MARCH 1996 FINAL TOP TEN

Paul Branchaud          32
John Santore            30
Mark Benvenga           24
Giacomo Nigro           19
Cameron Thin            19
Corby Gilmore           15
Liam Maguire            15
Sean Farrell            14
Tom Frost               14
Jason Small             14
Norm Szcyrek            14
  • March 4, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MST 03/08/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was drafted 199th overall in 1983, and subsequently captured back-to-back Vezina Trophies. Name him.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Dominik Hasek (26) was drafted 199th overall by the Blackhawks (1983), and is the current back-to-back Vezina winning goaltender.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS Patrick Roy 5, Tom Barrasso 2, Pelle Lindbergh, Daren Puppa.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was the fastest player (from time of retirement as a player to time of enshrinement) to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Name him.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Rangers goaltender Terry Sawchuk (18) was killed on May 31, 1970, and was admitted into the Hockey Hall of Fame the following year (1971).
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Ken Dryden 9, Georges Vezina 2, Bobby Orr, Bernie Parent, Jacques Plante, Billy Smith, Vladislav Tretiak.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Lately there's been a lot of talk about Soviet goaltenders on rec.sport.hockey. Name the goaltender who backstopped the Soviets to their first World Championship in 1954.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Nikolai Puchkov (5) backstopped the Soviet Union in a 7-2 victory over the Canadians, earning the U.S.S.R. their first World Championship in 1954.
    INCORRECT ANSWER: Viktor Konovalenko 2, Vladislav Tretiak 2, Vladimir Zabrodsky 2, Bobrov, Valentin Kusin, Sergei Mylnikov, Igor Myshkin, Tikhanov.

  • March 11, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MST 03/15/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: On December 8, 1987, this goaltender became the first N.H.L. goaltender to score a goal by shooting the puck into the opposing net.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Ron Hextall (44) was the first goaltender to receive credit for a goal by shooting the puck into the opponent's net.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Billy Smith 2.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Perhaps the most memorable aspect of this goaltender was the cobra which adorned his goal-mask.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Gary Simmons (12), a goaltender for the Golden Seals, the Barons, and the Kings in the mid-1970's, had his "cobra" mask designed in approximately 1976.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Michel Dion, Bob Froese, Gilles Gratton, Trevor Kidd, Ray LeBlanc, Pelle Lindbergh, Darrin Madeley, Bob Mason, Gilles Meloche, Darren Pang, Gary Smith, Doug Soetaert, Rogatien Vachon.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Appearing on the Johnny Carson show (with Boom-Boom Geoffrion), this goaltender missed a subsequent week of N.H.L. action due to an errant shot to his Adam's Apple.
    CORRECT ANSWER: According to the marvelous Dick Irvin book "In the Crease", it was Rangers stalwart Ed Giacomin (4) who appeared on the Johnny Carson show. INCORRECT ANSWERS: Jacques Plante 9, Gump Worsley 5, Glenn Hall 3, Ken Dryden 2, Rogatien Vachon 2, Don Bouchard, Tony Esposito, Gerry McNeil, Doug Soetaert.

  • March 18, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MST 03/29/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: Name the first European goaltender to win the N.H.L.'s Vezina Trophy.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Pelle Lindbergh (42) of the Philadelphia Flyers was the first European goaltender to win the Vezina, in 1984-85.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Dominik Hasek 21, Arturs Irbe
    BONUS TO: John Santore and Liam Maguire, who pointed out that Vezina-winner Charlie Gardiner, although raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was born in Scotland, technically making him the first European winner.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the last goaltender to yield an N.H.L. goal at the Montreal Forum.
    CORRECT ANSWER: On March 11, 1996, in a 4-1 Montreal victory, Dallas goaltender Andy Moog (49) yielded a goal from Andrei Kovalenko at 13:56 of the second period.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Jocelyn Thibault 5, Darcy Wakaluk 2, Bill Ranford 2, Damien Rhodes, Stephane Fiset, Ron Hextall, Patrick Roy

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name both goaltenders on the roster of the 1972 Stanley Cup-winning Boston Bruins, both of whom later became N.H.L. head coaches.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Eddie Johnston, the current Penguins coach, and Gerry Cheevers (53), former Bruins coach, were the two goaltenders on the '72 Bruins.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Cheevers/Gilbert 3, Cheevers/Vachon, Johnston/Esposito, Cheevers/Davidson, Cheevers/Plante