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
The name honoured Cyrus Dallin's 'The Scout' statue in Penn Valley Park.
Q 02Between Kansas City and New Jersey, the franchise spent six seasons in Denver under which name?
Colorado Rockies
They shared the name with the later baseball club and played at McNichols Sports Arena.
Q 03The team's name comes from a legendary creature said to haunt which region?
The Pine Barrens
More than 10,000 fans voted in the 1982 naming contest.
Q 04Which colourful coach did the Rockies hire in 1979, only to fire him after a last-place season?
Don Cherry
Lanny McDonald was the star forward on that Denver team.
Q 05Which sports owner led the group that bought the Rockies in 1982 and moved them to New Jersey?
John McMullen
McMullen also owned baseball's Houston Astros; his wife designed the prototype NJ logo.
Q 06Which star famously called the 1983 Devils a 'Mickey Mouse operation' after a 13-4 game?
Wayne Gretzky
Devils fans wore Mickey Mouse gear when the Oilers returned in January 1984.
Q 07The '334 Club' honours fans who did what?
Attended a game during a 1987 blizzard
Only 334 people saw the Devils rally past Calgary 7-5, and each received a lifetime-membership letter.
Q 08Lou Lamoriello left which job to become Devils president in 1987?
Providence College athletic director
He appointed himself general manager before the 1987-88 season and ran the club until 2015.
Q 09Whose overtime goal on the last day of 1987–88 sent the Devils to their first New Jersey playoffs?
John MacLean
MacLean later became the club's all-time leading scorer and briefly its head coach.
Q 10Which Devils coach was suspended in 1988 for telling a referee to 'have another doughnut'?
Jim Schoenfeld
Officials refused to work the next game in protest, so three off-ice officials were tracked down to referee it.
Q 11Which Soviet defenseman, drafted by New Jersey in 1983, was finally allowed to join the club in 1989?
Viacheslav Fetisov
The Soviet government had blocked him for years; his partner Kasatonov followed soon after.
Q 12Which 'Miracle on Ice' coach ran the Devils for a single season in 1992-93?
Herb Brooks
He was replaced by Jacques Lemaire, who delivered the first Cup two years later.
Q 13Which defensive system were the mid-1990s Devils credited with popularising?
The neutral zone trap
It made them a defence-first champion and a lightning rod for complaints about boring hockey.
Q 21Whom did the Devils beat in seven games for their third Stanley Cup in 2003?
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Every game of that final was won by the home team.
Q 22Which Devils goal-scoring record did Brian Gionta set in 2005-06?
Most goals in a season, with 48
He topped Pat Verbeek's 46 during a season-ending 11-game winning streak, itself an NHL record.
Q 23Which Newark mayor threatened to reevaluate the arena deal in 2006 before conceding it would be built anyway?
Cory Booker
Prudential Financial bought the naming rights in early 2007.
Q 14Which Rangers captain guaranteed a Game 6 win over the Devils in 1994, then scored a natural hat trick?
Mark Messier
Stephane Matteau's double-overtime goal then ended Game 7 after Valeri Zelepukin had tied it with 7.7 seconds left.
Q 15Whom did the Devils sweep to win their first Stanley Cup in 1995?
Detroit Red Wings
The 1995 Devils were also the first champions to give each player his own day with the Cup.
Q 16Which tradition did the 1994-95 Devils start that every Cup winner has followed since?
Each player gets a day with the Stanley Cup
Claude Lemieux won the Conn Smythe that spring.
Q 17Persistent 1995 rumours had the Devils moving to which city, which got an expansion team in 1998?
Nashville
New Jersey agreed to fund an arena renovation to keep the club.
Q 18Which defending champion did New Jersey beat in six games to win the 2000 Stanley Cup?
Dallas Stars
Jason Arnott scored the clincher in double overtime in Dallas.
Q 19Which Flyers center's Philadelphia career was effectively ended by a Scott Stevens hit in the 2000 conference finals?
Eric Lindros
The Devils erased a 3-1 series deficit, the first team in conference-finals history to do so.
Q 20Which trio made up the Devils' celebrated 'A Line' around 2001?
Elias, Arnott and Sykora
Arnott and Sykora were traded before 2002-03, bringing in Nieuwendyk, Langenbrunner and Friesen.
Q 24Whose record for regular-season wins did Martin Brodeur break with his 552nd victory in March 2009?
Patrick Roy
Roy was Brodeur's boyhood idol growing up in Montreal, along with Ron Hextall.
Q 25Which star winger did the Devils get from Atlanta in 2009-10 and sign for 15 years and $100 million?
Ilya Kovalchuk
The NHL had rejected an earlier 17-year version and fined the club and docked draft picks anyway.
Q 26Which team beat the Devils in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final?
Los Angeles Kings
New Jersey lost the first three games, won two facing elimination, then dropped Game 6.
Q 27Which captain left the Devils in 2012 for a 13-year, $98 million contract with Minnesota?
Zach Parise
Bryce Salvador took over the captaincy for the lockout-shortened season.
Q 28Which two Philadelphia 76ers owners bought the Devils in 2013?
Josh Harris and David Blitzer
The club had needed to borrow $30 million just to meet payroll that season.
Q 29Which 41-year-old signed in 2013 and led the Devils in scoring in 2013-14?
Jaromir Jagr
Cory Schneider arrived the same summer, setting up a goalie controversy with Brodeur.
Q 30Martin Brodeur finished his career with a seven-game stint for which team?
St. Louis Blues
He is now the Devils' executive vice president of business development.