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Q.
How many teams played in the 2003-2004 NHL season? |
| A. 30
teams. |
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Q.
How large is a regulation hockey net? |
| A. 6
feet wide by 4 feet high. |
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Q.
How scored the first Wild hat trick? |
| A. Antti
Laaksonen on Nov. 26, 2000 against the Vancouver Canucks. |
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Q.
In youth hockey, when does the official blow the whistle when
an injury occurs? |
| A. The
judgment of the official factors into the decision to stop play.
If it appears to be a major injury, the whistle should be blown
immediately. |
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Q.
Who was the first NHL team ever to win Lord Stanley's Cup? |
| A. The
NHL assumed control of the Stanley Cup competition in 1927 when
Ottawa won the Cup. |
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Q.
Each team has a player in the penalty box, but the penalties
occurried at different times. If one team scores, does the other
team get his man back? |
| A. No,
if a goal is scored at even strength (3 on 3, 4 on 4 or 5 on
5) nobody comes out of the penalty box when a goal is scored. |
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Q.
How do I become a referee? |
| A. The
information you need is on www.minnesotahockey.org,
click on the officials tab. Good luck! |
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Q.
What is a skate radius? |
| A. A
blade radius of a skate is the curvature or shape of the bottom
of your skate. |
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Q.
If the puck goes into the goal off your body, not your stick,
is it a goal? |
| A. Yes,
the goal is credited to the last person to touch the puck. |
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Q.
When will the NHL return? |
| A. The
Guru misses the NHL, but doubts will see any action until sometime
next season. |
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Q.
Who is the best goalie from MN? |
| A. Hard
to name one. Names would include, Frank "Mr. Zero"
Brimsek, Mike Karakas and Sam LoPresti. |
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Q.
When did Hockey start? |
| A. The
earliest games of hockey in Minnesota took place in the late
1800's, approximately 1895. |
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Q.
Who tripped Bobby Orr in the photo where he's flying through
the air after scoring the Stanley Cup winning goal? |
| A. Great
question as that goal, and image, is one of the game’s
finest. The defenseman was number 4, Noel Picard. |
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Q.
Which Minnesota player passed coach Jacques Lemaire on the NHL
all-time scoring list in 2002-2003? |
| A. Cliff
Ronning. Lemaire had 835 career points |
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Q.
Are you the all-knowing Hockey Guru? |
| A. Yes,
ask me anything about hockey and I'll answer it right here in
this archive of hockey knowledge and trivia. Go ahead, try me. |
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