TOP TEN FOR GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3:

Paul Branchaud [University of Montreal]	864 pts
Corby Gilmore [Carleton University]	645 pts
Jonathan Braniff [Wilfrid Laurier U]	625 pts
Kevin Gloin [University of Calgary]	615 pts
Tarry Rago [Naval Post-Graduate Sch.]	590 pts
John Santore [Carnegie Mellon U]	574 pts
Scott Shigemi [Western Washington U]	500 pts
Michael Gaal [Carnegie Mellon U]	447 pts
Tony Lachawiec [Lehigh University]	427 pts
Norm Szcyrek [Canadian Forest Service]	340 pts

FEBRUARY 1995 TRIVIA QUESTIONS

02/01/95:On February 21, 1971, this Central League goaltender, later to become a competent N.H.L. netminder, became the first modern goaltender to score a goal in professional hockey, when he cleared the puck into the vacant Oklahoma City net. Name him. [50pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: Michel Plasse, Kansas City.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Jonathan Braniff [75pts], Colin Buehler [50pts], Bertrand Jean-Francois [50pts], Martine Foisy [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Greg Weston [50pts]
02/02/95:This wartime replacement for the New York Rangers sported a goals-against average of 5.89, earning him the moniker "The Puck Goes Inski". Who is he? [50pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: Steve Buzinski, 1942-43.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Corby Gilmore [75pts], Martine Foisy [50pts], Cory Vair [50pts], Greg Weston [40pts]
02/03/95:Name the rookie netminder who set the N.H.L.-record shutout streak of 231 minutes, 54 seconds. [50pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: Frank "Mr. Zero" Brimsek, Boston Bruins
CORRECT RESPONSES: Scott Shigemi [75pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts]
02/06/95:Name the only goaltender in the history of the National Hockey League who has all five vowels (a,e,i,o,u) in his last name [50pts]:
CORRECT ANSWER: John Vanbiesbrouck, Florida Panthers.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Mark Benvenga [75pts], Colin Buehler [50pts], Marc Ouellette [50pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], John Santore [50pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts], Marc Coen [50pts], Jeff Kallenbach [50pts], Martine Foisy [50pts], Bobby Lee [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Patrick Thiriault [50pts], Johan Almen [50pts], Scott Shigemi [50pts], Bri Farenell [50pts], Michael Gaal [50pts], Todd Perrin [50pts], Cory Vair [50pts], Joshua Atkins [50pts], Todd Grimm [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], BF599 [50pts], Norm Szcyrek [50pts], Kevin Hubert [50pts], A. J. Toews [50pts], Colin Layfield [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], C. H. McMillan [50pts], Daniel Kramer [50pts], Russell Sutherland [50pts]
02/07/95:Name the last goaltender to appear in a regular-season major-league professional hockey game maskless [40pts], and his team [10pts] (I'll save you some time right now: it's not Gump Worsley).
CORRECT ANSWER: Andy Brown, Indianapolis Racers (W.H.A.), 1976-77.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Scott Shigemi [75pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Sam Gaylord [40pts], Tarry Rago [40pts], Howard Power [40pts]
02/08/95:On March 23, 1952, the Chicago Blackhawks' Bill Mosienko scored three goals on three consecutive shots in a span of twenty-one seconds. Although a competent netminder before this incident, the victimized goaltender never recovered and, in fact, never played another N.H.L. game. Name this goaltender [40pts], and the team for which he played [10pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: The New York Rangers' Lorne Anderson.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Scott Shigemi [75pts], Ari Katz [10pts], Doug Deutsch [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Martine Foisy [50pts], John Santore [50pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Patrick Dunphy [10pts], Marc Ouellette [50pts], Cory Vair [50pts], Todd Grimm [50pts], Jeff Kallenbach [10pts]
02/09/95:As you may (or may not) know, it is against N.H.L. regulations for a goaltender to be the captain of his team. Name the only two goaltenders with experience as a N.H.L. team captain [25 points each]
CORRECTION: There were three goaltenders who had performed as captain, not the two as listed in my source. Full points were given for naming two captains, and Jonathan Braniff and Kevin Gloin each received 25 bonus points for noting the error.
CORRECT ANSWERS: George Hainsworth, Bill Durnan, Chuck Gardiner.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Jonathan Braniff [100pts], Kevin Gloin [75pts], Corby Gilmore [25pts], C. H. McMillan [25pts], Cory Vair [50pts], John Santore [25pts], Tarry Rago [25pts], Greg Weston [50pts], Marc Ouellette [25pts], Jeff Kallenbach [25pts], Norm Szcyrek [50pts]
02/10/95:This stand-up goaltender was drafted in the sixth round of the 1984 N.H.L. entry draft, and made his major league debut during the 1985-86 season. He recently lead his underdog team to the Stanley Cup Final by stopping 93% of shots on goal. Name him. [50pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: Kirk McLean, Vancouver Canucks.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Jonathan Braniff [75pts], Colin Layfield [50pts], Marc McDonald [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], Bri Farenell [50pts], C. H. McMillan [50pts], Scott Shigemi [50pts], John Santore [50pts], Cory Vair [50pts], Bill Walsh [50pts], Mark Coen [50pts], Bobby Lee [50pts], Luke Andrews [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Greg Weston [50pts], Michael Gaal [50pts], Mark Benvenga [50pts], Darren Ellis [50pts], Lee Johnston [50pts], Martine Foisy [50pts], BF599 [50pts], Russell Sutherland [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts], Todd Grimm [50pts], Daniel Kramer [50pts], Marc Ouellette [50pts], Norm Szcyrek [50pts], Scott Bennett [50pts]
02/13/95:A recent Goaltender Trivia Question (#47) asked which rookie netminder held the modern N.H.L. record for consecutive shutout minutes. However, this is not the all-time record for shutout minutes; the all-time record occurred back before the N.H.L. revamped the playing rules to make goals more common. Name the goaltender [40pts], his team [5pts], and the year [5pts] who holds the all-time N.H.L. record for consecutive shutout minutes.
CORRECT ANSWER: Alex Connell, Ottawa Senators, 1927-28, 460:49 of shutout hockey.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Jonathan Braniff [75pts], Corby Gilmore [45pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Bri Farenell [10pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [5pts], Todd Grimm [50pts], Mark Coen [50pts]
02/14/95:In the early days of hockey, the rules for goaltenders were vastly different than we are used to today. In fact, a certain infraction, both extremely common and necessary today, was illegal at the turn of the century. Name the penalty which, as late as 1918, was worth a $2 fine for the first offense and gradually increased until the fourth offense, which earned a $10 fine and a match penalty [40pts], and the revolutionary goaltender who was the root cause of the eventual rule change [10pts].
CORRECT ANSWER: Leaving one's feet; Clint Benedict, Ottawa Senators.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Beni D'Amore [40pts], Michael Tripp [40pts], Norm Szcyrek [40pts], Scott Bennett [40pts], Bri Farenell [40pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], Kevin Gloin [40pts], Tony Lachawiec [75pts], Scott Shigemi [50pts], John Santore [50pts], Daniel Kramer [50pts], Paul Branchaud [40pts], Todd Grimm [40pts], Mark Coen [50pts], Jeff Kallenbach [40pts], Greg Weston [40pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Mark Benvenga [40pts], Lee Johnston [40pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Patrick Dunphy [40pts], Ari Katz [40pts]
02/15/95::Name the professional goaltender who played for more N.H.L. teams than any other in his career [42pts], and name each of the eight teams for whom he played [1pt each].
CORRECT ANSWER: Gary "Suitcase" Smith, Toronto, California, Oakland, Chicago, Vancouver, Washington, Minnesota, Winnipeg.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Scott Shigemi [75pts], Mark McDonald [42pts], Doug Deutsch [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [47pts], Michael Gaal [47pts], Doug Bulgin [50pts], John Santore [49pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], Paul Branchaud [49pts], Dion Chard [40pts], Todd Grimm [49pts], Marc Ouellette [44pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts]
02/16/95:Name the goaltender who, in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins, made 80 saves on 83 shots, the most ever faced by a goaltender in an N.H.L. game [50pts].
CORRECT ANSWER: Sam LoPresti, Chicago Blackhawks, March 4, 1941.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Paul Branchaud [75pts], John Santore [50pts], George Wilkalis [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts]
02/17/95:Name the goaltender who stopped the first N.H.L. penalty shot. [50pts].
CORRECT ANSWER: George Hainsworth, Toronto Maple Leafs, November 10, 1934 (penalty shot taken by Montreal's Armand Mondou).
CORRECT RESPONSES: Paul Branchaud [100pts]
02/21/95:The most goals ever scored in a N.H.L. Stanley Cup Final game is fifteen. Name the two goaltenders who participated in this contest. [25 pts each]:
CORRECT ANSWER: Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens; Tony Esposito, Chicago Blackhawks, 1973 Stanley Cup Final.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Doug Deutsch [75pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], George Wilkalis [50pts], John Santore [75pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Bertrand Jean-Francois [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], Bri Farenell [50pts], Marc Ouellette [50pts], Michael Gaal [50pts], Norm Szcyrek [50pts]
02/22/95:Name the first goaltender to be inducted into the Professional Hockey Hall of Fame [40pts], and the year of his induction [10pts]:
BONUS TO: 25-pt bonus to Tarry Rago, for pointing out that Lester Patrick, who played goal in the Stanley Cup Final, was also inaugurated in 1945.
CORRECT ANSWER: Chuck Gardiner, Georges Vezina, both in 1945.
CORRECT RESPONSES: John Santore [75pts], Chris Doerksen [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], Michael Gaal [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Norm Szcyrek [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Daniel Kramer [40pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts], Tarry Rago [75pts], Marc Ouellette [50pts]
02/23/95:Name the goaltender who recorded the first shutout, chronologically, of the current N.H.L. season [50pts]:
CORRECT ANSWER: Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Michael Gaal [75pts], Daniel Kramer [50pts], Mark Benvenga [50pts], John Santore [50pts], Norm Sczyrek [50pts], Kevin Hubert [50pts], Colin Buehler [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], BF599 [50pts], Lee Johnston [50pts], Greg Weston [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Ryan Ward [50pts], C. H. McMillan [50pts], Rosario DeVito [50pts]
02/24/95:Name the goaltender who captured the Hart Trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player, despite the fact that his team won fewer than 20% of their games [50pts]:
CORRECT ANSWER: Al Rollins, 1954 Chicago Blackhawks. Rollins recorded five shutouts that season, and only had three wins and two ties to show for it!
CORRECT RESPONSES: Paul Branchaud [75pts], John Santore [50pts], Michael Gaal [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], Cory Vair [50pts], Darren Ellis [50pts]
02/27/95:This goaltender's official retirement came on March 19, 1970 - four months after his forty-fifth birthday. When asked, in light of his retirement, if he might reveal his true age, he replied "If you don't know by now, you never will". Who was he? [50pts]
CORRECT ANSWER: Johnny Bower
CORRECT RESPONSES: Michael Gaal [75pts], Colin Buehler [50pts], Scott Swartzell [50pts], Dan Tius [50pts], Jonathan Braniff [50pts], Kevin Gloin [50pts], Paul Branchaud [50pts], Tony Lachawiec [50pts], Scott Shigemi [50pts], Chad Rawn [50pts], Darren Ellis [50pts], Corby Gilmore [50pts], Tarry Rago [50pts], C. H. McMillan [50pts]
02/28/95:On October 12, 1980, Wilf Paiement of the Toronto Maple Leafs scored the National Hockey League's 100,000th goal. Name the goaltender [40pts] and the team [10pts] that were the victims.
CORRECT ANSWERS: A trick question! It was an empty net goal, scored against the Philadelphia Flyers.
CORRECT RESPONSES: Mark McDonald [50pts], Paul Branchaud [75pts], C. H. McMillan [10pts], Ryan Ward [10pts]