it.
Icing
500
The team that has won the most Stanley Cups ever.
The Montreal Canadiens
500

The Minnesota-born coach of the 1980 'Miracle' team.

Herb Brooks

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