Statistics
This player was the first player to ever score 50 goals in one season
Maurice Richard
The first NHL team in New York
Americans
Given to the best coach and named after a coach of the Boston Bruins
Jack Adams Trophy
These four teams merged with the NHL from the NHA
Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Winnipeg Jets, and QUebece Nordiques
This team sold away 15 of their 16 minor league affiliates in 1942 to set themselves up for decades of misery
Rangers
This player has more career assists than any other player has points
Wayne Gretzky
All star game was created after this player
Ace Bailey
Given to the MVP of the playoffs and named after the Toronto Maple Leafs owner
Conn Smythe Trophy
These two teams were the runners up in the 1967 expansion but got teams three years later
Vancouver and Buffalo
this team won seven stanley cups before disbanding in 1935. 60 years later they made a comeback as a current NHL team
Ottawa Senators
This player made history with the most saves in their first career playoff game
Roberto Loungo-72
This team won the first game in NHL history 10-9. Two weeks later their home arena burned down and the team disbanded.
Montreal Wanderers
Given to the best defenseman and is named after the owner of the Detroit Redwings
James Norris Trophy
This team had to play two years at this mlb stadium when they entered the league because of construction at their permenent arena. What is the stadium and team?
Tampa Bay Lightning, Tropicana Field (or the Thunderdome)
This team is named after the Army
Vegas Golden Knights
This player became the first player in over a century to record a hat trick in a cup clinching game
Mark Stone-2023
Four of the five teams from the NHA(National Hockey Association) left the league to create the NHL because of a fued with this owner
Eddie Livingston
Given to the best goaltender and named after one of the leagues best goalies
Georges Vezina Trophy
This team that entered the league in the 1990s were going to be named the Edge after a product at Johnson and Johnson's before comissioner Gary Bettman vetoed the name.
Nashville Predators
The reason the Vancouver Canucks are called the Canucks.
AFter cartoon character Johnny Canuck.
this is the leader for wins among american born coaches
Peter Laviolette
The NHL was founded at this place
Montreal's Winsdor Hotel
The rookie of the year and leagues first president
Frank Calder Trophy
These six teams entered the league as the second six in 1967
Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, and California Golden Seals
This team throws rats onto the ice during playoff games because of this reason
Florida Panthers. In 1996 forward Scott Melanby killed a rat in between periods of a playoff game. He scored two goals that game and goalie John Vainbeisbrouck doubed it as a rat-trick. The team went on a cinderella run after and the rats became a staple in southern florida