Hockey is one of the most famous sports in the world. Its championship trophy has a legacy that cannot be replicated elsewhere. Diehard fans would pay any price just to watch the game from the glass seats for an up-close view.
A sporting event is about having a great time. Watching the NHL, wearing your fashionable Hockey jersey, and painting your face would draw some attention but still count as fun.
Hockey Trivia Questions and Answers – 2022 and 2023
We all know nothing beats the passion of Canadian Hockey fans. If visiting the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame is on your bucket list, you’ll get to learn the game’s rich history and see the Stanley Cup as well as historic trophies. Just before you take that trip, how about engaging in a trivia exercise to learn lots of Hockey facts?
If you are a Hockey fanatic, playing this trivia game will be a piece of cake. Take up the following Hockey trivia questions and answers to see how much you know. Also, check out our Golf trivia and World Cup Football trivia.
1. How many people are a part of one NHL team?
2. Phil Kessel led which NHL team in scoring during the 2011-12 season?
3. What are the 3 main types of Hockey?
4. How many teams are in the NHL?
5. Which player had the best time at the 2012 NHL Faster Skater Competition?
6. The word Hockey was first-time used in which year?
7. When was NHL founded?
8. What team drafted Andrei Svechnikov in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft?
9. Alex Auld, who was drafted into the NHL in 1999 is from which country?
10. What is the name of the federation which governs international ice hockey?
11. Who is awarded the Stanley Cup?
12. Canucks winger Chris Higgins attended what Ivy League school before joining the NHL?
13. Ice hockey included for the first time in Olympics in which year?
14. Which Pittsburgh Penguins coach took home the NHL’s Jack Adams award for the 2010-11 season?
15. Who won the Stanley Cup in 2020?
16. What team acquired Scott Wedgewood in July 2018?
17. Who won their third career Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2012-13 season?
18. Which teams are included in the Big Six hockey teams?
19. How many teams have never won the Stanley Cup?
20. Which New York Ranger drew a 10-game suspension from the NHL for attacking an official in 2014?
21. Singer Taylor Swift appeared in a commercial proclaiming her fandom for which team?
22. The International Ice Hockey was created in which year?
23. What scheduling system is used in hockey?
24. What is the first name of hockey’s Potvin?
25. In which year Soviet Union first time participated in Hockey Tournament?
26. Which NHL player is called the ‘Goat’ in hockey?
27. Which player did the New York Islanders trade for Thomas Vanek in 2013?
28. In the 1920 Summer Olympics Ice hockey world cup quarter-final match between Sweden and Belgium which player makes the first goal for Sweden?
29. Which NHL player is known to goal 50 goals in 50 games?
30. Who wears #19 for the 2018-19 Chicago Blackhawks?
31. What were the scores of the quarter-final match between Sweden and Belgium in Ice World Cup 1920?
32. Who is the highest-paid NHL player?
33. Which ice hockey term is defined as “the area contained between the blue lines”?
34. What is the highest-scoring hockey game in NHL history?
35. Who took over for Glen Gulutzan as coach of the 2018-19 Calgary Flames?
36. How many seasons did Wayne Gretzky play?
37. How many games did the Stanley Cup Finals played in 2018 last?
38. The first indoor hockey rink was made in which city of which country?
39. Which NHL player played guitar in a Swedish rock band called Box Play?
40. Did Wayne Gretzky win the Stanley cup?
41. Who is the captain of the Florida Panthers in 2018-19?
42. In ice hockey, one period consists of how many minutes?
43. What team does Wayne Gretzky own?
44. What team drafted Brady Tkachuk in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft?
45. What is the duration of overtime in ice hockey?
46. How much is Bobby Orr net worth?
47. In what country was NHL player Adam Hall born?
48. Which player holds the record for the most goals scored in one NHL game?
49. Who owns the hardest shot record in NHL history?
50. Who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2011-12 NHL Playoff MVP?
51. In which year was a woman first-time play in the NHL?
52. How much is Wayne Gretzky’s net worth?
53. The St. Louis Blues’ home arena was renamed from Scottrade Center to what?
54. Who was the first goaltender to score a goal?
55. Name the highest-scoring goalie in NHL history?
56. Which NHL star married actress Elisha Cuthbert in 2013?
57. The last match in which the goaltender didn’t wear a mask played in which year?
58. What is the area in front of the goal in hockey called?
59. What 2018-19 team includes Steven Fogarty and Marc Staal?
60. Name the first player who wears 99 number shirt?
61. What is the record Wayne Gretzky holds?
62. Which 7-time Norris Trophy winner retired from the NHL in 2012?
63. True or false: Windsor Bulldogs never won a Stanley Cup?
64. Who was the last player to play hockey without a helmet?
65. The 2015-16 season is the New York Islanders first season played where?
66. Before Steve Yzerman who was the captain of the Detriot Red Wings?
67. Who had a live penguin as their mascot?
68. Who won the 2018 NHL China Game played on September 15?
69. True or false question: Igor Larionov nickname was a professor?
70. Which is the only player to have worn jersey number zero?
71. Who was the ice hockey world cup champion of 1933?
72. How many players can be removed from the ice field due to penalties?
73. Which Boston Bruins player drew a 15-game suspension in 2013 for aggression Brooks Orpik?
74. Who was the captain of the US team during the hockey world cup 1933?
75. How long is the intermission for in one game?
76. What former San Jose Sharks goaltender retired from the NHL in February 2015?
77. Who was the coach of the Canada hockey team during world cup 1933?
78. Who was the first woman player to play in the NHL?
79. This NHL goalie was involved in a 1992 trade three times in the same off-season, and twice for the same player! Who is he?
80. In the final between the US and Austria in the ice hockey world cup 1933, how many goals did the US score against Austria?
81. Which city is going to host the 32nd franchise of NHL?
82. Who was the first player in NHL history to score 100 points in a single season, when he scored 126 total points?
83. As of now, which is the newest team in the NHL?
84. Who had their Detroit Red Wing number 12 retired in 1995?
85. In the hockey world cup 1933 in semifinal match between Romania and Belgium who was the winner?
86. What was the former player Marty McSorley famous for?
87. Who is Joe Hockey?
88. How many teams participated in the ice hockey world cup 1933?
89. What is the name of the song that the US hockey team forgot after winning a match at the Olympics?
90. Which NHL player has played in the most regular-season wins during his career?
91. Which team got 3rd position in the ice hockey world cup in 1933?
92. How many face-off spots are there in the ice hockey rink?
93. Who is the last remaining player on the New York Rangers from their Stanley Cup victory in 1994?
94. In the ice hockey world cup 1933 how many total goals were scored?
95. What is the official term for the slang ‘the sin bin’?
96. On January 1, 1958, which player fought three Boston Bruins in succession?
97. Which player was the leading goal scorer in ice hockey world cup 1933?
98. What are the two divisions the NHL conferences are divided into?
99. On March 24, 1936, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Maroons 1-0. Who scored the winning goal at 16:30 of the 6th overtime?
100. What was the name of the first indoor ice hockey rink developed in Montreal?
101. Which former player is popularly called ‘Mr.Hockey’?
102. Mike Peca who joined the New York Islanders in 2001, was first drafted by who?
103. What was the number of team players in first indoor ice hockey game played at Victoria Skating Rink?
104. Which trophy is given to the most valuable player?
105. Violently checking an opponent into the boards is called _______ ?
106. Instead of ball or bung which type of thing was used in the first indoor match played at Victoria Skating Rink?
107. The Toronto Maple Leaves are a part of which division?
108. What kind of stick did Ziggy Palffy of the LA Kings use?
109. Initially, what was the width of the goal post?
110. What infraction is a hockey referee calling if he clasps his writs?
111. The first ice hockey club was developed in 1877, do you remember the name of that club?
112. What number is Jose Theodore?
113. What coach for St. Louis, Montreal, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Detroit has the NHL’s highest career winning percentage?
114. The first ice hockey world championship was held in 1883, which team won that championship?
115. Who was the first player to wear number 99?
116. What NHL team plays in an arena called The Pond?
117. What was the date range between which the IHWC 2019 was played?
118. What was the nickname of former Detroit Red Wing Alex Delvecchio?
119. What infraction is a hockey referee calling if he waves his hand below his knees?
120. Who was the champion of ice hockey world cup 2019?
121. Which team got the third position in IHWC 2019?
122. Who was the first goalie to wear a mask in an NHL game?
123. What “Hockey Night in Canada” host is nicknamed “Grapes”?
124. When the goal judge sees the puck go into the net, he or she triggers what?
125. Total goals scored in IHWC 2019?
126. Which brand of helmet did Mario Lemieux wear on his return to the NHL in December 2000?
127. In 2018 the International Ice Hockey Federation changed which two rules?
128. Who was the first European-born player chosen by the Quebec Nordiques in an NHL Entry Draft?
129. What is the name of the “ball” used to play hockey?
130. In women’s field hockey, which country has won the most World Cups?
131. What kind of Bauer skates did Pavel Bure use?
132. How many substitutes are there in each hockey team?
133. During a Hockey Bully-off, how many times must sticks touch?
134. Which of the Sutter brothers is Ron’s twin?
135. In a hockey match, who is allowed to use their feet along with the stick to direct the hockey puck?
136. Which country has Hockey as its national game?
137. What is the surface on which field hockey is played on called?
138. What is the nickname given to Jonathan Toews from the Chicago Blackhawks?
139. The top line for the New Jersey Devils all used the same stick: what stick is it?
140. Who had the most NHL-season wins in his career?
141. Who was the last player to win the Conn Smythe trophy while playing for the losing team during the 20th century?
142. What is the goal horn of the Buffalo Sabres?
143. In what year was the first Norris Trophy awarded?
144. What city was Matthew Barnaby born in?
145. Who holds the NHL season single’s record for shooting percentage?
146. Whose last name means ‘the flower’?
147. Who replaced his brother as the head coach of the Washington Capitals?
148. Why was no Stanley Cup awarded in 1919?
149. What is the machine called which is used to keep ice in the ice rink intact?
150. Who is Peter Demers?
151. Who is the only goalie whose name appeared on the Cup as the captain?
152. When Wayne Gretzky was behind the net, where was he considered to be?
153. According to a legend, what was the first hockey puck ever used made of?
154. How many goals did Wayne Gretzky score in one season in pee-wee?
155. Whose logo appears on each NHL game puck?
156. The NHL team, Pittsburgh Penguins, had a live penguin as their mascot. What was the name of the mascot?
157. How many teams had horns that were chords in 2007?
158. What is the meaning of the phrase “to put the biscuit in the basket”?
159. Who was the first American-born player to have a 100 point NHL season?
160. Name the popular Canadian singer and songwriter who played at the 2017 NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout?
161. What team had the WORST record in the NHL during the 1979-1980 season?
162. Who was the first African American on a Team USA Olympic roster for hockey?
163. After retiring from hockey, what suggestion did Patrick Roy have to increase goal scoring?