| 100% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Six-time winner of the N.H.L.'s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan |
| 41% | BOS | 3 | One of the N.H.L.'s original six teams: Abbr. |
| 38% | HOWE | 4 | Six-time recipient of hockey's Art Ross Trophy |
| 38% | PATRIOT | 7 | Winner of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in N.F.L. history (16 total points) |
| 37% | THECFL | 6 | In 2006, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie was named the best player of all time in this league |
| 37% | MENCKEN | 7 | H L —, Baltimore-born writer; co-founder of magazine The American Mercury in 1924 |
| 37% | ORR | 3 | Winner of the Norris Trophy for a record eight times |
| 36% | ELOI | 4 | One of the two races in H.G Wells's "The Time Machine" |
| 36% | WISCONSIN | 9 | Six-time winner of the NCAA's Frozen Four championship |
| 36% | ADAMS | 5 | ___ Award (N.H.L.'s Coach of the Year trophy) |
| 36% | TAMPA | 5 | Home of the N.H.L.'s Lightning |
| 36% | SANJOSE | 7 | Home of the N.H.L.'s Sharks |
| 36% | ATLANTA | 7 | Home of the N.H.L.'s Thrashers |
| 35% | ORR | 3 | Bobby ___, the only N.H.L.'er to win the Hart, Norris, Ross and Smythe trophies in the same year |
| 35% | OTTAWAN | 7 | Local fan of the N.H.L.'s Senators |
| 35% | STPAUL | 6 | Home of the N.H.L.’s Minnesota Wild |
| 35% | ARTROSS | 7 | Eponym of the N.H.L.'s points leader award |
| 35% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 35% | HART | 4 | Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award |
| 34% | ORR | 3 | NHL's Art Ross trophy winner Bobby ___ |
| 34% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Robinson, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a two-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 34% | BOURQUE | 7 | Ray ___, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a five-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 34% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Coffey, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 34% | NICKLAS | 7 | ___ Lidstrom, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a seven-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 34% | ELOI | 4 | One of the races in H.G Wells' "The Time Machine" |
| 33% | OTT | 3 | Six-time N.L. home run leader in the 1930s and '40s |
| 33% | ELOI | 4 | One of the two races in H.G Wells' "The Time Machine" |
| 33% | DOUG | 4 | ___ Harvey, who is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history and is a seven-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 33% | DENIS | 5 | ___ Potvin, who is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history and is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 33% | ORR | 3 | Winner of a record eight N.H.L. Norris Trophies |