Quick quiz

1. Who won the 2004 Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman: New Jersey's Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim's Rob Niedermayer, Detroit's Niklas Lidstrom, or Colorado's Rob Blake?

2. What three defensemen will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November?

3. Who were the three players who fled for the most goals scored (41) in the 2003-04 season?

4. Who is the only coach born in the United States to win the Stanley Cup championship: Ken Hitchcock, John Tortorella, or Bob Hartley?

5. Which of the following Olympic figure skaters has not appeared in a recent NHL advertising campaign: Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi, or Tonya Harding?

6. What was the first broadcast network to carry NHL games?

7. Where are the next two NHL All-Star Games scheduled to take place?

8. Who won the 2004 Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender: New Jersey's Martin Brodeur, Calgary's Miika Kiprusoff, San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov, or Dallas' Marty Turco?

9. How many times has the Stanley Cup visited the country of Belarus?

10. Who was named the NHL's top rookie in 2004, winning the Calder Trophy?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. Scott Niedermayer. 2. Defensemen Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, and Larry Murphy will enter this Hall of Fame this year. Cliff Fletcher will also be inducted in the Builder category. 3. Jarome Iginla, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Rick Nash. 4. John Tortorella became the first U.S.-born coach to win the Cup when the Lightning defeated the Flames in June. 5. Tonya Harding. 6. NBC carried Stanley Cup games in 1966, becoming the first broadcast network to carry the NHL 7. The 2005 game is set for the Atlanta Thrashers' Philips Arena while the 2006 game is slated for the Phoenix Coyotes' Glendale Arena. 8. Martin Brodeur won the Vezina Trophy for the second consecutive season. 9. The Cup went to Belarus in July for the first time, thanks to Stanley Cup-winning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, a native of the country. 10. Goaltender Andrew Raycroft was honored as the NHEs top rookie.

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