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With the NHL season looming and the success of the Fantasy Draft threads every year, I thought I would do something fun: create a hockey trivia thread. We are all loving lunatics who seem to recall 4th line jobbers from 1993 extremely well, so let's do this! I'll lay out some guidelines - not rules per se, just the gist of what I had in mind and what makes a good trivia question. 1. One question at a time. This is to keep things from being chaotic, although two- or even three-pronged questions (name the team, the year, and the player, etc.) are perfectly fair game. 2. No cheating, you eggheads. This goes without saying and I trust my hockey brethren here not to just go to hockeydb and look answers up. The only way this is fun is to actually try to recall off the top of your head. 3. If requested by 5 or more posters, drop a hint. If a question seems really tough and a bunch of us agree and ask for a hint, totally fine! Just don't give too good a hint where it'll give it away. 4. The person who gets the answer right first starts a new question. Seems like a decent rule of thumb. What makes a trivia question good? Not too easy and not too hard. "Who is the Ranger's only 40-win goaltender in a season?" is too easy. "Name everyone on the 1985 Whalers who had less than 20 goals" is too hard. Make it reasonable, and if it's a list, try not to make it a question with more than 10 players to list unless it's really interesting. You can talk about single seasons, franchise records, or other weirder stuff. So, I guess, I'll start it off with one that's pretty easy, and I'll let you guys pick up and take the difficulty level to where you want it! Name the 8 goalies in the modern era (post-expansion) who have played at least one game for five different franchises and accumulated 40 or more shutouts. 1. Curtis Joseph (Twin Cinema) - STL/EDM/TOR/DET/PHX/CGY, 51 SO 2. Ed Belfour (Twin Cinema) - CHI/SJ/DAL/TOR/FLA, 76 SO 3. John Vanbiesbrouck (Twin Cinema) - NYR/NYI/NJD/PHI/FLA, 40 SO 4. Nikolai Khabibulin (Twin Cinema) - WPG/PHX/TBL/CHI/EDM, 46 SO 5. Jaroslav Halak (Gobias Ind.) - MTL/STL/WSH/NYI/BOS, 50 SO 6. Tom Barrasso (Twin Cinema) - BUF/PIT/OTT/CAR/TOR/STL, 40 SO* (38 official) 7. Tomas Vokoun (Twin Cinema) - MTL/NSH/FLA/WSH/PIT - 51 SO 8. Brian Elliott (Twin Cinema) - OTT/COL/STL/CGY/PHI fawning deference fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Dec 11, 2020 |
# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 20:25 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 05:57 |
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Twin Cinema posted:That one is tough. I am just guessing at guys who moved around a lot, and who I think probably hit 40 shutouts. "A tough one" entails getting four of the seven off-hand. Solid. Belfour/Joseph/Beezer/Bulin are correct.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 21:25 |
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Gobias Ind. posted:Halak? Halak is correct! Two more.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 21:26 |
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Twin Cinema posted:I didn't think Bulin would count since he played for one team that just relocated. The wording is important - I said franchises, not teams!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 21:31 |
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AsInHowe posted:Terry Sawchuk has to be one, he played for a ton of teams for short stints. Modern era, so no Sawchuk. Fuhr only had 25 shutouts.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 21:37 |
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CBJSprague24 posted:What about Sporcle quizzes? Do you want us to just drop links? May as well drop those in here.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 21:37 |
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ThinkTank posted:Mario Lemieux is the only player in the expansion era to win the Hart trophy and miss the playoffs in the same season. The Penguins actually finished last in their division in 1987/88 but Mario had 168pts including 70 goals in 77 games that year officially earning him the Super Mario nickname. While more common, can you name all the times a player has accomplished the unusual feat of winning the Hart Trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same year (post 67)? It's only been accomplished 9 times by 6 different players. Good question, although my original question still has 2 goalies unsolved...
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:06 |
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As for your question, offhand guesses: 1. Wayne Goddamn Gretz-goddamn-ky 2. Mark Messier 3. Sidney Crosby 4. Did Mario do it in the 90's Cups? 5. Martin St Louis I think I'm missing one...
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:08 |
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ThinkTank posted:Ah shoot sorry I thought you meant one question per person at a time. I'll remove it for now. Eh it's OK, leave it up, as long as things don't get crazy it's cool. So to get everyone focused, there are 2 more goalies for the original question re: 40 shutouts having played a game for 5 different franchises. And then the 6 players who have won a Cup and a Hart in the same season is the second question.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:09 |
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Twin Cinema posted:Bobby Orr Hmmm... actually hockeydb has Barrasso at 40! I thought I read he had 38 as well. If that's accurate, you got an 8th goalie.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:13 |
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fawning deference posted:Hmmm... actually hockeydb has Barrasso at 40! I thought I read he had 38 as well. If that's accurate, you got an 8th goalie. You are correct now with Barrasso.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:15 |
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Starsfan posted:I'm going to just guess that Ben Bishop has accumulated 40 or more shutouts, I know he's played for 5 different franchises (STL, OTT, TB, LA, DAL) Bishop has 33 shutouts.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:15 |
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Two more. I think one is halfway "of course this guy" but halfway tricky because it's hard to remember that he played for a fifth team. The other one is active.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:16 |
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Twin Cinema posted:Seems that in 89-90, HockeyDB recognizes Barrasso has having two shutouts, whereas H-R does not. NHL.com also doesn't recognize these 2 shutouts. Weird. If NHL doesn't recognize it, I suppose we can take him out, but gently caress it, let's leave him in cause Tommy ruled.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:20 |
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Starsfan posted:the active guy is Mike Smith?.. I know he started in Dallas and then went to Tampa Bay and then Arizona, Calgary and finally Edmonton Smith has 39!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:20 |
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Twin Cinema posted:I am gonna guess Vokoun. He feels like he played for a bunch of teams. Unsure if he hit 40, or if he even had 5 teams. Vokoun is correct! He played 1 game for the Canadiens in his first year! The active one will come to you - it should. He's been underrated his whole career.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:29 |
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ThinkTank posted:I added it back and I actually missed Lafleur so I've edited it slightly. Did Jagr, then? And hey, Lafleur!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:32 |
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Starsfan posted:Craig Anderson? Nope.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:32 |
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Sakic, that's right!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:34 |
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Twin Cinema posted:This active goalie thing is really making me dig deep into the rolodex of my brain. IT IS
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:39 |
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Twin Cinema posted:Like I said in my edited post I never would have guessed Elliott was ever good enough to hit 40. But, he hit it exactly. Hence me saying he's underrated. He's had a very fine career. Talk about underrated, Jaro Halak has 272 wins and 50 shutouts.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:40 |
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ThinkTank posted:Nope, Jagr has only won the Hart once in 98/99. He won Stanley Cups each of his first two years in the league win the Penguins but was a secondary threat on both teams not breaking the ppg mark either year. His revelation as a world class player came in the lockout year where he finished with 70pts in 48 games. So we've got: 1. Gretzky 2. Messier 3. St. Louis 4. Orr 5. Lafleur 6. Clarke 7. Sakic I think that's it, right?
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 22:57 |
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Since we have some people in the thread hanging, let's do a fun/maybe easy one. Besides Gretzky/Lemieux/Orr, name the 14 players to hit 85 assists in a single season. This is more of a "let's see how fast this goes" than a hard one... 1. Steve Yzerman 2. Paul Coffey 3. Nikita Kucherov 4. Joe Thornton 5. Adam Oates 6. Jaromir Jagr 7. Ron Francis 8. Peter Forsberg 9. Pat LaFontaine 10. Bryan Trottier 11. Doug Gilmour Also gently caress it, 2nd one too: Since 1990, only four goalies have amassed 40 losses in a single season. Name them. fawning deference fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Dec 11, 2020 |
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AsInHowe posted:Yzerman, Coffey, Bourque, Kucherov, Thornton (with Cheechoo), Adam Oates (with Hull), Jagr, Ron Francis, Forsberg, Backstrom (with Ovechkin). Backstrom did not hit 85 assists and neither did Bourque. Thornton did twice, not just with Cheechoo. 6 left.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:08 |
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AsInHowe posted:Pat LaFontaine (Mogilny), Trottier (Bossy), Doug Gilmour (in 1993)? All correct. 3 left.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:11 |
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The goalie losses question should be interesting, it's not easy.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:12 |
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tinstaach posted:My first guess was someone from the Capitals' first season, but nope, Ron Low went 8-36-2 and two other goalies combined to go 0-31-3. Haha jesus those records. The question is since 1990 - the record is Gary Smith's 48 in 1971. There have been 4 40-loss goalies since 1990 though, that's the era. And we still have 3 85-assist players to guess.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:19 |
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Dionne? Stastny? Esposito? Clarke? Stastny and Clarke, yes! There is one more to get!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:40 |
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Starsfan posted:Man the goaltenders must be from the 90's.. I can't see anyone getting 40 enough run to lose 40 games in the modern NHL. My first thought was Steve Mason but he never even got close to 40 losses lol 2 of the 40-loss goalies are from the 90's, 1 is from the 00's and 1 is from the 10's!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:41 |
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Starsfan posted:Man the goaltenders must be from the 90's.. I can't see anyone getting 40 enough run to lose 40 games in the modern NHL. My first thought was Steve Mason but he never even got close to 40 losses lol Also this is a good question. I'm sure there are some Coyotes on this list!
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:42 |
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I will guess Derek Stepan (very recent, hard to know the year but I'll guess 18-19) for Arizona? I'll also guess Nate MacKinnon in his rookie year for that poo poo Avalanche team?
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:43 |
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Starsfan posted:your logic is sound narrowing in on the Coyotes, but the name is wrong unfortunately. Ekman-Larsson? I would guess Palmieri but he led with 50 even last year.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:46 |
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So we have: ONE more player with an 85-assist season. FOUR goalies with a 40-loss season post-1990. EIGHT MORE instances of players who have led their team in scoring with less than 50 points in the last five years.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:51 |
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Starsfan posted:Ekman Larsson is a correct answer! I'm sure the Devils had someone. Like the 17-18 Devils were a nightmare. Also Buffalo pre-Eichel for sure. I just barely remember anyone from those teams.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:52 |
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Starsfan posted:it is very possible Did Elias lead that team?
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:54 |
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ThinkTank posted:The Wild in the early part of the 2010s couldn't score at all, so maybe Mikko Koivu or Dany Heatley somewhere between 2011 and 2014? Question is within the last 5 years.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:55 |
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I'll guess Dylan Larkin too.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:55 |
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ThinkTank posted:Oh the Panthers in 2013? 2014? Before Huberdeau and Barkov came along. So um Vince Trocheck? Within 5 years
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:57 |
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Oh my bad then. Even harder of a question. That Panthers team had Ekblad lead them in scoring.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 23:59 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 05:57 |
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The Devils had a player lead them and it wasn't Elias or Palmieri? I doubt it was Hischier since he had a 52 point rookie season.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 00:00 |