Hockey Trivia 22 – The Keystone State
Pennsylvania is home to two of the best franchises in the NHL. Test and expand you knowledge of hockey trivia regarding the Keystone State.
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The state of Pennsylvania is home to two NHL hockey teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. Both teams entered the league during the expansion season of 1967-68. They are not the first NHL teams to play out of these cities. In the early days of the National Hockey League, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Quakers existed for a short period of time.
Test and expand your hockey trivia knowledge with these four questions with a Keystone State theme.
Q. What was the first team to beat the St. Louis Blues?
A. The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the league along with the St. Louis Blues and four other teams in 1967-68. St. Louis played their first ever game against the Minnesota North Stars and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. The Blues faced the Penguins in their second game and Pittsburgh won by a score of 3-1.
Q. What team did the St. Louis Blues record their first ever win against?
A. The next night, after the Blues fell to the Penguins for their first loss, the Blues scored a 4-2 victory in the home and home weekend set. Ironically, both teams won in the other team’s arena.
Q. Mark Recchi has scored 50 goals in a season once in his long, illustrious career. What team was he playing for when he accomplished this?
A. In 1992-93, Recchi scored 53 goals for the Philadelphia Flyers. Other than that season, the closest Mark would get to the 50 goal plateau were two 40 goal seasons, one with the Flyers and one with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Q. What Flyers player had three consecutive 50+ goal seasons in the mid 1990’s?
A. John LeClair had 51 goals in 1995-96, 50 in 1996-97 and 51 in 1997-98. In keeping with the Keystone State theme, LeClair finished up his career with the cross-state Pittsburgh Penguins.
Enjoy this round of hockey trivia? Check out these previous articles in the series:
Hockey Trivia Twenty-one – NHL Original Arenas (Small Version)
Hockey Trivia Twenty – Al Arbour Hockey Hall of Fame Coach
Hockey Trivia Nineteen – NHL Longevity
Hockey Trivia Eighteen – NHL Easy Pickins
Hockey Trivia Seventeen – NHL Mixed Bag of Pucks
Hockey Trivia Sixteen – St. Louis Blues Retired Numbers
Hockey Trivia Fifteen – Three NHL Losers and a Winner
Hockey Trivia Fourteen – NHL Single Season Mosts
