No-Trade Trivia Thursday & Penguins Notes
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Tyler Kennedy will miss 4-6 weeks with a high ankle sprain, according to the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jordan Staal was hit in the face with an errant stick. He required stitches but could still play Saturday.
Arron Asham skated for the first time. Sidney Crosby skated with Asham before practice and then stayed on the ice after Asham left.
Thursday Line Units
Chris Kunitz-Evgeni Malkin-James Neal
Matt Cooke-Jordan Staal-Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan-Cal O'Reilly-Dustin Jeffrey
Craig Adams-Joe Vitale-Richard Park
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Taking a break from made-up and wishful thinking trade thoughts for a day, here’s a Penguins trivia contest for you while we wait until Saturday’s game against Winnipeg. Research comes from Rick Buker’s “Total Penguins” encyclopedia.
1. How many teams made the playoffs for most of the 1980s?
2. How many years passed before the Penguins first made the postseason with Mario Lemieux on the roster?
3. How bad were the Pens in the 1980s? Trick question.
4. What season did Alexander Daigle, chosen first overall in 1993 by the Ottawa Senators,
play for the Pens?
5. Goalie Michel Dion started 30 games in 1983-84, was his goals-against average above or below 5.00?
6. Which twin brothers played for the Pens in 1997-98?
7. Which Penguins superstar led the NHL in assists during the 1994 lockout-shortened season?
8. Which team did the Pens trade Johan Hedberg to for a 2004 2nd round pick?
9. What season did Pittsburgh trade for Marian Hossa?
10. Did Marian Hossa play more games in the regular season or in the playoffs?
11. How many games did Brent Johnson’s dad, Bob, netmind for the Pens in 1974-75? Hint, Mitch Lamoreaux, Kelly Pratt and Ryan Malone wore this uniform number.
12. What year was Mario Lemieux inducted into the Hall of Fame?
13. Does Kris Letang shoot right-handed or left-handed and what was his sweater number in his first training camp?
14. Which team did Shawn McEachern get traded to and then get traded back from for Marty McSorley within one year’s time?
15. How many seasons did Ian Moran play for Pittsburgh? Hint, Andy Bathgate and Pascal Dupuis wear this number.
16. Did Markus Naslund hit the 50-point plateau in 1995-96 before his infamous trade to Vancouver for Alek Stojanov?
17. Which 1990 first-round draft pick average better than a point per game for the Pens in 1995-96 and 1996-97 not currently making $3.3 million for the Philadelphia Flyers?
18. Which currently blackballed former Buffalo Sabres and Islanders head coach scored one goal with Pittsburgh in 1985-86? Hint, he’s coaching the Latvian national men’s team.
19. To Which team did the Pens trade Darius Kasparaitis to in March of 2002?
20. What year did the Pens draft Brooks Orpik no. 18 overall?
21. This forward, who last played for Pittsburgh in 2001-02 and still plays in the NHL, uses an insulin pump between periods for type-1 diabetes. Name him.
22. Which current NHLer was traded to Florida in the draft pick swap pulled off by GM Craig Patrick so the Pens could draft Marc-Andre Fleury?
23. How many goals did Rob Scuderi score in 300 regular-season games? How many did he save? (trick question).
24. Which blueliner led the Pens in scoring in 2003-04 and how many points did he collect?
25. What defensive prospect did Pittsburgh trade to Florida for Gary Roberts?
Answers
1. 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs.
2. The Pens didn’t make the playoffs until Lemieux’s fifth season.
3. Pittsburgh Pirate-like bad.
4. Alexandre Daigle played for the Pens in 2002-03.
5. Above. Dion carried a 5.33 goals-against average.
6. Chris & Peter Ferraro.
7. Ron Francis totaled 48 helpers. Jaromir Jagr tied Eric Lindros for the most points, but had three more goals (32 to 29) than Lindros did.
8. The Vancouver Canucks.
9. Hossa played for the Pens in 2007-08.
10. Hossa played 20 playoff games and 12 regular season games for Pittsburgh in 2007-08.
11. Johnson appeared in 12 games for the Pens in 1974-75.
12. 1997.
13. Letang shoots right-handed. Regular Hockey Buzz readers may remember from my training camp photos of Tanger that he wore number 49.
14. The Los Angeles Kings.
15. Moran played a surprisingly-long nine seasons with the Pens, from 1994-95-2002-03.
16. Yes he did. Naslund scored 19 goals and 52 points in 66 games before getting traded in one of the Pens’ lopsided deals.
17. Petr Nedved amassed 170 points in 154 games.
18. Ted Nolan.
19. The Colorado Avalanche, March 19, 2002 for Rick Berry and Ville Nieminen.
20. 2000.
21. Toby Petersen, currently employed by the Dallas Stars.
22. Mikael Samuelsson.
23. Scuderi scored three goals and saved countless others. He’s got one year left on a $3.4 million cap hit. Any way the Pens could re-acquire his services?
24. Dick Tarnstrom led the Pens with 52 points (16,36) in 2003-04.
25. Noah Welch was a touted prospect around the time Ryan Whitney emerged, but his NHL game never materialized.
Thanks for playing. I hope you didn’t waste too much time.
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Montreal church places ad asking fans to pray for playoff spot
here. The Penguins wouldn’t need to look far for a church as they’ve got one right next to CONSOL,
Epiphany Catholic Church. They’ve got good Lenten food there, too.
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JT
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