Christmas is now a thing of the past, and to keep you busy until the New Year's parties, test your knowledge of the last 12 months of the Canadiens and the NHL.
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We'll warn you right from the start: this 20-question quiz contains several difficult questions. The answers can be found below.
Do you think you did well? Don't hesitate to take turns challenging your friends… or email us your result. We can't know if you cheated or not, but we will be very proud of you!
QUESTIONS
1. At -29, I am the Canadiens player who had the biggest difference in the 2022-2023 season.
2. On March 16, the Canadian allowed nine goals in a game, his highest total in 2023. Which team managed to outsmart the club's goalkeepers nine times?
3. This is the NHL's most penalized team in 2022-2023.
4. In 2023, Phil Kessel became the NHL's Iron Man by ending a streak of more than ___ consecutive games (within 100, you're right).
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5. And now that it's over for Kessel, who is the player with the longest active streak?
6. This team had by far the best power play in 2022-23.
7. Connor Bedard and Trevor Zegras thrilled the Christmas Eve crowd by both scoring a “Michigan”-style goal on the same night. Who was the first player to successfully pull off this maneuver on an NHL rink?
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8. Since 1um Which NHL team has collected the most points in the standings in January 2023?
9. This never-drafted goaltender has 40 wins in 2022-2023. Nobody has collected more than him.
10. According to NHL advanced statistics, two players who played for the CH in 2022-2023 are among the fastest runners in the league, that is, they managed to run more than 20 mph most often. Who is it?
11. Connor McDavid was the player who traveled the most distance on ice in the 2022-2023 season. It corresponds to the distance between Montreal and…Quebec, Ottawa, Boston or Sherbrooke?
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12. Since 1um January 2023, who is the NHL's top scorer?
13. This is the oldest team in the NHL in 2023-24 (based on the average age of its players).
14. Of all players drafted the same year as Juraj Slafkovsky, who has the most points in the NHL to date?
15. The Canadian will pay $16.18 million to five players who did not wear his jersey this year. Who are you?
16. The 2012 NHL Draft was not a great year, especially when it came to its very first pick, Nail Yakupov. Who is the player with the most career points in this draft (549) and who could become the first forward in team history to reach 100 points in a season?
17. After Brendan Gallagher, who is the active NHL player with the most points in CH history?
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18. Connor Bedard had 30 points in 33 games before Wednesday's games, which would give him 75 of 82 points by the end of the season if he keeps up the same pace. Only one active player has accumulated more than him at the age of 18, who is that?
19. Since 1um January 2023, who is the NHL's top scorer?
20. With 18 consecutive games, ____ had the longest game streak with at least one point in 2023. This is the 41st.e Best in ice hockey history. Who is it?
Answer:
1. Joel Edmundson
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2. Florida Panthers
3. Ottawa Senators
4. 1064
5. Brent Burns (795)
6. Edmonton Oilers
7. Andrei Svechnikov
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8. Boston Bruins
9. Alexander Georgiev
10. Josh Anderson and Denis Gurianov
11. Boston (482 km)
12. Nathan MacKinnon
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13. The Pittsburgh Penguins (average 30.8 years… yes, 30.8 years)
14. Juraj Slafkovsky
15. Carey Price, Chris Wideman, Joel Edmundson, Jeff Petry, Karl Alzner (CH is still paying him $833,333 this season)
16. Filip Forsberg
17. Jeff Petry
18. Sidney Crosby
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19. David Pastrnak
20. Nathan MacKinnon