Hockey Trivia

Who was the only player in NHL history to play in both outdoor hockey games that were counted towards regular season statistics?

Hint: The player in question also happens to be part of a racial minority in the NHL.
Should have specified as skater, my bad.

Georges Laraque (Edmonton Oilers-now Pittsburgh Penguins) and Ty Conklin (Edmonton Oilers-now Pittsburgh Penguins).

Conklin and the Oilers lost to the Habs in the Heritage Classic in 2001 4-3 but won 2-1 against the Buffalo Sabres January 1st, 2008.

Did you know that Sabres goalie Ryan Miller, who played in the Winter Classic game, also played in the Cold War for Michigan State against Michigan in 1999-the first outdoor game in US history? He won his game for Michigan St-same school Adam Hall (winger for Penguins) attended at the time.

2008-03-04 08:21:47 by Bryan

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How many times did Gordie Howe have over 100 pts. in his career? (NHL only). BTW, Chris, Mat, 288, the draft for David D's league is in about 30 minutes. Just a reminder. Anyway, first correct answer gets 10 points. (hey, so trivia is getting old, it's still better than the polyps)
BTW, you too TBL, I forgot you were also in that league.

Once for Detroit. 2 times for Houston in the WHA.

2007-08-30 18:22:15 by N/A

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this is a commentary type question. when was the phrase threading the needle first used. Provide evidence because i might be wrong with my answer if your for sure when they used that term just leave it at that then i will try to judge who is correct.

I tried and tried to find some evidence on this answer and came up with nothing. I would bet its one of the first CBC commentators though. However I am seeing they like that phrase in football too.

2008-07-18 18:25:58 by hockey fan

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1.)WHY?(the answer is a famous person who's name starts with a c and an h)
2.)who wrote and sang the dallas stars theme song?
3.)who is the most hated team in the nhl?

1. Cat Handler
2. Old Mcdonald.
3. Who likes the Predators?

2009-03-19 08:58:16 by Evan

Any knowlege I have comes from watching hockey for 35+ years or a couple of websites which may not be entirely accurate. Looking for one or two great books. Thanks all.
Bob- Will that site have info on that Mexican soap opera? Sounds so hot.

Every year, the NHL prints the Guide and Record Book, it retails for about $35.00 Cdn, and it has everything you would ever need. It is now in it's 76th year of print. It has various covers. This year one cover has a picture of Scott hoisting the Cup (every year one of the versions has the Stanley Cup hoisting), another has Sidney Crosby on the front (that is the one I have), and there is a 3rd copy sold in Western Canada that has Luongo on the cover. I prefer to get the Stanley Cup version, but there were a couple of years back where I only had the version with Leafs or Canadiens on the cover.

In 1997, the NHL Stats department published a book called 'Total Hockey', the book is now 10 years out of date, and there are over 1,000 corrections that need to be made for the next edition. Total Hockey expanded on the stats provided by the NHL Guide and Record Book (format is identical) and provided the guideline that the Guide and Record Book follows today. It's also quite weighty coming in at a few lbs. But worth every dollar (it was $50.00 new).

Note: A second edition was published in 2003 - I keep forgetting about this one because mine was stolen and I've not had it replaced.

NHL.com and Yahoo.com are pretty good sites for statistical information as well as the summaries of each game for the last 3 years are available on each site, and Yahoo is hit and miss on game summaries and box scores back to 2002-2003.

Over the years, a great many other NHL encyclopedias have been published by the likes of Zander Hollander, Brian MacFarlane, and Stan Fischler which are very good (Stan published several in the late 60s and early 70s which provide some excellent chronicles of early expansion).

I've got several hundred books that keep me occupied but the NHL Guide and Record Book (referred to within the NHL and by historians as the Bible) and Total Hockey are the ones I refer to the most. They are published by the NHL and considered by the League to be the final authority and stats and records.

Prior to 1983, the NHL Guide and Record Book also contained the NHL Rule book, since 1983, it is available separately.

I recommend all of them. I did some of the research for Total Hockey (over 2,000 of us) and the Guide and Record Book so they are a must buy in my opinion.


Bob, my book is a historical and statistical analysis of the NHL draft (hence how I met an NHL scout). There are several websites that deal with this information, but none have it 'all' in one place. I'm hoping to have it completed sometime in 2009 (I do have publishers interested - but things change).

2007-12-05 10:04:10 by Laying Low- Not an Ivy Leaguer