Quiz results up to Jan 19, 2021

1     How many Stanley Cups has Montreal won?    ANSWER

2    Only 4 current NHL organisations have a winning record against the Montreal Canadiens while scoring more goals than Montreal during those games (in regular season action) ?  Recent losing streaks have changed that number from only 1 team to 4 teams, with 1 of them added during the 2019-20 season. Only 1 former NHL organisation has a winning record while outscoring the Canadiens. Which ones? Which teams, if any have a winning record in history over Montreal although the Canadiens have scored more goals during those games? ANSWER

3     Which 2 other NHL teams have a winning record against (& outscored) almost all other teams? ANSWER

4     The Montreal Canadiens made the NHL playoffs 45 times in 46 seasons between 1949 & 1995.  Which season did they miss the playoffs & how many more points did they need to make it?     ANSWER

5     In the 43 year period between 1950-51 & the 1994-95 lockout shortened season the Montreal Canadiens lost more regular season games than they won only once.  Which season was it?          ANSWER

6     Guy Lafleur was drafted with the first overall pick in the 1971 draft.  To acquire this pick, who did the Montreal Canadiens trade and to what team? ANSWER

7     How many times has Montreal had over 100 points in a season?   Over 90 points?     ANSWER

8     How many times has Toronto had over 100 points in a season?   Over 90 points?     ANSWER

9 Since the summer of 1951 (almost 69 years ago) if you eliminate the years when former Montreal Canadien great Ken Dryden was president of the Leafs (1997-2004) how many times did Toronto finish more than 3 more points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens in a full regular season? How many times did the Habs finish more than 3 points ahead of Toronto & how many times did Montreal finish more than 30 points ahead of the Leafs during that period? ANSWER

10   Who is the only player in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three different teams, AND the Conn Smythe trophy as NHL playoff MVP, AND the NHL rookie of the year award  AND an Olympic gold medal?    ANSWER

11   Who has won the most Conn Smythe (playoff MVP) trophies?                        ANSWER

12    Only three times in NHL history (1917-present) has a team won the Stanley Cup after having a regular season in which it allowed more goals than it scored? One team did it twice.  What team and which seasons?       ANSWER

13    What are the only two teams in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup in spite of a losing record in the regular season?   What years?       ANSWER

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14   What is the NHL record for fewest losses by a team in a season (minimum 50 game season) ?  In a minimum 70 game season?     ANSWER

15   What is the NHL record for fewest home losses by a team in a season (minimum 50 game season) ?  In a minimum 70 game season? ANSWER

16   What is the longest undefeated streak for an NHL team in one season?           ANSWER

17   What is the longest home undefeated streak in one season?                             ANSWER

18   What is the longest road undefeated streak in one season?                              ANSWER

19a   During the Montreal Canadiens' dynasty of  4 straight Stanley Cups from 1976 - 1979 how many games did the team lose during those 4 regular seasons?
19b   During the New York Islanders  streak  of  4 straight Stanley Cups from 1980 - 1983 how many games did they lose during those 4 regular seasons? ANSWER

20     Who got the only assist on the winning goal in the longest game in NHL history and who had the only penalty in overtime? ANSWER

21     Can you tell me how many former Montreal Canadiens' players are now coach, general manager or in a management position with a current NHL team? ANSWER

22      If you were born in June 1940 and went in person to every Montreal Canadiens' regular season and playoff game on home ice every year, how old would you be the summer of the first season that you would have seem them lose more often than they won?           ANSWER

23a    Who is the only coach in NHL history to win the Jack Adams award (as the NHL's coach of the year)  three times with three different teams?
23b    Who is the only coach to win the award in back to back seasons?
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24     The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1991 & 1992.  Other than Mario Lemieux who was their key acquisition & how was he acquired? ANSWER

25     When was the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs played an NHL playoff hockey game in the month of June? ANSWER

26      What is the worst trade made by Mike Milbury, former general manager of the New York Islanders?      ANSWER

27    19 different teams have played in the last 14 Stanley Cup finals since the 2004-05 NHL lockout. 26 of the NHL's current 31 teams have made it to the Stanley Cup final at least once since 1991 (28 finals including 2018-19). 12 current teams did not even exist in 1991. Name the only 2 teams that existed in 1991 yet haven’t been to the final in the past 29 years & the last year they played in the Stanley Cup final. ANSWER

28      What team recorded the fewest number of shots in a single game -- regular season or playoff -- since the NHL expanded in 1967, which team provided the superb defensive effort,  how many shots did the losing team take & which player totalled exactly half his team's total shots in that game?
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29      Every Canadian dreams of scoring the game winning goal in overtime of the seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup final.  Even girls who hate hockey dream of it.  They just don't remember.  Its in our blood.
          Only one NHL franchise has ever actually won the Stanley Cup in overtime of the seventh game. Which franchise and when?              ANSWER

30 What are the only 2 NHL teams to win the Stanley Cup in spite of finishing lower than 8^th in the overall regular season standings in a full NHL season ? One of the teams did it twice. ANSWER