Can you name the Oldest NHL Teams? created by NJDevils2000 Enter a Team (last names acceptable) in the box below Correctly named Teams will show up below Click any empty Founding Year or Team to answer for that location Answers as of 5/2/10. It does NOT include any DEFUNCT or RELOCATED teams. Those teams are the BONUS answers. The answers are the date the team as we know them today joined the league. This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle

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Founding Year Team Fun Fact 1917 Most Stanley Cup Championships (24) 1917 The team has had some of the greatest goalies of all time on their roster, including: Curtis Joseph, Grant Fuhr, Terry Sawchuk, Jacques Plante, and Bernard Parent 1924 The Legendary Art Ross served this team for 30 years as a coach and general manager 1926 The last team of the legendary Terry Sawchuk before his tragic death in a bar fight 1926 The only team of Stan Mikita, the all time leading scorer for Slovakian born players 1926 Most Stanley Cup Championships for an American team (11) 1967 When the team scores 5 goals, tacos at Taco Bell cost only 35 cents on the day after the game. Fans will be heard chanting 'We Want Tacos!' after the team scores 4 goals, anticipating the 5th goal. 1967 Recipient of Wayne Gretzky in the most famous trade in hockey history 1967 Longtime team of Ron Hextall, the first goalie to score a goal by actually shooting the puck into the opposing goal 1967 This team appropriately plays in an arena called 'The Igloo' (or Mellon Arena) 1970 The only team to have a goalie serve as their team captain 1970 Richard Martin, Rene Robert, and Gilbert Perreault served on the famous line called 'The French Connection' 1972 Most consecutive Stanley Cup Championships (4) 1974 Longtime team of Olaf Kolzig, the only South African player to ever play professional hockey 1979 Longtime team of Wayne Gretzky, the greatest player in hockey history

Founding Year Team Fun Fact 1980 One of the biggest teams involved with community service and outreach 1982 Legendary broadcaster Mike 'Doc' Emrick serves as the main broadcaster for this team with fan favorite Glenn 'Chico' Resch 1991 Longtime team of the leading scorer from Northern Ireland, Owen Nolan 1992 This franchise revived itself after a run in 1917-1934 ehich was followed by a 58 year absence 1992 The last team to win the Stanley Cup before the NHL Lockout of 2004-2005 1993 Longtime team of the Mike Modano, United States scoring leader 1993 The only team to have both Pavel and Valeri Bure 1993 Up until the selling of the team by the Walt Disney Corporation, this team was the only one that didn't follow the traditional format of 'City/State Name' followed by the 'Mascot Name' 1995 Only the second team in all professional sports to win a championship the year after relocation 1996 The first team to be coached by the legendary Wayne Gretzky 1997 This team was once located in Hartford, Connecticut where they were known as the Whalers 1998 In reaction to the Detroit Red Wings' tradition of throwing an octopus on the ice, fans of this team occassionaly through catfish onto the ice 1999 The only current team to never win a playoff game (They were swept in the 1 playoff series they were in) 2000 The arena has a replica of a cannon fired in 1857 by Napolean and his army 2000 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1917 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1917 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1919 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1920 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1924 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1925 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1925 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1930 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1934 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1967 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1967 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1972 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1974 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1976 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1976 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1979 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1979 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain) 1979 The team did not have a stable captain for 9 years, rotating every month (Mikko Koivu became the first stable captain)

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