Crossword 7: Hockey History and Milestones

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Across
  1. 1. – Stadium series games brought hockey into the open air.
  2. 4. – Instituted in 2005 to maintain league parity.
  3. 7. – WHA and NHL combined in 1979.
  4. 10. – The first six NHL teams.
  5. 16. – Defunct team that moved to Colorado.
  6. 19. – Rival league to the NHL in the 1970s.
  7. 20. – Detroit’s team, previously called the Cougars.
  8. 21. – Hockey Hall of Fame honors legends.
  9. 24. – Played in 1917 between Montreal and Ottawa.
  10. 26. – Jerseys honoring legendary players.
  11. 29. – The game has shifted from wooden sticks to composite.
  12. 30. – Lord who donated the Stanley Cup.
  13. 31. – Hosted some of the first international hockey matches.
  14. 32. – Source of many talented NHL players post-1990s.
  15. 34. – Achievements like 500 goals or 1,000 points.
  16. 35. – Celebrating Canada’s hockey traditions.
  17. 39. – Fierce battles, such as Canadiens vs. Bruins.
  18. 42. – Wayne Gretzky holds the record for career hat tricks.
  19. 43. – The U.S. Olympic win over the USSR in 1980.
  20. 44. – City where the first organized hockey game was played.
  21. 45. – Won the Stanley Cup in 1934.
  22. 46. – Tradition of throwing hats on the ice for a hat trick.
  23. 47. – The oldest NHL team, founded in 1909.
  24. 48. – NHL grew from six to 12 teams in 1967.
Down
  1. 2. – Wayne Gretzky’s 137 points in his first NHL season.
  2. 3. – Former team that became the Carolina Hurricanes.
  3. 4. – Historic Canada vs. USSR hockey series in 1972.
  4. 5. – Scoring 50 goals in 50 games.
  5. 6. – Original team moved to Phoenix, later reborn in Winnipeg.
  6. 8. – The first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup.
  7. 9. – Hockey traces back to 19th-century Canada.
  8. 11. – A player with a long streak of consecutive games.
  9. 12. – Goal, assist, and fight in one game.
  10. 13. – Annual event where young players are selected.
  11. 14. – Teams like the Nordiques moved to other markets.
  12. 15. – Won by the Montreal Canadiens in 1916.
  13. 17. – No NHL player can wear Wayne Gretzky’s number.
  14. 18. – Introduced in the NHL in 2005 for regular-season ties.
  15. 22. – Founded in 1917 as the premier hockey league.
  16. 23. – Hockey became an official event in 1924.
  17. 25. – Won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1980s.
  18. 26. – Maurice Richard, first to score 50 goals in 50 games.
  19. 27. – Teams like the Canadiens and Islanders ruled their eras.
  20. 28. – Players like Bobby Orr transformed positions.
  21. 33. – Team of the Gretzky dynasty in the 1980s.
  22. 36. – Used to build new teams like Seattle Kraken.
  23. 37. – Scored by Dave Ritchie in the NHL’s first game.
  24. 38. – First American team in the NHL.
  25. 40. – Early Soviet hockey organization.
  26. 41. – NHL team originally called the Toronto Arenas.