Daily Hockey Trivia – Calder Trophy Winners & Youngest Captain – Hockey Writers – Hockey History

Welcome to Daily Hockey Trivia for September 5, 2024. This is a daily series that will test and challenge your knowledge of modern and historical aspects of NHL hockey. Each day will have three multiple choice questions with an answer key at the bottom of the page.

Each question will be more difficult than the last, so think of it as an easy, medium, and hard question. Leave your results in the comments, and track how well you’re doing throughout the series!

Question 1: Who Won the 2015-16 Calder Trophy?

a) Jack Eichel

b) Connor McDavid

c) Shayne Gostisbehere

d) Artemi Panarin

Question 2: Who Was the Youngest NHL Captain to Lift the Stanley Cup?

a) Jonathan Toews

b) Sidney Crosby

c) Gabriel Landeskog

d) Anze Kopitar

Question 3: Who Was the Greatest Player to Win the Calder Trophy?

a) Artemi Panarin

b) Kirill Kaprizov

c) Sergei Makarov

d) Tony Esposito

Answer Key

Q1 Answer: a) Artemi Panarin – As a 24-year-old, Artemi Panarin beat the long-injured Connor McDavid to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie. He scored 30 goals and 77 points as a rookie in the 2015-16 season.

Q2 Answer: b) Sidney Crosby – Sidney Crosby was named captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins as a 19-year-old star. He lifted the Stanley Cup in 2009 at the age of 21 years and 10 months, becoming the youngest captain ever to lift the cup.

Q3 Answer: c) Sergei Makarov – In 1990, 31-year-old rookie Sergei Makarov won the Calder Trophy with 86 points in his first season. The controversy that followed Makarov’s 31-year-old victory led to the NHL changing the rule to limit the trophy to players 26 years of age or younger.

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Leave your results in the comments, and come back tomorrow for the next edition of Daily Hockey Trivia.