IT'S A [neutral zone] TRAP!: More Trivia Fun

This is from Don Weekes' All-Star Hockey Challenge (Greystone Books, 2000).

Firsts: part 1

Jean Beliveau was the first hockey player on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Phil Esposito was the first NHLer to score 100 points.
Gordie Howe was the first player to win the Hart Trophy 5 times.
Jaromir Jagr was the first European player to lead the NHL in scoring.
Jean Ratelle was the first player to score 100 points for 2 teams.
Mike Gartner was the first NHLer to get 30 goals in 15 straight seasons.
Kevin Stevens was the first player to get 100 points and 200 PIM in the same season.
Borje Salming was the first European-trained player to play in 1,000 NHL games
Craig Simpson was the first player to score 50 goals, split between 2 different teams in one season.
Mike Bossy was the first rookie to score 50 goals in one season.

Firsts: part 2

First American-trained player to score a hat trick in the NHL: George Owen; born in Ontario, raised in Boston
First US-born 50-goal scorer: Bob Carpenter
First American goalie to win Vezina: Frank Brimsek
First US-born coach to win the Cup: Leo Dandurand
First American to play 1,000 games: Gordie Roberts
First American chosen 1st overall in draft: Brian Lawton
First US-born player with a 100-point season: Neal Broten
First Vermont-born player to make the NHL: John LeClair
First American defensemen to win the Norris: Rod Languay
First US-born player to lead NHL in goal scoring: Keith Tkachuk

Firsts: part 3

Firsts: part 4

First rules adopted per decade

1930s: Clocks, goal lights
1940s: NHL rule that players had to raise their sticks to signal a goal; last-minute-of-play announcement
1950s: Out-of-town scoreboards; Zamboni; NHL game televised by US network
1960s: first separate penalty-box doors for each team
1970s: rink-board advertising; team benches on same side of rink; NHL made helmets mandatory and names on the back of jerseys
1980s: 1st sudden-death OT allowed during regular season "in modern times"
1990s: use of last line change for home team before face-off; video replay; 3rd jerseys

The First 50-Goal Scorers For Each Team:

Stanley Cup Firsts

Part 1:

1929: The first time 2 American teams (Bruins & Rangers) met in the Cup Finals
1941: Bruins became 1st team to win the Stanley Cup in a sweep since the institution of the best-of-7 playoff format
1949: Toronto became the 1st modern team (original Ottawa Senators being the 1st NHL team) to win 3 straight Cups
1959: 1st and only time no shutouts were recorded in the entire playoff season
1963: 1st time 2 shorthanded goals were scored in 1 playoff game, by Toronto's Dave Keon
1971: 1st time a defenseman scores a hat trick in the playoffs, by Bobby Orr
1975: 1st time 1 player wins the playoff MVP 2 years in a row, by Flyers Bernie Parent
1989: 1st time a goalie scores a goal in the playoffs, by Ron Hextall
1993: 1st time a defenseman scores a hat trick in the Cup finals, by Montreal's Eric Desjardins
1994: Brian Leetch became the first Ranger to win the Conn Smythe

Part 2:

1934: 1st time Chicago Blackhawks win the Cup
1948: 1st time Gordie Howe plays in the Stanley Cup playoffs
1950: 1st time the Stanley Cup is won in overtime in game 7 - by Pete Babando of Detroit
1969: 1st defenseman to win Conn Smythe - Serge Savard
1974: 1st expansion team to win a Cup - Flyers
1982: 1st time Vancouver is represented in Cup finals since 1924
1989: 1st time a player scores more than 5 PPG in 1 playoff series 0 LA's Chris Kontos
1992: 1st NHL game played in June
1995: 1st player to score 3 PPG in a playoff game in 3 separate games - Dino Ciccarelli
1998: 1st Red Wings forward to win Conn Smythe - Steve Yzerman

Stanley Cup Finals Records - many of these are probably outdated!

Part 1:

Played in 53 straight games in the finals between 1951 and 1960: Bernie Geoffrion
Fastest goal from the start of a period in the finals, at 9 seconds into OT on May 18, 1986: Brian Skrudland
Most career goals in the finals with 34 in 59 games: Maurice Richard
Most goals allowed by a goalie in the finals with 33 in 6 games in 1973 against Montreal: Tony Esposito
94 PIM, most in the finals: Gordie Howe
These 2 share the record for most points by a defenseman in 1 final series: Paul Coffey (11 piints in 5 games) and Brian Leetch (11 points in 7 games).
Most goals by a rookie in a finals series, established in 1939: Roy Conacher ** Pretty sure this record has long since been broken
6 goals, most goals in a 6-game final series, established in 1973: Yvan Cournoyer
Most straight wins by a goalie in the finals with 10 straight final series wins from 1976 to 1978: Ken Dryden

Part 2 - can we identify which ones are outdated?

Most assists by a defenseman in 1 final series with 9 assists in 6 games for Pittsburgh in 1991: Larry Murphy
Most assists by a rookie in the Cup finals with 5 assists in 6 games for Pittsburgh in 1991: Jaromir Jagr
Most PIM in 1 finals series with 53 PIM in 6 games in 1980 with the Flyers: Mel Bridgman
Most career assists in the finals with 35 in 31 games: Wayne Gretzky
Most goals in a 4-game final series with 7 goals in 1982: Mike Bossy
Most Cup championships by a coach with 8: Scotty Bowman and Toe Blake
Most shorthanded points in the finals (2 in 1970, 1 in 1972, 1 in 1974): Bobby Orr
Most career wins by a goalie in the finals with 25: Jacques Plante
Most career points in the finals with 62 points in 64 games:Jean Beliveau

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