OK. You’ve had some time to get a little rest, maybe grab some refreshment and listen to a few words about what you can do better in the next 20 minutes. It’s time to lace ‘em up again and get ready for Period No. 2. Here we go …
1 The Red Wings were part of the NHL’s expansion from seven to 10 teams in 1926, They entered the league along with two other teams. Which teams came into the NHL with the Wings, known then as the Detroit Cougars? Answer on page 77.
a. Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins
b. Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers
c. Montreal Maroons and New York Rangers
d. New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators
2 Defenseman Chris Chelios was once quoted as saying he would never play for the Red Wings. That changed in 1999, when he was traded to Detroit and spent the next decade on the blue line at Joe Louis Arena. From which team did the Red Wings acquire Chelios, and what was the price? Answers on page 78.
3 Few players won as much hardware as Gordie Howe. How many times did Mr. Hockey win the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player? Answer on page 80.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
4 The Red Wings famously won the Stanley Cup in 1950 by rallying to defeat the New York Rangers in seven games. They had to do it without one of their biggest stars, who was out with an injury. Which Detroit legend spent the playoffs on the sidelines? Give yourself an extra point if you know what the injury was. Answers on page 81.
a. Sid Abel
b. Gordie Howe
c. Ted Lindsay
d. Terry Sawchuk
5 One of the great rivalries in the NHL during the late 1990s and early 2000s involved the Red Wings. Which team was their biggest nemesis during that time? Answer on page 83.
a. Chicago Blackhawks
b. Colorado Avalanche
c. Edmonton Oilers
d. Toronto Maple Leafs
6 Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly owns eight Stanley Cup rings, the most of any NHL player who never suited up for the Montreal Canadiens. How many of those rings did he win with the Red Wings? Answer on page 85.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
7 One price the Red Wings paid for their success in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s is that they went more than 25 years without a top-10 pick in the NHL draft. That ended in 2017, when Detroit took forward Michael Rasmussen with the No. 9 pick. Before Rasmussen, who was the last player taken by the Red Wings with a pick among the first 10 in the draft? Answer on page 88.
a. Johan Franzen
b. Martin Lapointe
c. Dylan Larkin
d. Keith Primeau
8 The Red Wings had a legendary talent haul in the 1989 NHL Draft, including two players taken after the first round who are now enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. How many players taken by the Wings in that draft played at least 1,000 NHL regular-season games? Answer on page 89.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
9 After being swept by the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, the Red Wings decided they needed more grit among their bottom-six forwards in order to counteract units such as New Jersey’s “Crash Line.” What was the name of the trio assembled by coach Scotty Bowman, and who were the members? Answers on page 91.
10 The Red Wings have had a number of Hall of Fame players who’ve wound up behind the bench. Which of these Red Wings stars did not end up coaching them? Answer on page 93.
a. Alex Delvecchio
b. Bill Gadsby
c. Gordie Howe
d. Ted Lindsay
11 Match the player to his nickname. Answer on page 94.
| Alex Delvecchio | The Perfect Human |
| Pavel Datsyuk | The Professor |
| Johan Franzen | Fats |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | Magic Man |
| Igor Larionov | Mule |
12 The Red Wings were involved in the longest game in NHL history. They needed six overtimes to defeat the Montreal Maroons, 1–0, in Game 1 of the 1936 Semifinals. Who scored the goal that won the game, and who was the winning goaltender? You get a bonus point if you know how many saves he made. Answers on page 97.
13 Five Red Wings have won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but only one has done it while playing for the losing team. Who was it? Answer on page 98.
a. Roger Crozier
b. Gordie Howe
c. Nicklas Lidstrom
d. Terry Sawchuk
14 The Red Wings have had 11 seasons in which a player scored 50 or more goals. Steve Yzerman owns five of them. Who is the only other player with more than one? Answer on page 100.
a. Sergei Fedorov
b. Gordie Howe
c. Mickey Redmond
d. John Ogrodnick
15 Just two Red Wings have had 70 or more assists in a single season. Steve Yzerman did it twice, with 90 in 1988–89 and 79 in 1992–93. Who is the only other Detroit player to have a 70-assist season? Answer on page 101.
b. Marcel Dionne
c. Sergei Fedorov
d. Nicklas Lidstrom
16 The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup three times under Scotty Bowman after hiring him as coach in 1993. Who did Bowman replace behind the bench? Answer on page 103.
a. Mike Babcock
b. Jacques Demers
c. Mike Keenan
d. Bryan Murray
17 Mike Vernon was the goaltender for the Red Wings when they won the Stanley Cup in 1997. From which team did the Wings acquire Vernon? There’s an extra point if you know when they brought him to Detroit. Answers on page 104.
a. Calgary Flames
b. Edmonton Oilers
c. Florida Panthers
d. San Jose Sharks
18 The Ted Lindsay Award, formerly the Lester B. Pearson Award, is named after one of the Red Wings’ icons and given to the outstanding player of the regular season as voted by members of the NHL Players’ Association. How many Red Wings have won the award, and who are they? Answers on page 105.
19 The 1999–2000 season was full of milestones for Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman. Which of these was not one of them? Answer on page 106.
a. 900th career assist
b. 100th game-winning goal
c. 600th goal
d. 1,500th point
20 Nicklas Lidstrom is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history, as evidenced by the fact that he won the Norris Trophy seven times. Who is the only player to have won the Norris Trophy more times than Lidstrom? Answer on page 107.
a. Paul Coffey
b. Doug Harvey
c. Bobby Orr
d. Pierre Pilote
21 The Lady Byng Trophy is presented to the player who combines on-ice skill with gentlemanly play. Only three defensemen have won the award since it was established in 1924. Two of them played for the Red Wings. Who are they? Answer on page 109.
22 Gordie Howe led the Red Wings in scoring for 13 of 15 seasons from 1955–56 through 1969–70. Who was Detroit’s leading scorer in the other two seasons of that time span? Answer on page 110.
a. Alex Delvecchio
b. Marcel Dionne
c. Ted Lindsay
d. Norm Ullman
23 Three goalies in Red Wings history have won 40 or more games in a season. Who is the only one to do it more than once? Answer on page 111.
a. Roger Crozier
b. Dominik Hasek
c. Chris Osgood
d. Terry Sawchuk
24 The days of one goalie playing all of his team’s games are long gone. Who is the last goaltender in Wings history to play in every minute of all of Detroit’s games in one season, and when did it happen? Answers on page 112.
25 The Red Wings have scored in double figures 32 times in their history. When did the most recent one take place? Answer on page 114.
a. 1994
b. 1995
c. 1997
d. 2002
26 A hat trick by a defenseman is an NHL rarity. Who was the last Detroit defenseman to get one? Answer on page 115.
a. Mike Green
b. Reed Larson
c. Nicklas Lidstrom
d. Mathieu Schneider
27 It took the Red Wings until 1933 to win a game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They didn’t win one in either 1929 or 1932, their first two appearances in the postseason. Which team did the Red Wings defeat to earn their first playoff victory? Answer on page 116.
a. Boston Bruins
b. Montreal Canadiens
c. Montreal Maroons
d. New York Rangers
28 Four players in NHL history have played 1,500 or more games and spent their entire career with the same team. Three of the four are Red Wings. (The fourth is Shane Doan, who did it with the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes.) Who are the three lifers who spent their whole careers with the Wings? Answer on page 117.
29 In 1987 and 1988, the Red Wings were within one round of advancing to the Stanley Cup Final before being eliminated. They lost to the same team each time. Which team twice spoiled Detroit’s hopes of getting to the Final? Answer on page 118.
a. Chicago Blackhawks
b. Edmonton Oilers
c. Los Angeles Kings
d. Toronto Maple Leafs
30 Hall of Fame defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom was one of the keys to the Red Wings’ run of success from the early 1990s into the 2010s. He finished his career with a plus-450 rating, meaning he was on the ice for 450 more non-power play goals by the Wings than by the opposition. How many times in his 20 NHL seasons was Lidstrom a minus player? Answer on page 119.
a. 0
b. 1
c. 3
d. 5
31 Steve Yzerman scored one of the most famous goals in franchise history to give the Red Wings a 1–0 double-overtime win in Game 7 of the 1996 Western Conference Semifinals. Which team did the Red Wings outlast in the series? Answer on page 120.
a. Chicago Blackhawks
b. Los Angeles Kings
c. Phoenix Coyotes
d. St. Louis Blues
32 The Red Wings had a Hall of Famer as their No. 1 goaltender in every season from 1944–45 through 1963–64. Terry Sawchuk was between the pipes for 12 of those seasons. Which goaltender preceded him, and who took his place for two seasons in the 1950s? Answers on page 121.
33 The Red Wings called the Olympia (also known as Olympia Stadium) home from 1927 to 1979. Who were the opponents on opening and closing night? Answer on page 123.
34 Detroit is the only team in NHL history to win a championship by scoring an overtime goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. How many times have the Red Wings won the ultimate prize in hockey by scoring in OT? Answer on page 126.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
35 Gordie Howe was a regular fixture in the NHL All-Star Game during his 2 1/2 decades with the Red Wings. How many times was Mr. Hockey selected to play in the game during his time with Detroit? Answer on page 127.
a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
36 Steve Yzerman is the last Red Wing to wear No. 19. It was raised to the rafters of Joe Louis Arena on January 2, 2007, a few months after he retired. Yzerman wore No. 19 in honor of a player he admired and wound up competing against. Who is the Hockey Hall of Famer Yzerman admired so much that he asked to wear his number? Answer on page 128.
37 One of the sweetest wins in Red Wings history came in Game 7 of the 2002 Western Conference Final. The victory put Detroit into the Stanley Cup Final, but what made it especially enjoyable for the Wings and their fans? Answer on page 128.
38 The Red Wings won at least 43 games in eight of nine full seasons during Mike Babcock’s decade as coach from 2005 to 2015. But just as Superman had his Kryptonite, there was one unlikely team that dominated the Red Wings during Babcock’s tenure. Which team, one that struggled for most of Babcock’s time in Detroit, got the better of the Wings during that decade? Answer on page 130.
a. Anaheim Ducks
b. Dallas Stars
c. New York Islanders
d. Washington Capitals
39 Tossing an octopus is a Detroit playoff tradition. In what year did the first octopus hit the ice at the Olympia? Answer on page 131.
a. 1950
b. 1952
c. 1954
d. 1955
40 The Red Wings traded away goaltender Terry Sawchuk after winning the 1955 Stanley Cup, but decided two years later they wanted him back. Which future Hall of Famer did they send to the Boston Bruins to bring Sawchuk back to Detroit? Answer on page 132.
a. Johnny Bucyk
b. Fern Flaman
c. Glenn Hall
d. Milt Schmidt
There’s the horn. The second period is in the books. Time to tromp back to the locker room, get some hydration, listen to a few well-chosen words from the coaching staff and prepare to come out ready for the third period.