MARCH 2007 TOP TEN

1.  Roger Maynard           60
    Bryan McCready          60
3.  Tom Mascioli            57
4.  Pete Hibbard            49
5.  Dave White              42
6.  Mark Calandra           34
7.  Simon Jean              33
8.  Kevin Belobaba          29
    Kevin Cameron           29
10. Mark Benvenga           15

TWO-POINT QUESTION: With twelve shutouts in his first 62 games of 2006-07, Martin Brodeur has a reasonable chance to break the "modern" record for regular-season shutouts in National Hockey League history. What is the record, and who currently holds it?
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1969-70, Chicago goaltender Tony Esposito recorded an impressive fifteen shutouts in his first full National Hockey League campaign. "Tony O" went on to notch 76 whitewashings over his career.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltenders involved the last time two rookie (Calder Trophy-eligible) netminders were their team's number one goaltenders in the Stanley Cup Finals.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1986, Montreal defeated Calgary in five games to capture the Stanley Cup, with twenty-year-old Patrick Roy outduelling 23-year-old Mike Vernon. (Regarding the question, Vernon was eligible for the Calder in both this season and the following season).

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In an intrasquad exhibition prior to the 1987 Canada Cup, Canadian sharpshooter Sylvain Turgeon had his arm broken by one of the netminders and was unable to appear in the tournament. Name the goaltender involved in the incident.
CORRECT ANSWER: Ron Hextall, the fiery Philadelphia goaltender fresh from his Conn Smythe Trophy that spring.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name both of the following goaltenders:

CORRECT ANSWER: The St. Louis Blues currently have an impressive stable of young goaltending talent. These are two of them, Chris Beckford-Tseu and Jason Bacashihua.

TWO-POINT QUESTION: The number "00" is currently forbidden to be worn in National Hockey League play; Martin Biron was the last to do so. Name the only other player to wear this number in NHL action.
CORRECT ANSWER: John Davidson, the current president of the St. Louis Blues, who wore the number for one season with the New York Rangers in the late 1970s.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Upset at the practice tactics of head coach Claude Ruel, this star goaltender walked out of practice and never played for his National Hockey League club again. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Gump Worsley, who was never a big fan of practices in the first place, and Ruel's tough skates in particular. Worsley exeperienced a second life when the Habs sold him off to the Minnesota North Stars.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: For nearly twenty-six years, this goaltender held the record for being the oldest player to appear in a National Hockey League game. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Nearly forty-six years old at the time, assistant trainer Moe Roberts filled in for an injured Harry Lumley for the final period of Chicago's game against Detroit. The record was broken when Gordie Howe's Hartford Whalers were brought into the National Hockey League, and will be broken again soon if Chris Chelios has his way.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Martins Raitums, the Latvian netminder who replaced Sergei Naumovs in the team's 11-0 defeat to Canada at the 2006 IIHF World Championships (held in Latvia). You may recognize Brendan Shanahan as the other man in the photograph. Then again, you may not.

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Mike Modano recently became the goal-scoring leader among American-born National Hockey League players. Who allowed the record-breaking goal?
CORRECT ANSWER: On March 17, Modano passed Joe Mullen with his 503rd career league goal, a power-play goal at 17:08 of the third period, scored on Nashville netminder Tomas Vokoun. It was Modano's second goal of the evening - fortunately for the Predators, he was the only Dallas goal-scorer as Nashville held on for a 3-2 win.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the first team to win the Stanley Cup using three goaltenders in the same playoff year.
CORRECT ANSWER: Undoubtedly, you will remember this one as soon as I describe it. In 1928, Lorne Chabot was tending goal for the New York Rangers when, on April 7, he fell to injury. Into the Ranger net came coach Lester Patrick, who completed the 2-1 victory over the Maroons. Joe Miller finished the postseason for the Cup-winning Rangers.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In 1983, Wayne Gretzky became the first player in more than sixty years to record two four-goal games in a single Stanley Cup playoff. Name the goaltenders who were victimized.
CORRECT ANSWER: Brian Hayward of the Winnipeg Jets, and Rejean Lemelin of the Calgary Flames. Gretzky was finally stopped in their Cup quest in the Finals by the New York Islanders and Billy Smith.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name both of the following goaltenders:

CORRECT ANSWER: On April 4, 1998, Dan Cloutier and Tommy Salo squared off in a crosstown goaltender fight between the Rangers and Islanders. This was Cloutier's ninth career league game, and although he won the fight handily, the game itself was a 3-0 Islander win. Wade Flaherty shared the shutout with Salo, while Mike Richter replaced Cloutier in the Ranger net.

TWO-POINT QUESTION: On consecutive nights, these two goaltenders became the first, and second, female goaltenders to start and win a North American professional hockey game. Name them.
CORRECT ANSWER: On November 5 and 6 of 1993, Erin Whitten (Toledo Storm) and Manon Rheaume (Knoxville Cherokees) each earned complete game victories in the East Coast Hockey League. It was Whitten's second career victory, with the first coming in relief of Alain Harvey.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: In the National Hockey League trade involving the greatest number of active players (not including draft choices), name the goaltenders involved.
CORRECT ANSWER: On January 2, 1992, the Calgary Flames traded Rick Wamsley to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Jeff Reese. Also changing hands were Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Kent Manderville, Ric Nattress, Gary Leeman, Alexander Godynyuk, Michel Petit and Craig Berube.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In the now classic Boston/Montreal semifinal series of 1979, name the goaltender who was selected the number-one star of the game in three of the contests.
CORRECT ANSWER: Boston goaltender Gilles Gilbert. The three games includes the decisive game-seven overtime loss to the eventual Cup champion Canadiens.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Kevin Nastiuk, current Carolina Hurricane prospect here appearing with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 2004 WHL Finals series against the Everett Silvertips. The Tigers swept the Silvertips to advance to the Memorial Cup.