NHL (Hardy)

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Across
  1. 1. First NHL team to win the Stanley Cup after 2000 with a roster mostly of rookies.
  2. 6. Team known for the longest Stanley Cup drought.
  3. 10. Only NHL team without a captain for several seasons (2019–2023).
  4. 12. Team with the NHL’s first outdoor Heritage Classic game.
  5. 13. Team that drafted Sidney Crosby.
  6. 15. Term for a delayed penalty situation: team is “on the ______.”
  7. 19. Trophy awarded to the league’s top goaltender.
  8. 20. NHL team originally founded as the Atlanta Thrashers.
Down
  1. 2. The NHL’s Western Conference was formerly called the ______ Conference.
  2. 3. NHL franchise that relocated from Quebec City.
  3. 4. Team whose mascot is a fire-breathing dragon named “Blaze.”
  4. 5. The first goalie to regularly use the butterfly style.
  5. 7. Arena formerly known as “The Shark Tank.”
  6. 8. Last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup (as of 2025).
  7. 9. Only NHL defenseman to score 40+ goals in a single season.
  8. 11. Player with the most career playoff points.
  9. 14. Russian superstar who scored 65 goals in 2007–08.
  10. 16. City where the NHL All-Star Game was first held (1947).
  11. 17. Award given to the NHL’s top rookie.
  12. 18. Player who famously guaranteed a playoff win in 1994.