Basics
A standard hockey game consists of three periods, each lasting this amount of time.
What is 20 minutes?
This is the method used to start play at the beginning of each period and after a stoppage.
What is a faceoff?
This team’s fans celebrate by throwing catfish onto the ice after goals.
Who are the Nashville Predators?
This is the standard length of time served for a minor penalty.
What is two minutes?
This city is home to the first indoor hockey rink ever built.
What is Montreal?
This is the number of players each team has on the ice at a time.
What is six?
This rule is called when a player crosses the blue line before the puck does during a play.
What is offside?
This team’s home arena is nicknamed “The Igloo.”
Who are the Pittsburgh Penguins?
This advantage happens when a team has more players on the ice because the other team took a penalty.
What is a power play?
This is the fastest recorded puck speed in the NHL (within 5 miles per hour).
What is 108.8 miles per hour?
(Acceptable range: 103.8 - 113.8 mph)
In the regular season, overtime lasts this many minutes.
What is five minutes?
A team is not allowed to make a line change if they do this right before a stoppage in play.
This team’s mascot is a bear named Carlton.
Who are the Toronto Maple Leafs?
This penalty is signaled by an official holding up six fingers.
What is too many men on the ice?
The longest game in NHL history lasted this many overtimes.
What is six overtimes?
In the playoffs, each overtime period lasts this many minutes and continues until a goal is scored.
What is 20 minutes?
This facility in Toronto reviews controversial goals and assists referees with video replay decisions.
What is the Situation Room?
Fans of this team throw octopuses onto the ice during playoff games—a tradition that started in the 1950s.
Who are the Detroit Red Wings?
This type of penalty is served with no replacement, leaving the team shorthanded for five full minutes, even if a goal is scored.
What is a major penalty?
The Stanley Cup was first awarded in this year, making it 132 years old.
What is 1893?
This term refers to the area in front of the net where the goalie tries to prevent the puck from entering.
What is the crease?
According to NHL rules, the game shall be declared a forfeit if a team is reduced to fewer than this number of players.
What is four?
Fans of this team are famous for loudly chanting “Potvin sucks!” during games, a tradition started in the 1970s that continued for years—even when the player wasn’t on the ice.
Who are the New York Rangers?
If a player shoots the puck directly out of their defensive zone and over the glass without it being deflected, they receive this penalty.
What is delay of game?
This team once drafted a player who didn’t exist as part of a prank because they were upset with the length of the draft.
Who are the Buffalo Sabres?