| Useless Sports Trivia - 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs |
| No active head coach in the NHL has won more than one Stanley Cup championship in their head coaching career. |
| Dan Blysma (Pittsburgh), Mike Babcock (Detroit), Randy Caryle (Anaheim), Jacques Lemaire (New Jersey), John Tortorella (NY Rangers), Peter Laviolette (Carolina) and Marc Crawford (Colorado) all have one Stanley Cup title as head coach. |
| Of those coaches John Tortorella is now coaching the New York Rangers, Peter Laviolette is with the Philadelphia Flyers and Marc Crawford is head coach with the Dallas Stars. Tortorella (NY Rangers), Crawford (Dallas), and Caryle (Anaheim) teams did not qualify for the 2010 playoffs. |
| Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadians name appears on the Stanley Cup a record 17 times, 10 times as a player and 7 times as an executive with the Canadians |
| One of the few records that is not owned by Wayne Gretzky is “Most Goals in a Playoff Season” which belongs to both Jari Kurri with Edmonton (1985) and Reggie Leach with Philadelphia (1976) with 19 goals. |
| The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to become the first
repeating Stanley Cup Champions since the 1997 & 1998 Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins or Red Wings will try to become the first tema to reach the final for the third straight year. This was last accomplished by the Edmonton Oilers in 1983-85. |