Today’s trivia challenge: National Hockey League

How much do you know about the NHL and its history?

1. The “Original Six” consisted of the following teams:

A. The Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings, the Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks.

B. The Boston Bruins, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Detroit Red Wings, the Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

C. The Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings, the Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

D. The Boston Bruins, the Montreal Canadians, the New Jersey Devils, the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

2. True or false: Pucks are frozen before play to make them bounce-resistant.

A. True

B. False

3. A shootout now occurs under what tie-breaking situation?

A. Players immediately proceed to a shootout.

B. Players immediately proceed to a sudden-death format.

C. Players have a scoreless five-minute overtime, then proceed to a shootout.

D. Players have a scoreless 10-minute overtime, then proceed to a shootout.

4. The first black NHL player, Willie O’Ree, made his NHL debut for what team?

A. Boston Bruins

B. Montreal Canadians

C. Toronto Maple Leafs

D. Detroit Red Wings

5. Which of the following statements about the Stanley Cup is false?

A. Each winning player and member of team management gets to take the Cup home for a day to share with family and friends.

B. The Cup has appeared as a guest on the “Late Show with David Letterman.”

C. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the names of all winning players, coaches, management and club staff engraved on the trophy itself.

D. There are three Stanley Cups: one that travels with individual team members, one that travels with the most-recent winning team for games and one that’s at the NHL Hall of Fame.