1.      The University of Minnesota Women’s hockey team has won a record six NCAA Championships. During the 2012-13 NCAA season how many games did they lose?

ANSWER: D, Zero. The Gophers were amazingly 41-0 overall and 28-0-0 in the WCHA.

2.      What trio of Minnesota hockey brothers once played a game inside a state prison?

ANSWER: C, The Carlson brothers. The Carlson brothers and their freewheeling, bombastic playing style were the inspiration for the Hanson Brothers of the movie Slap Shot fame. They once played a game inside a prison when they were playing in the USHL for the Marquette Iron Rangers in Marquette, Michigan.

3.      Who was the original Mr. Hockey, the award given to the state’s best high school hockey player?

ANSWER: A, Chorske. He was the inaugural winner and was selected by the Montreal Canadians 16th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft.

4.      Which current NHLer was not a finalist for the Mr. Hockey Award following his senior year?

ANSWER: A, Braun. Justin was an unheralded player out of White Bear Lake but worked his way into one of the top defensive defensemen in the NHL and played in the Stanley Cup Final last year.

5.       Who was the first American-born hockey player to pass 100 points in an NHL season?

ANSWER: B, Broten. During the 1985-86 season he scored 105 points (29 goals, 76 assists) with the Minnesota North Stars.

6.       Who is the University of Minnesota women’s hockey team’s all-time point leader?

ANSWER: D, Brandt, in 158 games she had a whopping 285 points (115 goals, 170 assists). During her storied career, Brandt was also remarkably an All American, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist, All WCHA, two-time WCHA Player of the Year, Academic All-American, NCAA all-tournament team, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, a gold medalist for the United States, a World Champion with the United States, and a winner of the Ms. Hockey Award!

7.      The United States “Miracle on Ice” men’s hockey team’s victory against the Soviet Union was named the greatest sporting event of the past 100 years. The team featured twelve native Minnesotans. Which line led the team in points during the Olympics?

ANSWER: A, the line of Buzz Schneider (Babbitt, MN), Mark Pavelich (Eveleth, MN), and John Harrington (Virginia, MN). This trio of players was remarkably all from the Iron Range area of Minnesota. Despite their affectionate nickname, “The Coneheads,” they led the U.S. team with 34 points during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

8.        This player was an outstanding multi-sport athlete and was so skilled as a hockey player that legendary coach Herb Brooks once said, “He could make the puck talk.” Nicknamed “The Gold Machine,” this player lead the Warroad Warriors during the 1968-69 season with 95 points (60 goals, 35 assists) in a mere 25 games. Who was it?

ANSWER: C, Boucha. A Native American from the Chippewa Ojibwa tribe, he was a one-of-kind, electrifying player that dominated amateur hockey. Boucha was known for wearing a headband on the ice and possessed endless stamina. His promising career was tragically cut short by injury.

9.      Which current NHLer is ranked third all-time in high school football receptions and fourth in receiving yards?

ANSWER: D, Paul Martin, had 189 receptions and 3,009 receiving yards over his remarkable football career at Elk River where he was an All-State receiver.

10.     Who scored the first goal in Minnesota Wild history?

ANSWER: C, Gaborik. The third pick of the 2000 NHL Draft and the Minnesota Wild’s first-ever pick in franchise history. He scored on the road vs. Anaheim Ducks. Hendrickson scored the first home goal.

Bonus Questions:

What Minnesota native scored the winning goal in the gold medal game at the 1980 Winter Olympics for the United States men’s hockey team?

ANSWER: B, Rob McClanahan, of St. Paul, MN.

The Minnesota State high school hockey tournament is the nation’s premiere high school hockey tournament. The tourney is known for possessing the country’s top high school talent, legendary goals, and high levels of drama. It’s all known for epic hockey hair. What term has been used to describe hockey hair seen on the Minnesota High School Hockey All-Hair Team?

ANSWER: All of the Above. Naturally.