Monday, May 26, 2014

NHL Hockey Trivia: Stan Mikita

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Stan Mikita is one of the most decorated Chicago Blackhawk to ever play in the National Hockey League. Between 1959 and 1980, Mikita was an ever-present force in a Black Hawks uniform. After all, he spent his entire NHL career with Chicago. Test and expand your hockey trivia knowledge of Stan Mikita with the following four trivia questions.

Q. How many times was Stan Mikita a ‘triple crown’ winner, taking home the Lady Byng, Art Ross and Hart Trophies all in the same season?

A. Mikita was a triple crown winner twice. He is the only NHL player to accomplish this and certainly the only NHL player to do it in consecutive seasons. In both 1966-67 and 1967-68, Stan won the Byng, Ross and Hart. He won the Byng in 1966-67, accumulating just 12 PIM. Just two years before, Mikita was a completely different player, sitting out 154 minutes in penalties.

In 1966-67, Stan totalled an NHL record (at the time) 97 points over 70 regular season games. He finished with 17 points more than teammate Bobby Hull, who finished in second. Hull led the league in goals with 52 while Mikita was second with 35. Stan obviously led the league with his 62 assists, 13 more than Phil Goyette of the New York Rangers.

In 1967-68, the first year of the 12 team National Hockey League, Mikita dropped to 87 points on 47 assists and 40 goals over 72 games. Stan led the league with just three more points than Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins. He came within four goals of league leader Bobby Hull and placed fourth for assists behind Esposito, Rod Gilbert and Alex Delvecchio. All four were within two assists.

Q. In 1966-67, Stan Mikita totalled 97 points. At the time, he tied an NHL record. Who did he share the NHL record for most points in a single season with?

A. Just the season before, Mikita’s teammate, Bobby Hull, set the league mark with 97 points. After the 1968-69 season, these numbers would become just distant memories with Phil Esposito shattering the mark with 126 points. Esposito would increase the record to 152 points in 1970-71 and that would be considered unreachable until a kid named Wayne Gretzky came along in the 1980’s.

Q. In 1980, the Chicago Black Hawks retired Stan Mikita’s jersey number. What number did he wear during his NHL career with Chicago?

A. Stan Mikita’s number 21 was retired at the start of the 1980-81 season. It was just a year after his final season in the National Hockey League. Mikita wore number 21 right from 1958-59 when he appeared in just three games with Chicago while still a junior with the St. Catherines Teepees of the OHA.

Q. In what year was Stan Mikita inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?

A. Mikita was part of the HHOF class of 1983. Joining him was long-time teammate in Chicago, Bobby Hull and goaltending great Ken Dryden. Harry Sinden was inducted the same year in the builder category.


Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM
1956-57 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 52 16 31 47 0
1957-58 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 52 31 47 78 0
1958-59 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 45 38 59 97 0
1958-59 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 3 0 1 1 4
1959-60 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 67 8 18 26 119
1960-61 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 19 34 53 100
1961-62 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 25 52 77 97
1962-63 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 31 45 76 69
1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 39 50 89 146
1964-65 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 28 59 87 154
1965-66 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 68 30 48 78 58
1966-67 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 35 62 97 12
1967-68 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 40 47 87 14
1968-69 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 30 67 97 52
1969-70 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 39 47 86 50
1970-71 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 24 48 72 85
1971-72 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 26 39 65 46
1972-73 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57 27 56 83 32
1973-74 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 30 50 80 46
1974-75 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 79 36 50 86 48
1975-76 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 16 41 57 37
1976-77 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57 19 30 49 20
1977-78 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 18 41 59 35
1978-79 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 19 36 55 34
1979-80 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 17 2 5 7 12

NHL Totals
1394 541 926 1467 1270

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