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[onomatopoeia]

What's her name?

McKayla Maroney.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's her name?

Evonne Goolagong.

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

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What's his name?

Sonny Wade.

 

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What's his name?

Tony Gabriel.

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Hint: Pearl Jam.

Mookie Blaylock.

The band Pearl Jam was initially named Mookie Blaylock, before they signed their recording contract with Epic.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

[unassuming]

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What's his name?

Mike Pelyk

 

[unassuming]

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What's his name?

Bob Neely

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Mike Pelyk

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Bob Neely

Correct!

 

[tml]

Without looking it up, name the only Scottish lad to lace up his skates for the bloody Edmonton Oilers during the regular season or playoffs.
Hint: It was not Groundskeeper Willie.

Answered correctly by Sugarsweet905.

 

[Sugarsweet905]

Without looking it up, name the only Scottish lad to lace up his skates for the bloody Edmonton Oilers during the regular season or playoffs.
Hint: It was not Groundskeeper Willie.

Steve Smith...They also drafted a Scottish bred player. He is a relative of many Terbites girlfriends...Tony Hand.

 

[tml]

Steve Smith...They also drafted a Scottish bred player. He is a relative of many Terbites girlfriends...Tony Hand.

Correct.
Hand joined them for training camp, but got homesick and went back 'ome. Sather offered him a contract and a chance to play junior one year, and AHL the next. He declined.

 

[tml]

As a follow up to the above, can anyone(without looking it up) guess the only Venezuelan born NHL player, who played for the Oilers?

 

[unassuming]

Who said something to effect of: "A hockey game isn't 60 minutes long, it's really 360 minutes long. All 6 positions, plays/sees the game from their 60 minute pespective."

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an Olympic gold medal?

Answered correctly by K Douglas.

 

[shack]

Who said something to effect of: "A hockey game isn't 60 minutes long, it's really 360 minutes long. All 6 positions, plays/sees the game from their 60 minute pespective."

What about the 20,000 fans in the arena?

 

[K Douglas]

Who was the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an Olympic gold medal?

I'm going to say our very own Penny Oleksiak.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an Olympic gold medal?

I'm going to say our very own Penny Oleksiak.

Correct!