Stanley Cup Final Quiz

[Por_sha911]

Answers at the bottom. Don't cheat. I have to admit I didn't do well.

1. The Vegas Golden Knights are the first team in 50 years to advance to the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season. Which team did it in 1968?
a) Los Angeles Kings
b) Philadelphia Flyers
c) Pittsburgh Penguins
d) St. Louis Blues

2. Six players have won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP more than once. Who is the only player to win it with more than one team?
a) Wayne Gretzky
b) Bobby Orr
c) Patrick Roy
d) Bernie Parent

3. Since the NHL expanded from six teams to 12 in 1967, which team is the only one to make the Stanley Cup Final in five consecutive years?
a) Montreal Canadiens
b) New York Islanders
c) Philadelphia Flyers
d) Pittsburgh Penguins

4. How many coaches have led three or more different teams to the Stanley Cup Final?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

5. Since the beginning of the Original Six era in 1942, which team is the only one to lose in the Stanley Cup Final in three consecutive years?
a) Boston Bruins
b) Detroit Red Wings
c) St. Louis Blues
d) Toronto Maple Leafs

6. Which team holds the record with 10 consecutive appearances in the Stanley Cup Final?
a) Boston Bruins
b) Chicago Blackhawks
c) Detroit Red Wings
d) Montreal Canadiens

7. Who is the only player to score in double overtime in Game 7 of the Cup Final?
a) Pete Babando
b) Mike Bossy
c) Tony Leswick
d) Maurice Richard

8. The Pittsburgh Penguins have won the Stanley Cup five times since entering the NHL in 1967. How many coaches have led them to a championship?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

9. The record for most goals scored by two teams in the Stanley Cup Final is 56. Which teams piled up all those goals?
a) Blackhawks-Canadiens
b) Bruins-Rangers
c) Red Wings-Penguins
d) Maple Leafs-Canadiens

10. The Detroit Red Wings set a record by allowing just two goals in the Final. What year did it happen?
a) 1950
b) 1952
c) 1954
d) 1998

11. One Stanley Cup Final had every game decided in overtime. When was it?
a) 1938
b) 1946
c) 1951
d) 1983

12. Since the 1967 expansion, which is the only team to win the Cup by winning four games at home?
a) Boston Bruins
b) Detroit Red Wings
c) Montreal Canadiens
d) New Jersey Devils

13. Which team was the first to win the Stanley Cup three years in a row more than once?
a) Montreal Canadiens
b) Detroit Red Wings
c) New York Islanders
d) Toronto Maple Leafs

14. Who is the only coach to win the Stanley Cup five years in a row?
a) Al Arbour
b) Toe Blake
c) Scotty Bowman
d) Glen Sather

15. There has been one game in the history of the Stanley Cup Final in which neither team took a penalty. Which teams were involved?
a) Bruins-Blackhawks
b) Canadiens-Blackhawks
c) Rangers-Bruins
d) Red Wings-Maple Leafs

16. Which team holds the Final record for most power-play goals in a game?
a) Boston Bruins
b) Florida Panthers
c) New York Islanders
d) Pittsburgh Penguins

17. Who is the only NHL player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy before he won the Calder Trophy?
a) Ken Dryden
b) Matt Murray
c) Bobby Orr
d) Bernie Parent

18. One scoring record Wayne Gretzky doesn't hold is most career points in the Final? Who holds the record?
a) Jean Beliveau
b) Gordie Howe
c) Mark Messier
d) Maurice Richard

19. Don Raleigh of the New York Rangers set a record by scoring an overtime goal in back-to-back games in the 1950 Final. Who matched his record more than four decades later?
a) Sidney Crosby
b) Paul DiPietro
c) John LeClair
d) Steve Yzerman

20. Who is the only goaltender to play in the Stanley Cup Final eight consecutive years?
a) Gerry Cheevers
b) Jacques Plante
c) Terry Sawchuk
d) Billy Smith

21. Who owns the single-year record for most points in a Stanley Cup Final?
a) Mike Bossy
b) Sidney Crosby
c) Wayne Gretzky
d) Gordie Howe

22. Who is the most recent player to score an overtime goal in the Stanley Cup Final?
a) Sidney Crosby
b) Joonas Donskoi
c) Evgeni Malkin
d) Conor Sheary

23. Who holds the Final record for fastest two goals from the start of a period?
a) Wayne Gretzky
b) Pat LaFontaine
c) Mario Lemieux
d) Maurice Richard

24. Scotty Bowman holds the record by coaching nine Stanley Cup-winning teams. How many times did he lose in the Final?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

25. Which team is the last to win three overtime games in the same Stanley Cup Final?
a) Los Angeles Kings
b) Montreal Canadiens
c) New York Islanders
d) Toronto Maple Leafs

26. Who is the only goaltender to face two penalty shots in the same Stanley Cup Final?
a) Turk Broda
b) Grant Fuhr
c) Ed Giacomin
d) Mike Richter

27. How many coaches never have lost a game in the Final (minimum 4 games coached)?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7

28. In the 15 years from 1976 through 1990, the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers combined to win the Stanley Cup 14 times. Which team won the other one?
a) Calgary Flames
b) Detroit Red Wings
c) Los Angeles Kings
d) Pittsburgh Penguins

29. Who is the last player on the losing team in the Final to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP?
a) Jean-Sebastien Giguere
b) Glenn Hall
c) Ron Hextall
d) Reggie Leach

30. The original Stanley Cup was crafted in 1892. When was it retired?
a) 1940
b) 1950
c) 1960
d) 1970

ANSWERS

1. d - The Blues qualified for the Final in 1968, the first season after NHL expanded from six to 12 teams

2. c - Roy won the Conn Smythe with the Montreal Canadiens (1986, 1993) and Colorado Avalanche (2001)

3. b - The Islanders won the Cup from 1980-83 and lost in the Final in 1984.

4. b - Peter Laviolette (Hurricanes, Flyers, Predators); Scotty Bowman (Blues, Canadiens, Penguins, Red Wings); Mike Keenan (Flyers, Blackhawks, Rangers), and Dick Irvin (Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, Canadiens)

5. c - The Blues lost to the Canadiens in 1968 and 1969, and to the Boston Bruins in 1970

6. d - The Canadiens made the final every year from 1951-60

7. a - Babando scored at 8:31 of the second overtime for the Red Wings in 1950

8. c - Bob Johnson (1991), Scotty Bowman (1992), Dan Bylsma (2009), Mike Sullivan (2016, 2017)

9. a - In 1973, the Blackhawks and Canadiens combined for 56 goals; Montreal won the series 4-2

10. b - In 1952, the Red Wings swept the Canadiens; Terry Sawchuk allowed two goals in four games

11. c -- The Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens 4-1 in the 1951 Final; all five games were decided in overtime

12. d - In 2003, the New Jersey Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-3; all four wins came at home

13. d - The Maple Leafs won 1947-49, and again in 1962-64

14. b - Toe Blake coached the Canadiens to the Cup every year 1956-60

15. d - On April 16, 1942, the Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings 3-0 in a game that did not have a penalty called

16. c - The Islanders scored five power-play goals against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 3 of the 1980 Final

17. a - Dryden won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1971 and the Calder Trophy in 1971-72

18. a - Beliveau leads all players in the Final with 62 points (30 goals, 32 assists); Gretzky is second with 53

19. c - LeClair scored in overtime to win Games 3 and 4 for the Canadiens in the 1993 Final

20. b - Plante played for the Canadiens in the Final from 1953-60

21. c - Gretzky had 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) for the Oilers against the Bruins in 1988

22. b - Donskoi scored 12:18 into overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory against the Penguins in Game 3 of the 2016 Final

23. b - LaFontaine scored twice for the Islanders in the first 35 seconds of the third period in Game 5 of the 1984 Final against the Oilers

24. d - Bowman lost three times with the Blues (1968-70) and once with the Red Wings (1995)

25. a - The 2014 Kings won Games 1, 2 and 5 against the Rangers in overtime.

26. b -- Fuhr, playing for the Oilers, faced two penalty shots in the 1985 Final against the Flyers. He stopped both.

27. c - Marc Crawford, Jacques Lemaire, Claude Ruel, Harry Sinden and Cooney Weiland are 4-0 in the Final

28. a - The Flames defeated the Canadiens in the 1989 Final

29. a - Giguere won the Conn Smythe in 2003 even though the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim lost the Final to the Devils

30. d - The original Cup was retired in 1970 because it was too brittle

[flatbutt]

I did not do well either.

Here's one I heard yesterday. What goalie has won 2 consecutive Cups but for 2 different teams?

[Por_sha911]

Marc Andre Fleury? Ow wait, that hasn't happened yet.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Scored just about 50% but I also got lucky with my share of "wild-a$$ed-guesses".
Interesting post Joe - Thanks

Cheers
JB

[AFC-911]

I want Vegas to lose because success should not come this quickly.
I also want Washington to lose because they beat my Bolts.

So, I'm rooting for an asteroid to hit Vegas.

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Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Marc Andre Fleury? Ow wait, that hasn't happened yet.

bingo, 'twas a trick question.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by AFC-911

I want Vegas to lose because success should not come this quickly.
I also want Washington to lose because they beat my Bolts.

So, I'm rooting for an asteroid to hit Vegas.

Great humorous perspective. Maybe a little Sodom and Gomorrah style fire and brimstone? That would be a tough situation for the bookies. Do they pay or not?

Hey, wait. "my Bolts"? You are in NYC.