Magic Johnson an NHL Assists Leader?

Unquestionably, people who go on Jeopardy! are smart, very smart. But sometimes they aren’t necessarily sports smart (my dream board has a sports category in single, double and final Jeopardy).

Take this recent contestant named Joe. Given the answer of “100+ assists in an NHL season has been accomplished only 13 times, 11 by this player” Joe was first to buzz in. His answer (question)? Magic Johnson.

Alex Trebek, being the good Canadian he is, gave a very succinct “No” and it took a second for it to hit Joe. Then it clicked as you could hear him groan before champ Diana weighed in correctly with “Who is Wayne Gretzky?”