There’s only so much I can take of this. Fancy not remembering Carey Price given its virtually the same as my wife’s maiden name.
Questions
Pavel Bure’s father, Vladimir, won four Olympic medals for the Soviet Union in which sport, though none of them were gold?
SWIMMING
What was Pavel Bure’s two-word alliterative nickname, primarily for his speed?
RUSSIAN ROCKET
In the 91-92 season, Pavel Bure won what trophy as the NHL’s best rookie, which was named for the first president of the NHL?
CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY
Which team drafted Pavel Bure 113th in the 1989 draft, surely one of the best steals of all time? He became the lead scorer with this team in 93-94.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
After seven seasons with the Canucks, Pavel Bure transferred to which team, where he won back-to-back Rocket Richard trophies as the league’s leading scorer?
FLORIDA PANTHERS
What is the forename of Pavel Bure’s brother, who led the Calgary Flames in scoring in 99-00, where the combined goals of the two brothers set an NHL record for goals by siblings in a season?
VALERI
The New York Islanders won their four Stanley Cups in which four consecutive years?
1980 TO 1983
The New York Islanders play their home games in which Long Island hamlet, which is also home to Belmont Park, the traditional third and final leg of the US Triple Crown?
ELMONT
Consisting of 8 teams including the New York Islanders, which Eastern Conference division of the NHL is the only one not to contain any Canadian teams?
METROPOLITAN DIVISION / METRO DIVISION
How many dynasties are currently recognised by the NHL, with the successful New York Islanders team from 1980 to 1983 being one?
EIGHT
Named for a long-time head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, what trophy is given to the MVP of the NHL each season?
HART MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winning the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2015, Carey Price was recognised for his work in playing which position for the Montreal Canadiens, the club at which he has spent his entire NHL career?
GOALTENDER
Unoriginally named ‘The Next One’, which Pittsburgh Penguins centre won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the second time in 2014, seven years after his first triumph?
SIDNEY CROSBY
In a recurring theme of unoriginal nicknames ‘The Great Eight’ Alexander Ovechkin won three Hart Memorial Trophies while playing for which team, managing to win the Stanley Cup once?
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Which Russian winner of the 2012 Hart Memorial Trophy while playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins also has an unoriginal nickname, this time being ‘Geno’ from his first name?
EVGENI MALKIN
Somehow managing to lose three consecutive Stanley Cup finals with the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning, which 2011 Hart Memorial Trophy winner has aside from a pathetically unoriginal nickname a much better one, ‘the worm’, because he gets under an opponent’s skin? And presumably his management as he won while playing for yet another team, this time the Anaheim Ducks.
COREY PERRY (‘Scorey Perry’…)
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