1. Tom Mascioli 74 2. Bryan McCready 64 3. Gary Balentine 41 4. Chris Polehoykie 38 6. Alex 32 6. Mike Taylor 28 7. Bill Clare 9 8. Gord Brost 3 GoalieJr 3 Eric Hansen 3
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the winning goaltender in the 2001 NHL All-Star
Game.
CORRECT ANSWER: By being in the North American net when they scored
their thirteenth (and game-winning) goal, New Jersey's
Martin Brodeur became the official
game-winning goaltender. Evgeni Nabokov
took the loss.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: In yesterday's game, Philadephia Flyer
Roman Cechmanek allowed six goals to the
North American team. Who holds the individual record for most goals allowed in
one All-Star Game?
CORRECT ANSWER: In the 1990 contest, held at the Igloo in Pittsburgh,
the Western Conference allowed twelve goals, with Calgary's
Mike Vernon in net for the first eight.
Hometown hero Mario Lemieux was the MVP.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In the history of the National Hockey League
All-Star Game, only five netminders have been named Most Valuable Player.
Name the first.
CORRECT ANSWER: Toronto's Bruce Gamble, in his first full season with
the Maple Leafs, backstopped his club to a 4-3 victory over the NHL All-Stars,
winning the Most Valuable Player award. This was the final game featuring
the reigning Stanley Cup champion versus the league all-stars.
BONUS QUESTION: Amongst goaltenders who played only one season in the
National Hockey League (not counting goaltenders who debuted this year),
who holds the record for the greatest number of NHL victories?
CORRECT ANSWER: Three netminders share this dubious distinction. Herb
Rheaume (10-20-1 with 1925-26 Montreal) was replacing a fallen Georges
Vezina, whereas both Hec Highton (10-14-0 with 1943-44 Chicago) and
Harvey Bennett (10-12-2 with 1944-45 Boston) were replacements for
goaltenders fighting overseas during World War II.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Traditionally, goaltenders are not selected
with high draft selections in the annual National Hockey League entry
draft. In the draft's history, name the highest-selected netminder never
to play in the NHL (Hint: now that Rick
DiPietro has played with the Islanders, I don't have to limit the
question to "before 19xx")
CORRECT ANSWER: Well, there are two "correct" answers to this,
and I gave a bonus point to anyone who answered with both. Most would say
that Ray Martyniuk, the Flin Flon Bomber goaltender selected fifth overall
by Montreal in 1970, is the highest-drafted non-NHL goaltender. However,
I never said NHL *universal* entry draft, so when the expansion Pittsburgh
Penguins took Belleville's Steve Rexe second overall in 1967, they
technically took the highest-drafted future minor leaguer.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender, who was the answer to one of
last week's questions, had his playing career ended prematurely due
to a heart attack suffered on-ice during an NHL game. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: On February 9, 1972, then-Philadelphia Flyer
Bruce Gamble had to leave the game against Vancouver. Bryan McCready
seems to remember a story where Gamble suffered a second (fatal) attack in
an old-timers' game on December 29, 1982 - can anyone confirm this for
us?
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who surrendered Gordie
Howe's 1000th (including postseason) professional hockey goal.
CORRECT ANSWER: In a World Hockey Association game in
Birmingham, Bulls' goaltender John Garrett allowed Howe to one-hop a pass
past him for his 1000th. The date was December 7, 1978.
BONUS QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was in net for the
Philadelphia Flyers when they eclipsed Montreal's record for consecutive
National Hockey League regular-season games without a defeat.
CORRECT ANSWER: On December 22, 1979, the Flyers earned their
29th consecutive non-loss when Phil Myre
led his squad to a 5-2 win at the Boston Garden, defeating the Bruins (and
Gilles Gilbert).
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This current National Hockey League goaltending
coach once made the mistake of "cricking" his neck just as team owner
Eddie Shore walked into the dressing room, minutes before game time.
Shore forced the unfortunate goaltender onto the training table for a
massage that was more akin to a strangling. During the "massage",
teammate Dennis Olson asked Shore if "one a those necks ever come off in
your hand?" Name the too-scared-to-be-relaxed goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: This was then-Springfield Indian goaltender
Jacques Caron, currently the goaltending coach for the New Jersey
Devils.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the first goaltender in the history of
the league to record ten career National Hockey League shutouts.
CORRECT ANSWER: In each of the league's first four seasons,
Clint Benedict either led or tied for
the league lead in whitewashings and, since he finished the 1920-21
campaign with precisely ten shutouts, he was the first one there.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Glenn Hall
holds the true hardest record to break in sports, with his consecutive
games-played streak. Who held this record at the time Hall broke
it?
CORRECT ANSWER: I'm still having difficulty proving it, but I've
convinced myself that the correct answer is Tiny Thompson. What's absolutely
incredible is that you won't find any mention of this in the literature
and, for a sport that prides itself so greatly on its rich and storied
past, I find this very odd, indeed.
BONUS QUESTION: Name the National Hockey League goaltender who
posted twelve consecutive seasons, each with forty games or more, with a
sub-3.00 goals-against average.
CORRECT ANSWER: Tiny Thompson
holds the record here, although without the "forty games or more" clause,
Glenn Hall would be the recordholder.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: In the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, this goaltender
stifled the great Wayne Gretzky, holding him without a goal and capturing
the Stanley Cup. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Winning his fourth consecutive Stanley Cup, New
York Islander Billy Smith went 13-3 with
a 2.68 goals-against average, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as most
valuable player in the postseason.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Longtime GT readers will recall that Dave
Reece was the goaltender that surrendered Darryl Sittler's NHL
record-setting ten-point night. What many don't remember is that Reece
got the nod that night, even though a future Hall-of-Famer returned to the
team for that game. Who was he?
CORRECT ANSWER: As a reward for his good play that season with
the Bruins, the team gave Reece the start, even though Gerry Cheevers was returning from more
than three seasons with the WHA's Cleveland Crusaders. It proved to be
Reece's last NHL game, and many thought that he was demoted to the minor
leagues because of the (11-4) shellacking. However, Reece had been
informed prior to the game that, since Cheevers and Gilles Gilbert were now both on the roster,
he would be returned to Springfield of the American Hockey League.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This future Hall-of-Famer was supposed to be a
part of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, but suffered a
respiratory infecton and was unable to attend.
CORRECT ANSWER: One of the top clutch goaltenders of all time,
Walter "Turk" Broda suffered the infection
just a few days before the invasion. After his return from active duty,
Broda recorded 167 more victories, 32 of them in the postseason, winning
four more Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs.
BONUS QUESTION: In the early 1970's, this National Hockey League
goaltender announced his retirement not once, not twice, but three times
(twice with the same club). Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Roy Edwards
planned to retire from the Detroit Red Wings following the 1970-71 season.
However, he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins, went to their camp,
and played well, but decided to remain retired due to the aftereffects of
a previously-suffered head injury. Midway through the season, Edwards
returned to the Penguins and performed well for a poor team, but retired
before the end of the year. Prior to the 1972-73 season, the Wings
reacquired Edwards, who returned to active duty and responded with his
best season (six shutouts). Edwards finally retired again, this time for
good, following the 1973-74 season, in which he only played four games.