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 logo features a giant leaf, representing their Canadian roots.
Who is the Toronto Maple Leafs?
This penalty is signaled by an official holding up six fingers.
What is too many men on the ice?
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 occurs when a team has more players on the ice due to a penalty on the opposing team.
What is a power play?
This team’s fans cheer "woop woop" after every goal.
Who is the Colorado Avalanche?
This penalty is signaled by the referee crossing both arms in front of their chest, forming an "X" motion.
What is interference?
This is the fastest speed ever recorded for a slapshot in an NHL game (within 5 mph).
What is 108.8 mph?
In the regular season, overtime lasts this many minutes and is played with three skaters and a goalie per team.
What is five minutes?
This rule is called when a player crosses the blue line before the puck does during a play.
What is offside?
This team’s fans celebrate victories by throwing plastic rats onto the ice, a tradition that started in the 1996 playoffs.
Who is the Florida Panthers?
This penalty is signaled by an official striking their right leg with their right hand, just below the knee.
What is tripping?
The longest game in NHL history lasted this many overtimes.
What is six overtimes?
If no team scores in overtime during a regular-season game, the winner is decided by this.
What is a shootout?
This rule occurs when a player shoots the puck across the center red line or the opponent's goal line without anyone touching it.
What is icing?
This team is known for their “Original Six” status and has a logo featuring a winged wheel.
Who is the Detroit Red Wings?
This penalty is signaled by an official raising their crossed arms above their head with fists clenched, and then pointing to center ice.
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?
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’s fan base is called the “Sea of Red."
Who is the Calgary Flames?
This penalty is signaled by an official clenching both fists, holding one fist directly above the other, with one fist at forehead height on the side of the head and the other fist just below it at chest level.
What is high-sticking?
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 is the Buffalo Sabres?