1. Roger Maynard 70
2. Mark Calandra 59
Tom Mascioli 59
4. Kevin Belobaba 57
Kevin Cameron 57
Pete Hibbard 57
7. Jeffery Diamond 49
8. Bryan McCready 47
9. Ken Ellis 27
10. Mike Moore 25
TWO-POINT QUESTION: In the past twenty years, name the only
American-born winner of the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the National
Hockey League's top goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Continuing an incredible two-year run of success,
Washington's Jim Carey narrowly won the 1996 Vezina Trophy in a
narrow margin over Detroit's Chris Osgood.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Sweater #1 is traditionally worn by the netminder
in ice hockey, although that was not always the case. Name the last
non-goaltender to wear sweater #1 in a National Hockey League
contest.
CORRECT ANSWER: From 1936 through 1939, Montreal's Babe Siebert wore
sweater number one with the Canadiens, winning the Hart Trophy in his
first season with the club. Siebert was named coach of the club in
1939, but died in an accident on Lake Huron before he was able to
coach the team.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Two men share the National Hockey League record
for scoring a pair of goals in the span of just four seconds' time.
Name the goaltenders victimized.
CORRECT ANSWER: Nels Stewart beat Cecil Thompson twice on January 3,
1931, while Deron Quint beat Joaquin Gage twice on December 15, 1995.
Gage is currently with the Val Pusteria Wolves in the Italian
league, while Quint is also in Europe with the Berlin Polar Bears.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Doug Soetaert had two bookend stints as goaltender of
the New York Rangers, winning the Stanley Cup with the 1986 Montreal
Canadiens in between (although he did not appear in the 1986
playoffs). Soetaert is currently the vice-president and general
manager of the WHL's Everett Silvertips.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Recently, this Calgary Flames goaltender not only
set his club's record for shutouts in a single regular season, he
doubled the previous mark. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 2005-06, Miikka Kiprusoff recorded ten shutouts for
the Flames, five more than the old mark held by Fred Brathwaite.
Brathwaite had five shutouts in each of his two full seasons in
Calgary.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was the first player
selected in the 1967 National Hockey League expansion draft.
CORRECT ANSWER: Toronto's Terry Sawchuk was selected first overall by
the Los Angeles Kings. Sawchuk played one year in Los Angeles before
being dealt to Detroit (his third tour of duty with the Red Wings).
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was the first hockey player to
appear on the cover of TIME magazine. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: On February 11, 1935, Chicago's Lorne Chabot made the
cover (see link below). Some sources incorrectly list New York's Dave
Kerr as the first, but the proof is in the picture, so to speak!
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Bill Ranford played two seasons in the mid-1990s with
the Boston Bruins, his original team, after a long run with Edmonton.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the National Hockey League goaltender who
recently moved into fourth place on the league's all-time regular
season win list.
CORRECT ANSWER: Calgary Flame Curtis Joseph recorded his 448th regular
season league victory on March 1, 2008. The sixteen save, 3-1 victory
over the Phoenix Coyotes put Joseph ahead of Terry Sawchuk on the wins
leader board.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Earlier this season, this goaltender set a record
(since tied) in becoming the lowest draft pick ever to later play in
the National Hockey League. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Brian Elliott, selected 291st overall by the Ottawa
Senators in the 2003 entry draft, started this season on the Ottawa
roster while Ray Emery recovered from offseason wrist surgery. Elliott
made his league debut on October 10, stopping 28 Atlanta shots in a
3-1 win. Detroit defenseman Jonathan Ericsson has since tied Elliott's
mark.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In the last National Hockey League instance of a
goaltender crossing the centre red line (legally) in an attempt to
score, this netminder was rocked by a Jean-Claude Tremblay bodycheck.
Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Gary "Suitcase" Smith may have only played five games
for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but this one will be remembered for
awhile. Smith claims that he made his mad dash into history because
he figured that he'd be sent back to the minor leagues anyhow. The
"Gary Smith rule is section (i) of Rule 31.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Chris Terreri played sixty-eight games for the San Jose
Sharks in the mid-1990s before being sent to Chicago in the Ed Belfour
trade. The five-foot-nine netminder, used to sharing duties in New
Jersey, was thrust into the spotlight on a weak Sharks team, going
19-39-4 in the teal and black.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the longtime National Hockey League goaltender
who recently accepted the offer from one of his former teams to become
the club's director of prospect development.
CORRECT ANSWER: On March 4 of this year, Sean Burke was hired by the
Phoenix Coyotes. Burke played nearly five full seasons with the
Coyotes, one of eight National Hockey League franchises played for by
the Ontario native.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Craig Anderson recently broke the National Hockey
League record for shots faced in a regular season shutout (since the
league began officially tracking shots on goal). Name the goaltenders
who shared the record at the time Anderson broke it.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jacques Plante (11/13/55)
and Curtis Joseph (12/10/96)
each had fifty-two saves in a regular season shutout. Joseph had an
advantage in that he had a full five-minute overtime, an advantage that
Joseph would surely have traded for a victory (his Oilers were blanked
by Detroit in a 0-0 tie).
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Many of you are aware that Calgary's Jeff Reese
holds the National Hockey League record for goaltender assists in a
single game with three. The analogous World Hockey Association record
is also three - who holds it?
CORRECT ANSWER: On January 20, 1997, Gary Kurt
recorded three assists for the Phoenix Roadrunners in a 9-4 win over Cincinnati.
The three assists were Kurt's only points of the season.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Jocelyn Thibault
was the Quebec/Colorado goaltender of the future until he was included in the
Patrick Roy trade of 1995.
Thibault is currently in his fourteenth National Hockey League
campaign, with Buffalo.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender recently won forty National Hockey
League games for the seventh regular season, extending his league
record. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils, who now
stands with with 537 regular-season wins over his long career.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Yesterday afternoon, English-born Daniel Taylor
became the sixth netminder to play for the Los Angeles Kings. Prior
to Taylor, name the last goaltender born in the United Kingdom to
appear in a National Hockey League game.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Lord" Byron Dafoe, born in Sussex, spent parts of
twelve seasons with the Capitals, Kings, Bruins and Thrashers. He
last played - briefly - for Omsk (Russia) in 2005-06.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This National Hockey League goaltender missed his
scheduled league debut because his equipment was misplaced in a Toronto
hotel; he ended up playing the following night in his teammate's
ill-fitting pads and oversized skates. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jack Norris (no relation) was supposed to play in
place of Eddie Johnston, who was suffering from the flu. Having
to play anyhow, Johnston ended up breaking his right hand while
slashed in the game. Norris recovered his own pads three days later;
after checking themm in with the bell captain, they somehow ended
up in the trunk of an outgoing guest's car!
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Tom Draper, shown here in his longest National Hockey
League stop. Compiling a 19-23-5 career record, Draper's magnum
opus was likely his performance in Buffalo's near-upset of the
Boston Bruins in the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs.