1. Patrick Houda 63 2. Mike Pieters 62 3. Lou Ford 51 4. Jonathan Braniff 43 5. Gary Balentine 27 6. Greg Weston 20 7. Jani Lehti 19 8. Norm Szcyrek 18 9. Lee Johnston 14 10. Tony Boron 13
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender(s) to record the first shutout
in the history of women's Olympic Ice Hockey.
CORRECT ANSWER: In the first game of Olympic women's ice hockey,
Finland defeated Sweden six to zero - goaltender Tuula Puputti received
the shutout.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: When Daniel Bouchard was traded to the Quebec
Nordiques, he rattled off six straight victories. His first defeat came at the
hands of a goaltender who was playing in his first game for his new team.
Name the winning goaltender in this contest.
CORRECT ANSWER: Michel Dion was the goaltender who defeated Bouchard
for the first time in Dan's Quebec career. An interesting sidelight that
I left out, for fear that it would give the answer away: The reason Dion
was playing his first game as a Winnipeg Jet was because the Quebec
Nordiques, having just acquired Bouchard, decided that Dion was expendable.
Bouchard followed Dion to the Jets five seasons later.
BONUS QUESTION: This goaltender was the first Minnesota North Star
ever to be named Player of the Month. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: According to the Minnesota North Stars 20th Anniversary
Handbook, Don Beaupre was the first Star to
win the Player of the Month
award. In February of 1986, Beaupre was in the midst of a fourteen game
consecutive victory streak.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was named one of his game's
"Three Stars of the Game" a total of thirty-eight times last season,
six more than any other player. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER:
Dominik Hasek was awarded six more stars than
either
Curtis Joseph or Mario Lemieux last year. As
Bill Clare puts it, "they gave him a star if he didn't trip on the ice".
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the last team (and the goaltenders) to have
four or more goaltenders record at least one N.H.L. shutout in a season.
CORRECT ANSWER: Seventeen years ago, the 1980-81 Montreal Canadiens
had four netminders with shutouts: Richard Sevigny (two), Rick Wamsley,
Denis Herron, and Michel Larocque (one apiece).
BONUS QUESTION: Many of you probably know that Bill Barilko won the 1951
Stanley Cup for the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime, and died four months
later in a northern Ontario plane crash. Name the goaltender who gave
up Barilko's Cup-winning tally.
CORRECT ANSWER: Gerry McNeil was the tender for the losing Habitants.
Jonathan Braniff brought up something I was going to mention - the Leafs
took eleven years to win the Stanley Cup; it was that year (1962) that
Barilko's body was found in northern Ontario. Draw your own conclusions.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Last season, two N.H.L. goaltenders recorded
sixteen game undefeated streaks. One was, of course,
Patrick Lalime's
career-beginning streak. Name the goaltender with the other streak.
CORRECT ANSWER: There were two possible correct answers here. The
one I remembered was the Rangers'
Mike Richter, who went 14-0-2 from
November 26 through January 6. I had completely forgotten
Garth Snow,
who went 11-0-5 from November 30 through March 2. No one pointed out
that there were two, which would have garnered three bonus points (in
essense, pointing out an error in the question).
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the first goaltender to record two assists
in a single National Hockey League game.
CORRECT ANSWER: Ed Giacomin
recorded two assists on March 19, 1972,
in a 5-3 New York Rangers victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
BONUS QUESTION: When Eddie Giacomin
returned to Madison Square
Garden as a member of the Detroit Red Wings, name the goaltender who faced him
in the Ranger net.
CORRECT ANSWER: ESPN's
John Davidson was the man in the Ranger net
the night Giacomin returned to the Garden. "NHL Tonight" did an excellent
presentation of this game a few months ago - even though I knew the
whole story behind the incident, I had tears in my eyes.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: When this goaltender taken by the St. Louis Blues
in the expansion draft, Lynn Patrick said "(he) always held out in
Chicago every fall because he said he had a barn to paint. Well, I'll
tell you know much I want him. I'll go out and help him paint the
blessed barn." Name the famous barn-painter.
CORRECT ANSWER: Glenn "Mr. Goalie" Hall
was the netminder with
the barn. It was never established whether Hall owned a barn or not,
but it's pretty certain to most that he didn't paint it every year.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: On March 24, 1981, this goaltender faced a total
of sixty-eight shots in one game (twenty-nine in the third period!),
yet came away with a 4-3 victory. Name this goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Mario Lessard earned the win in this contest.
BONUS QUESTION: In October 1942, with his goaltender Jim Henry
participating in World War II, Lester Patrick found a replacement
in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Name the replacement.
CORRECT ANSWER: Steve Buzinski "The Puck Goes Inski". One of the worst
goaltenders in memory - one time he made a lunging glove save, stood
up, and in one smooth motion, flipped the puck over his shoulder and
into the open Ranger net.