Hockey Trivia 14 – NHL Single Season Mosts
The default answer to any hockey trivia question regarding scoring is “Wayne Gretzky”. Test and expand your knowledge of NHL single season records that are not owned by “The Great One”.
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Believe it or not, there are actually some individual NHL records not owned by Wayne Gretzky. Of course, you have to look to categories that Wayne didn’t involve himself in like penalties and defenseman scoring.
Test and expand your knowledge of the NHL’s single season individual records with these four trivia questions.
Q. Who holds the record for the most goals in a single NHL season by a defenseman?
A. No, it’s not Bobby Orr. Paul Coffey broke Orr’s record of 46 goals during the 1985-86 season when he put 48 past opposing goaltenders.
Q. With 76, what player holds the record for the most goals by a rookie?
A. Teemu Selanneof the Winnipeg Jets broke Mike Bossy’s previous record by a whopping 23 goals in 1992-93. Selanne, Bossy and Joe Nieuwendyk are the only first year NHL players to surpass the 50 goal plateau.
Q. Who holds the record for the most points in a single season by a defenseman?
A. No, it’s not Paul Coffey! Bobby Orrwon the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading point getter in 1970-71 with 139 points. Orr still remains the only defenseman to win the Art Ross. Coffey came within one point of the record with 138 in 1985-86.
Q. What 1970’s super goon holds the record for the most penalty minutes in a single season?
A. Dave ‘The Hammer’ Schultz sat out 472 minutes in the penalty box during the 1974-75 season. This number amounts to nearly eight whole hours in the sin bin! Paul Baxter was the next closest challenger with just 409 minutes in 1981-82.
Not enough hockey trivia to satisfy your itch? Check out the previous articles in this series:
Hockey Trivia Thirteen – NHL Nicknames
Hockey Trivia Twelve – More Vancouver Canucks
Hockey Trivia Eleven – Vancouver Canucks
Hockey Trivia Ten – Birth Countries of NHL Players
Hockey Trivia Nine – Nashville Predators Firsts
Hockey Trivia Eight – Montreal Canadiens Hockey Nicknames
Hockey Trivia Seven – Current NHL Hockey Arenas
Hockey Trivia Six – Boston Bruins Individual Player Records
Hockey Trivia Five – Nicknames of Long Gone NHL Teams
Hockey Trivia Four – Retired Numbers of The Los Angeles Kings
Hockey Trivia Three – Before The NHL Became The Original Six
