New Jersey Devils Trivia
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50 free New Jersey Devils trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The New Jersey Devils began life as the Kansas City Scouts, spent six losing years in Denver as the Colorado Rockies, and arrived at the Meadowlands in 1982 to be labelled a 'Mickey Mouse operation' by Wayne Gretzky. Then Lou Lamoriello showed up. This Devils trivia quiz follows the whole arc: the 334 Club blizzard game, the Soviet signings, Jacques Lemaire and the trap, three Stanley Cups in 1995, 2000 and 2003, the A Line, Scott Stevens' hit on Lindros, and Martin Brodeur rewriting the goaltending record book. You will also find questions on the move to Prudential Center, the Kovalchuk contract the league rejected, Taylor Hall's Hart Trophy, back-to-back first-overall picks Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes, the record 112-point 2022-23 season, the green-and-red 'Christmas' sweaters, the NJ Devil mascot and the arena nicknamed the Rock. Easy questions for casual fans sit beside expert ones about the franchise's Kansas City origins and its rule-changing goalie. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedic and reference sources before publishing, and each question carries a citation. For more, try our NHL trivia and hockey trivia pages.
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Q 01Under what name was the Devils franchise founded in 1974?
Kansas City Scouts
Kansas City Scouts was the second choice: the owners wanted Mohawks, Chicago's Black Hawks objected, and the team took its name from The Scout, a statue overlooking the city.
Q 02Between Kansas City and New Jersey, the franchise spent six seasons in Denver under which name?
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies was the name for six losing seasons in Denver: the team made the playoffs once, with just 19 wins in 1977-78, and was sold and moved east in 1982.
Q 03The Devils' name comes from a legendary creature said to haunt which New Jersey region?
The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens of South Jersey are home to the Jersey Devil, said in the legend to be the cursed thirteenth child of a local woman named Mrs Leeds, born in 1735.
Q 04Which colourful coach did the Devils' Denver forerunners hire in 1979, only to fire him after a last-place season?
Don Cherry
Don Cherry won just 19 of 80 games in his only Denver season and never coached in the NHL again, becoming one of Canada's best-known hockey broadcasters instead.
Q 05Which Devils defenseman won the 2004 Norris Trophy as the NHL's best at his position?
Scott Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer took over as captain when a concussion ended Scott Stevens' season that January, and his 54 points from the blue line won him the Norris.
Q 06Which star famously called the 1983 Devils a 'Mickey Mouse operation' after a 13-4 game?
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky said it out of sympathy for the beaten goalie, his old teammate Ron Low. When Edmonton next visited, Devils fans turned up in Mickey Mouse ears.
Q 07The Devils' '334 Club' honours fans who did what?
Attended a game during a 1987 blizzard
Only 334 fans attended a game during a 1987 blizzard that buried the region. The Devils beat Calgary 7-5 and later honoured everyone who made it as the 334 Club.
Q 08Lou Lamoriello left which job to become Devils president in 1987?
Providence College athletic director
Providence College athletic director Lou Lamoriello arrived straight from college hockey, named himself general manager before his first season and turned a perennial loser into a Stanley Cup champion.
Q 09Whose overtime goal on the last day of 1987–88 sent the Devils to their first New Jersey playoffs?
John MacLean
John MacLean tied the game late in regulation, then won it 2:21 into overtime in Chicago. The Devils rode that momentum all the way to the conference finals.
Q 10Which Devils coach was suspended in 1988 for telling a referee to 'have another doughnut'?
Jim Schoenfeld
Jim Schoenfeld coached the next game anyway under a court order, so the officials walked out and amateur stand-ins refereed it after a delay of more than an hour.
Q 11Which Soviet defenseman, drafted by New Jersey in 1983, was finally allowed to join the club in 1989?
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov had to fight Soviet officials for permission to leave. In 1989 he and Sergei Starikov became some of the first Soviet players to sign with an NHL club.
Q 12Which coach lasted a single season with the Devils in 1992-93 before Jacques Lemaire replaced him?
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks, the coach behind the 1980 'Miracle on Ice', won 40 games in New Jersey but lost in the first round and resigned after one season.
Q 13Which defensive system were the mid-1990s Devils credited with popularising?
The neutral zone trap
Q 21Whom did the Devils beat in seven games for their third Stanley Cup in 2003?
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim won every game on their own ice, but the Devils never lost at home and closed the series there with a 3-0 shutout in Game 7.
Q 22Which winger set the Devils' single-season record with 48 goals in 2005-06?
Brian Gionta
Brian Gionta, at 5 ft 7 in one of the smallest players in the NHL, broke a club record that had stood since 1988 by scoring his 48th in the last game of the season.
Q 23Which Newark mayor took office in 2006 threatening to pull the city out of the Devils' arena deal?
Cory Booker
The neutral zone trap arrived with coach Jacques Lemaire in 1993 and won a Stanley Cup within two seasons, though it was criticised for producing low-scoring games.
Q 14Which Rangers captain guaranteed a Game 6 win over the Devils in 1994, then scored a natural hat trick?
Mark Messier
Mark Messier's Rangers trailed the series 3-2 and fell behind 2-0 in Game 6 before his third-period hat trick forced a Game 7, which New York won in double overtime.
Q 15Whom did the Devils sweep to win their first Stanley Cup in 1995?
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings were heavy favourites, but the Devils won the first two games in Detroit and finished the sweep at home with back-to-back 5-2 wins.
Q 16Which lasting tradition did the 1995 champion Devils begin?
Each player gets a day with the Stanley Cup
Each player gets a day with the Stanley Cup because the 1995 Devils made an old habit official: before then, winners often just made off with the trophy for a while.
Q 17Persistent 1995 rumours had the Devils moving to which city, which got an expansion team in 1998?
Nashville
Nashville was the rumoured destination even as the Devils won the 1995 Cup. Rather than lose the champions, New Jersey agreed to pay for a renovation of their arena.
Q 18Which defending champion did New Jersey beat in six games to win the 2000 Stanley Cup?
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars stayed alive by winning Game 5 in triple overtime in New Jersey, only for the Devils to take the Cup in double overtime in Dallas in Game 6.
Q 19Which Flyers center's Philadelphia career was effectively ended by a Scott Stevens hit in the 2000 conference finals?
Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros had only just returned from a run of concussions when the Game 7 hit knocked him out. The Devils won that night to finish a comeback from 3-1 down.
Q 20Which trio made up the Devils' celebrated 'A Line' around 2001?
Elias, Arnott and Sykora
Elias, Arnott and Sykora drove the 2000 Cup win and the NHL's top-scoring attack a year later, but trades broke the line up before the 2002-03 season.
Cory Booker inherited a deal that committed Newark to $210 million and weighed walking away, but construction was already under way and the arena opened the next year.
Q 24Whose record for regular-season wins did Martin Brodeur break with his 552nd victory in March 2009?
Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy's 551 wins fell in a season when a torn biceps cost Brodeur nearly four months: a winning streak on his return carried him past the mark in March.
Q 25Which star winger did the Devils get from Atlanta in 2009-10 and sign for 15 years and $100 million?
Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Kovalchuk first agreed a 17-year, $102 million deal, which the NHL voided as a way round the salary cap. The Devils were fined $3 million and lost draft picks.
Q 26Which team beat the Devils in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final?
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings won the first three games. New Jersey took the next two, then gave up three goals on a single five-minute power play in Game 6 and lost it 6-1.
Q 27Which captain left the Devils in 2012 for a 13-year, $98 million contract with Minnesota?
Zach Parise
Zach Parise had just captained the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final, but he was born in Minneapolis and chose to go home, signing with the Wild on 4 July 2012.
Q 28Which pair of NBA owners bought the Devils from Jeff Vanderbeek in 2013?
Josh Harris and David Blitzer
Josh Harris and David Blitzer, who already owned the Philadelphia 76ers, paid about $320 million when the seller could no longer raise the money to keep the club.
Q 29Which 41-year-old signed in 2013 and led the Devils in scoring in 2013-14?
Jaromir Jagr
Jaromir Jagr was signed soon after the Devils' biggest star abruptly quit the NHL for Russia, and he filled the gap himself with a team-best 67 points.
Q 30Martin Brodeur finished his career with a seven-game stint for which team?
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues signed Brodeur at 42 after 21 seasons in New Jersey. He won three of his seven games to reach 691 career wins, then retired in mid-season.