2026 Women's Hockey Olympians
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Hockey in Film
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in women's hockey history, [she] holds numerous records and has been a dominant force in both international and professional hockey for nearly two decades.

Who is Hilary Knight?

100

Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", [he] is often considered the most complete player ever to play the game and one of the greatest of all time.

Who is Gordie Howe?

100

As of the 2025–26 season, all 32 NHL teams held affiliations with a [league] team.

What is the American Hockey League?

100

His goal-scoring rate has drawn comparisons to players such as Alexander Ovechkin.

Who is Auston Matthews?

100

Kurt Russell stars as head coach Herb Brooks with Patricia Clarkson and Noah Emmerich in supporting roles.

What is Miracle?

200

At the age of 15, she became the youngest ice hockey player ever to win an Olympic medal, scoring the game-winning goal for Switzerland in the bronze medal game at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Who is Alina Muller?

200

[He] retired in 1960 as the National Hockey League's all-time leader in goals with 544.

Who is Maurice "Rocket" Richard?

200

The Gagarin Cup is awarded annually to the league's playoff champion at the end of each season.

What is the Kontinental Hockey League?

200

Born in Canada, [he] represents Sweden internationally.

Who is William Nylander?

200

Dowd based much of her script, as well as several of the characters, on experiences of her brother Ned Dowd, who played minor league hockey in the 1970s.

What is Slap Shot?

300

[She] made history in 2023 as the first Black woman to play for the U.S. women's senior national team.

Who is Laila Edwards?

300

Often referred to as "Terrible [x]", [he] helped to organize the first attempt at a Players' Association in the late 1950s, an action which led to his trade to Chicago.

Who is Ted Lindsay?

300

The winner of the [league] playoffs is awarded the Kanada-malja ("Canada Bowl") at the end of each season.

What is Liiga?

300

After retirement, [he] served as head coach of the Flyers for two seasons, and the St. Louis Blues for parts of six seasons, winning the Stanley Cup in 2019 as then-interim head coach.

Who is Craig Berube?

300

The film follows Pitka (Myers), a guru who is tasked with revitalizing the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.

What is The Love Guru?

400

[She] was the first female player drafted to the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League, the second-highest men's junior league in Québec after the QMJHL.

Who is Ann-Renee Desbiens?
400

After a few stellar seasons in the OHA, he was promoted to the Black Hawks in 1959.

Who is Stan Mikita?

400

Unlike the old Bundesliga, the [league] is not under the administration of the German Ice Hockey Federation.

What is the Deutche Eishockey Liga?
400

Previously, [he] competed at the major junior level as a member of the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) before being traded to the London Knights at the 2009 OHL trading deadline along with Michael Del Zotto.

Who is John Tavares?

400

The film's cast includes Keanu Reeves in his first feature film role.

What is Youngblood?

500

As a child, [she] played in the youth department of Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK) in her home city of Helsinki, first playing forward before switching to defence in her early teens.

Who is Ronja Savolainen?

500

Iconic for his aggressiveness, toughness and defensive skill, he was called both "Old Blood and Guts" and "the Edmonton Express".

Who is Eddie Shore?

500

The league operates three competitions for members; the British Championship play-offs determine the national champion for the season, following a regular season league competition for which separate champions are also crowned, and which selects and seeds the teams in the play-offs.

What is the Elite Ice Hockey League?

500

Previously seen as one of the NHL's top offensive defencemen, [he] led the Coyotes in scoring in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.

Who is Oliver Ekman-Larsson?

500

[The film] premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011, and was theatrically released in Canada on February 24, 2012.

What is Goon?