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Which player was the first overall pick in 2015 by Edmonton?
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What trophy is awarded to the NHL playoff champion each season?
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What infraction is called when a player sends the puck from behind the red line across the opposing goal line untouched?
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Which West Coast team's logo features a breaking ocean stick blade?
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Which NHL team plays home games at Madison Square Garden?
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What is it called when a player scores three goals in one game?
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Which NHL team is based in Las Vegas?
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Which defenseman won the Conn Smythe in 1966 with the Red Wings despite losing the Final?
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Which club set the record for most consecutive wins by a goaltender to start a career with 11 in 2013?
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Which franchise selected the first Soviet-born player in an NHL draft in 1975?
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What is the standard length of regulation time in an NHL game excluding overtime?
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Which franchise drafted Jaromir Jagr 5th overall in 1990?
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Which player scored the Golden Goal in the 2010 Olympic final in Vancouver?
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Which player is the only one to win the Conn Smythe Trophy twice with different teams as of today?
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Which state is home to the team known as the Lightning?
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Which franchise ended a 50-year Cup drought in 1994?
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Which player scored 5 goals in 5 different ways in one game on December 31, 1988?
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Which trophy honors the forward who excels in defensive aspects of the game?
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Which team's arena features a goal horn known for its deep ship-like blast in Chicago?
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Which trophy goes to the top regular season point scorer?
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Which goaltender backstopped the Avalanche to their first Cup in 1996 after a mid-season trade?
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In what year did the NHL hold its inaugural season with four teams?
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Which player scored the first goal in Vegas franchise history on October 6, 2017?
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Which player scored 894 NHL regular season goals, a record as of today?
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Which Canadian city hosts the team called the Maple Leafs?
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Which franchise used the California Golden Seals white skates with green laces during the early 1970s?
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Which team uses a spoked B logo?
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Which team did Wayne Gretzky coach for a stretch beginning in 2005?
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Which forward scored 76 goals and 148 points as a rookie in 1992-93?
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Which team drafted Dominik Hasek in 1983 before he starred in the NHL?
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Which team's mascot is an orange creature named Gritty?
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Which team drafted Alexander Ovechkin first overall in 2004?
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Which team won the Cup in 2010 starting a modern dynasty run?
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Which player captained the Oilers dynasty before joining the Kings in 1988?
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Which team plays in an arena nicknamed The Shark Tank?
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Which team drafted Martin Brodeur 20th overall in 1990?
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Which club completed a four straight Cups run from 1980 to 1983?
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Which coach won the Jack Adams Award for the 2017-18 season with Vegas?
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Which franchise's arena once had a live shark tank near the players' entrance during introductions?
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Which franchise originally played in the Bay Area as the California Golden Seals?
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Which Canadian team returned to the league in 2011 after relocating from Atlanta?
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Which player holds the single-game playoff record with 5 goals scored on April 25, 1978?
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Which team moved from Quebec City to Denver in the 1990s?
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Which team won a playoff series after trailing 3 games to none in 2010 against Boston?
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Which player recorded 50 goals in 50 games in 1981-82 for the Islanders?
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Which original six team is based in Michigan?
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Which trophy is awarded to the playoff MVP?
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Which club became the first expansion team to reach the Cup Final in its inaugural season in 2018?
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Which player is known as Mr. Hockey for his longevity and scoring?
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Which defenseman scored the overtime winner known as The Goal for St. Louis on May 12, 2019 in Game 7?
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Which franchise moved from Minnesota to Dallas in 1993?
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Which captain lifted the Cup for the Avalanche in both 1996 and 2001?
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Which coach has the most regular season wins in NHL history as of today?
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Which franchise first used a sabre-toothed cat logo in the late 1990s as an expansion identity?
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Which defenseman logged 50 goals in a season in 1985-86, a rare feat for the position?
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Which captain guaranteed a Game 6 win in 1994 then produced a hat trick to force Game 7?
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Which player wore number 99 and holds the all-time NHL points record?
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Which team's arena is known as the Bell Centre?
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Which player recorded 10 points in a single NHL game on February 7, 1976?
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Which team's goalie mask design featuring a roaring bear became iconic for Gerry Cheevers with stitch marks?
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Which team selected Sidney Crosby first overall in 2005 after the lottery?
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Which franchise is nicknamed the Habs, short for Habitants?
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Which NHL event features fastest skater and hardest shot contests?
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Which franchise set the record with 65 wins in the 2022-23 regular season?
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Which franchise changed its name from Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Anaheim Ducks in 2006?
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Which forward was the first European-trained player to captain a Cup winner in 1994?
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Which team did the Hartford Whalers become after relocating in 1997?
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Which player recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick in his NHL debut in 2013?
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Which player is famous for the quote 'You miss one hundred percent of the shots you do not take'?
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Which goaltender posted 15 shutouts in the 1928-29 season, a single-season record?
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Which goaltender posted a record shutout streak of 502 minutes and 1 second in 1943-44?
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Which forward reached the career milestone of 2,000 points on March 29, 1994?
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Which team shares its name with a large predatory fish?
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What is the NHL trophy for the top goaltender each season?
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Which goaltender won the Vezina and Hart in 2014-15?
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Which defenseman won the Norris Trophy 7 times in his career?
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Which team's logo shows a flaming letter C?
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Who scored the 1970 Cup winning overtime goal while flying through the air?
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Which player recorded 215 points in a single NHL season in 1985-86?
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Which player is the only defenseman to win the Art Ross Trophy as league scoring champion in 1969-70?
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Which player reached 1,000 career assists in the fewest games at 680?
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Which country won the men's ice hockey gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with many NHL stars?
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Which team won the only Cup awarded on a forfeit in 1919 due to influenza cancellation?
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Which team won the first Cup after the 2004-05 lockout in 2006?
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Which team ended the record 28-game unbeaten streak of the 1979-80 Flyers on January 7, 1980?
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Which player is the only one to win the Hart Trophy with 3 different teams?
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Which franchise won the last Cup before the introduction of the center red line in 1943?
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Which goaltender recorded the first shootout goal by a netminder in NHL preseason history in 2002?
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Which position is primarily responsible for stopping shots with pads and glove?
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Which player earned the Conn Smythe in 1994 with 11 playoff goals for New York?
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Which winger set the rookie goal record with 76 in 1992-93?
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Which defenseman is widely celebrated for revolutionizing end-to-end rushing in the 1970s?
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Which coach introduced the trap system widely with New Jersey in the mid-1990s?
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Which player recorded 76 goals in 1992-93, leading the league that year?
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Which city hosted the first Heritage Classic outdoor game in 2003 at -18ยฐC?
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Which arena hosted the first Winter Classic on January 1, 2008?
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Which team won the first Winter Classic outdoor game in 2008?
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Which team's fans are known for the whiteout tradition in playoff home games?
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Which arena hosted the first modern NHL All Star Game in 1947?
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Which player is nicknamed The Great One?
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Which team name references a natural disaster common in North Carolina?
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Which American born player was the first to score fifty goals in an NHL season in 1980 81?
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What term describes a shot that changes direction after hitting a teammate's stick or skate?
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Which referee had his sweater number retired league-wide in 2017, number 2?
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Which player is credited with the Michigan lacrosse move goal in an NCAA game in 1996, later seen in the NHL?
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What is the name of the NHL trophy given to the league MVP in the regular season?
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Which coach was behind the bench for the Miracle on Manchester comeback in 1982?
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Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2018 with 108 points for New Jersey?
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Which city's team is the Kraken with a tentacled S crest?
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Which goaltender posted a record 48 wins in the 2006-07 season?
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Which franchise won the Presidents' Trophy for the 1995-96 season with 62 wins?
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Which team won the Cup in its third season in 2023?
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What do you call a situation when a team has one more skater due to a penalty on the opponent?
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Which team's fan tradition is the octopus toss on the ice during playoffs?
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Which player set the single-season assist record with 163 in 1985-86?
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Which player scored the Cup-winning goal for the Canadiens on May 10, 1979 against the Rangers?
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Which player recorded the fastest 3 goals by one skater in 21 seconds on March 26, 1952?
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What is the name of the annual NHL event where teams choose eligible prospects?
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Which team had the best points percentage in the lockout-shortened 1944-45 season at 0.758?
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